About Lee Rickwood
Lee Rickwood covers developments in media and technology with particular interest in how such developments affect our social, political and economic activities and interactions.
by Lee Rickwood
Anticipating an at least partial return to work in the traditional office environment, a new high-tech product category has emerged to address the expected need for privacy, security and a quiet space to (at least temporarily) get away from it all: the privacy booth.
by Lee Rickwood
Note-takers take note: researchers determined those using the paper-based process were 25 per cent faster than those who used digital gadgetry.
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The hottest thing in technology today…chili peppers!
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Toronto City Council has approved a plan to create it own broadband network in the city, one that will connect residents to affordable, high-speed Internet services.
by Lee Rickwood
In the midst of a painful economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, new income from sports wagering is even more welcome by any government, be it from taxation, licence fees or shared operational revenue.
By Lee Rickwood
Smartphone tracking strategies, some offered by Canadian companies, make use of aggregated anonymous signaling data from cellular networks that process more than 15 billion signals each day from more than 100 million devices.
by Lee Rickwood
There will be calls for the federal government and telecom regulators to take action and ensure affordable Internet and wireless services are available to all Canadians.
by Lee Rickwood
Visual artists, computer technologists, fashion designers and AI engineers are developing tools to creatively attack or undermine today’s surveillance infrastructure.