Now It’s National Burrito Day – So Three Canadian Companies Serve up New Mobile App
by Lee Rickwood
Some Canadian companies have teamed up to offer a new mobile app – just in time for National Burrito Day!
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Smart Vending Machines Keep an Eye on Products, Customers, and Air Quality
by Lee Rickwood
At a dozen shopping malls across Canada, hidden inside digital information kiosks, were small cameras and other AVA-type technology. Apparently, hours and hours of video and hundreds of images were collected, an activity that regulators said contravened federal and provincial privacy laws.
Supreme Court Decision Affects All Canadians Online: IP Addresses are Privacy-Protected
by Lee Rickwood
The Supreme Court says an IP address, a seemingly random string of numbers, is directly connected to our deepest selves, to our ‘biographical core’.
Waze App Delivers Driving Directions in Many Voices – Panda Bear, Terminator and More
by Lee Rickwood
Among the new features being added to the powerful driving app is getting your navigation directions narrated by a fun-loving panda bear: the martial artist known as Po, star of the Kung Fu Panda movie franchise.
Teen Fact-Checkers Combat Misinformation with Canadian MediaSmarts (UPDATED)
by Lee Rickwood
How does your teenage son, daughter, niece, nephew, friend, or student navigate among all the information, mis-information, dis-information out there? Ask another teen, of course!
Computer Coding, Musical Creativity Key to Winning Popular Canadian Contest
by Lee Rickwood
The deadline to submit entries to the 2024 Your Voice is Power student competition is May 31, 2024, and the winners will be selected in June.
Newest Smart Bot from LG is an AI Agent
by Lee Rickwood
Although it has yet been given a ‘human’ name by its developer parent, this new smart device has been given several ‘human’ capabilities.
Virtual Tour Technology Highlights Location, Location, Location in Interactive 3-D
by Lee Rickwood
By integrating digital and visual data, virtual tours are business tools, now used by insurance, restoration, engineering, design, construction and facilities management companies in all sizes and in many countries.