What Does ‘Endless Data’ Really Mean?
By Christine Persaud
Shopping around for a new smartphone and/or service plan, you’ve probably come across the terminology “endless data” and wondered what on earth it actually means.
Category: Business
The Blue-Collar CEO, Mandy Rennehan
By Yasmin Ranade
From construction to engineering, technology has become a large part of the trades industry and, according to Mandy Rennehan, many tech-related jobs can now be referred to as a “blue-collar” careers.
Website Accessibility in Canada
By Yasmin Ranade
The Accessible Canada Act (Bill C-81) became law in June, and with websites in Ontario being required to meet strict accessibility criteria by 2021, the call for accessibility is gaining momentum.
Calls for Digital Charter of Rights Short-circuited by Canadian Election
by Lee Rickwood
Calls for increased control for Canadians over their personal data, enhanced enforcement and penalty powers for the Privacy Commissioner and long-needed updates to federal and provincial privacy laws have been made loud and clear.
Data Roaming Options for Canadians
By Christine Persaud
Canadians love to travel. We were expected to take a record number of trips – 26. 5 million – outside of the country in 2018, according to the Conference Board of Canada. And that means staying connected while we’re away, whether it’s checking in with family while we’re on a business trip, or with the neighbours or extended family back home when on vacation.
Border Guards Can Ask Travellers for Social Media Passwords, Digital Device Checks
by Lee Rickwood
The notion that protecting us from “goods” determined to be dangerous by searching individual handheld devices and not unplugging the Internet as a whole seems very limited and ineffective.
Personalized technology in Retail
By Yasmin Ranade
Shopify’s partner and developer conference, ‘Shopify Unite’ recently took place in Toronto from June 18 – 20, 2019. “ Shopify Unite is an annual conference for Shopify’s partner ecosystem of developers, agencies and freelancers around the world.
$10,000 Scholarship for LGBTQ Youth Entering STEM Studies
By Yasmin Ranade
The Stratics Networks’ LGTBQ Scholarship is funded to a maximum of $10,000. It will be awarded for the Fall 2019 academic year.