Lacking Affordable Internet, Indigenous Communities Take D.I.Y. Approach to Technology
by Lee Rickwood
Doing it for yourself in this case means setting up Internet and mobile phone access in remote rural and northern communities.
Category: Business
Accessible Cities, Accessible Data: Are For-profit Companies the Best Gatekeepers for Public Information?
by Lee Rickwood
A new form of urban governance? Smart cities are sophisticated platforms built on the latest big data analysis techniques, sensing and tracking technologies, and other tools for collecting and utilizing unprecedented amounts of activity and usage data.
Cannabis is For Women, Too, But Support is Lacking
By Christine Persaud
We’re on the heels of recreational cannabis becoming legal in Canada. And for those who support and/or use it, a particular issue is coming to light: why is the industry so male-focused?
The road to simpler small-business billing
As with all businesses, time is money. Tofino Bus needed a better solution, but it also needed to work within its physical and personnel limitations.
6 Canadian Companies Featuring Cool New Tech Innovations
By Christiner Persaud
Canada is quickly becoming a tech epicenter, with plenty of innovative start-ups based north of the border, and taking on key categories. Among them are well-known firms like BlackBerry and ecobee. But there are other companies making their mark with some impressive new tech innovations in a variety of categories.
High-Tech Blockchain Tools Help Track Government Spending in Real Time
by Lee Rickwood
New blockchain applications will enable citizens to keep track of records, statements and information in the public sphere, including changes or updates to that information, as if the “whole world was using one computer”.
Paperless bookkeeping made easy with cloud solutions
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
By having clients scan paper documents into Hubdoc using ScanSnap Cloud, bookkeepers and accountants can focus more on keeping the books up-to-date and less on handling paper.
Standards and Ethics a Much-Needed Response to Tech Advances, AI Developments
by Lee Rickwood
Today’s information and technology ecosystem is already transforming the way governments, businesses and private citizens live, work and perhaps even think, so “the ethical use of AI and data will be critical not only for our future economy, but how we function as a society.”