Telus Launches App to Provide Mental Wellness Coaching
By Christine Persaud
Telus launched its thinkFull app to provide mental wellness coaching for people who may be feeling stressed, depressed, or overwhelmed.
Category: Featured
Are Mobile Phone Sniffers in Use by Police Forces?
By Lee Rickwood
Incoming and outgoing calls as well as text messages can be monitored and recorded, encryption keys can be extracted, and all this can happen to one or several phones simultaneously, without an owner’s knowledge or permission.
How the mobile OS landscape changed in 2015
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
There’s certainly more to the mobile OS landscape today. A few years ago we had smartphone wars that focused on handsets and app ecosystems as well as the challenge of maintaining user loyalty and getting competing users to switch. All that has changed and in a big way.
It Will Be a Happy New Year, as Alien Civilizations Unlikely to Attack!
By Lee Rickwood
Yikes! Pollution is one tell-tale sign of civilization. So too, communication using radio transmissions – something else our civilization is pretty good at.
Review: Athos wearable tech shirt and shorts
By Ted Kritsonis
Wearable technology has been driven mostly by fitness bands, smartwatches and other activity trackers, but clothing is also becoming a factor. Athos has come to market with a three-piece ensemble designed to measure muscle activation during workouts, pushing the data to an app that visualizes it all in real-time.
Yirego’s innovative Drumi is a foot-powered portable washing machine
By Gadjo Sevilla
With Drumi, foot-pumping for 10 minutes should ensure a good wash of one pair of jeans or 6 t-shirts.
Review: Synology DiskStation DS216play
By Ted Kritsonis
Whether the concept of network attached storage (NAS) is familiar to you or you have no idea what it is, the usefulness of having such a device can pay dividends many times over. Synology is a stalwart in the category, and the DiskStation DS216play is designed to appeal to consumers of all stripes, simplifying its scope and purpose.
Canadian Tech Drives Interactive Visitor Experiences in Retail, Financial, Gaming and Gambling
By Lee Rickwood
Gaming and gambling establishments make use of interactive video technology systems, both for entertainment and regulatory purposes.