Google, Apple to compete in mobile payment systems
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Apple and Google are the two leading mobile OS companies who are expected to provide competing mobile payments platforms.
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Music streaming growth shedding light on royalty issues
By Ted Kritsonis
Music streaming services have been credited with reducing piracy, except the way in which they distribute royalties seems to be far from equitable. The technology around music distribution has changed forever, but numbers show record labels benefitting more than artists are.
Turn Screen Time into Active Play with New App from Canadian Development Partner
Their work is at the leading edge of trends to use mobile phones and digital devices as more of an interface to other real-world activities, not just as a self-contained virtual space for data abstraction.
by Lee Rickwood
Red Hat proving that open source communities are better for security
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Red Hat’s technology powers the Internet infrastructure and has benefited from the open source involvement of its community of users.
U of T Breaks Records for Female Faculty in Engineering
By Christine Persaud
he number of female faculty members at U of T has more than doubled over the past eight years, reaching 44 in 2014, up from just 21 in 2006. In total, 17% of faculty members are women – three points higher than the Ontario average, and four points higher than the average for all of Canada.
Apple Watch coming to Canada April 24, new MacBook April 10
By Ted Kritsonis
It was a foregone conclusion that Apple would launch its new Watch at its “Spring Forward” event in San Francisco, though its revamped MacBook laptop may have been the real surprise of the day.
University of Toronto Outranks National Average for Women in Engineering
By Christine Persaud
The University of Toronto (U of T) is well on its way to leading the province of Ontario when it comes to women in technology, with 30.6% of its first-year Engineering program students now women.
Canadian Tech Company Moves from Classroom to Cloud with Education Innovations
Tech tools for school can increase students’ understanding about how they learn – as much as what they’re learning – and be a boost to further education, college and career success. Those tools can also be a threat to personal privacy and security online.
By Lee Rickwood