Digital Twins Getting Smarter All the Time: First Data, Then Buildings, Then Cities
by Lee Rickwood
Data has a smarter sibling, and the use of a “digital twin” can power up smart buildings and smarter cities.
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What You Should Look For In a Portable Bluetooth Speaker
By Christine Persaud
There are reasons portable Bluetooth speakers are so popular. They are compact, convenient, and can be used both indoors and out. But how do you choose among the many options?
Don’t Blame Hedy: Cellphone Tracking is Built into Telecom Infrastructure
by Lee Rickwood
Hedy Lamarr holds a U.S. patent for a way to keep telecommunications signals safe and secure in what she called “a secret communications system”. But Canadian researchers say security holes today exist in the very fabric of our cellular networks.
Fraud Awareness Week: Scams Our Team Has Encountered
By Christine Persaud
It’s Fraud Awareness Week, the perfect time to bring attention to the many new ways that scammers are trying to defraud people via technology. The methods are clever and if they reach you at the right time, even the most aware person can fall victim.
Radiologists Scale AI-Driven Osteoporosis Screening Solution While Leveraging Robust Tech Ecosystem in Canada
By Yasmin Ranade
Toronto-based 16 Bit, a start-up founded by two radiologists are on a mission to discover unseen opportunities to improve health using disruptive, cloud-based solutions.
A Boost for Batteries? Canada Invests in Lithium Supply Chain for EVs, Mobile Devices
by Lee Rickwood
Canada has identified lithium as a critical mineral due to its great potential to fuel the economy and the renewable energy transition, but there is work to be done.
Zoho Celebrates User Landmark, Canadian Conference, New Tools for Business
The global technology company Zoho celebrated its largest ever Canadian user conference recently, close on the heels of reaching its 100 millionth user worldwide. Zoho is the first bootstrapped SaaS (software-as-a-service) company to hit such a milestone, built up from…
Canada Ranks Third – Among Countries Hit by Ransomware and Online Extortion
by Lee Rickwood
Canada may not like being ranked so high in this particular contest: “We can’t change the fact we’re number three, but we can react to it.”