The Life-Work Balance: A Right to Disconnect, A Requirement to Work
by Lee Rickwood
With the era of the 9-to-5 workday over, companies and workers need new parameters to structure their work efforts and interact productively.
Category: Gadgets
Canadian Cyber Researchers Commended as Spyware Threats Trigger Apple Lawsuit
In response to global reports about its mobile devices being hacked by sophisticated spyware, Apple has launched a lawsuit against one of the many companies developing such products. Apple also announced a $10 million contribution to support cyber-surveillance investigators, such…
Connected Tech Gifts Come with Risks, Warnings, Tips about Privacy Protection for Kids
by Lee Rickwood
There is a close relationship between security and privacy; often times, your privacy depends on your device’s ability to keep your secrets safe from intruders. Which also means privacy depends on your ability to manage your own device.
The Technology of Tunes, the Science of Song Covered in New Kids’ Book
by Lee Rickwood
The many points of intersection among music, science, and technology are explored in a great new book aimed at young people, but filled with enough interesting information to keep adults tuned in.
Video Streaming, Ad Targeting, Product Developing: Roku Does Do That
by Lee Rickwood
Targeting Canadian consumers with a product awareness campaign for its new and enhanced streaming sticks, Roku also has new products and services for media buyers, advertisers and the broader business community.
NSO Pegasus Super-Spyware One of Several Surveillance Tools from Growing Industry Sector
by Lee Rickwood
The fact that “human rights for all” needs to be put in place as a goal of the marketplace, and is not already its core operating criteria, is a condemnation of not just the marketplace, but of its regulators and participants.
Global Health Hazard: A Pandemic of Harmful E-waste and Recycling Activities
by Lee Rickwood
The dangers that e-waste recycling poses to the health of future generations generates a call to action to reduce children’s exposure to harmful e-waste activities.
Do Your Duty: Smart Toilets Track Disease, Health, Toilet Paper Consumption
by Lee Rickwood
The latest washroom technology is said to bring a new kind of clean, but it also brings new implications for privacy in the privy. The can is now connected to the cloud.