First Aid Training, Emergency Response Awareness Built into New Virtual Reality App
by Lee Rickwood
The Mass Casualty 360 Video/VR simulation recreates a first responder’s initial walk-through and assessment of a major disaster or injury event,
Category: Mobile
Data Drives Traffic Decisions on King St. as Toronto Joins Mobile App Program
by Lee Rickwood
“We can outsmart traffic together” is a rallying cry for users of traffic and navigation apps like Waze, and the programs in place to share crowd-sourced data with cities around the world.
Manage data use on smartphones to avoid dreaded overages
The constant need for streaming music and video, network-heavy games and apps, social media as well as text, voice and video communication functions have us draining our data faster than ever before.
Gift Guide – Best smartphone cases
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Sometimes, a good case is all that stands between a smartphone and a catastrophic drop face down on the pavement.
Privacy Advocates Warn Students about Education and Online Safety
by Lee Rickwood
A recent review of popular online apps used in Canadian classrooms identified privacy issues related to educational applications targeted at students in kindergarten up to grade 12.
Looking for a phone? Consider these mid-range devices
By Ted Kritsonis
Flagship smartphones are expensive purchases these days, even if you decide to go on contract, so mid-range devices may offer a better way out without totally breaking the bank.
Forget Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – Check Out the Social Networks on the Wood Wide Web
by Lee Rickwood
It’s the original IoT – Trees use electrical impulses to transmit valuable information and resources among and between individual members along an interconnect forest network.
Canadian Innovators, Technologists and Students Shine at First-Ever Singularity Canada Summit
by Lee Rickwood
In the Summit spotlight were a number of Canadian technologies set to turn the global energy, environment, healthcare, citizenship and financial sectors upside-down.