Samsung Canada Calls on Students With Its ‘Solve for Tomorrow Challenge’
By Yasmin Ranade
Teachers of Canadian classrooms from Grades 6 to 12 can now enter the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Challenge until February 28, 2018.
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Better Search Results from Fewer Search Results
by Lee Rickwood
Million Short entered the search space by offering a new search engine that gives users filters and functions not available from the large, dominant search providers.
One week with the Apple Watch Series 3 with Cellular (as a smartphone replacement)
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
As someone who is constantly near their iPhone, the idea that I could leave it behind and still ‘be connected,’ was both scary and exciting.
Protect Your Online Reputation with Search Engine Take-downs, Privacy Commissioner Says
by Lee Rickwood
The type of information someone might want to be de-indexed or taken down is well, rather broad: from social ratings sites and revenge porn postings to arrest citations and mugshots to nasty reports about our teachers or our shopping experiences by disgruntled consumers or students.
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,
Giant Lithium-Ion Batteries Used to Store Energy, Stabilize Power Grids
by Lee Rickwood
New pilot projects underway in this country and elsewhere show familiar lithium-ion battery technology can power not just smartphones, but entire neighbourhoods.
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.
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.