Now It’s National Burrito Day – So Three Canadian Companies Serve up New Mobile App
by Lee Rickwood
Some Canadian companies have teamed up to offer a new mobile app – just in time for National Burrito Day!
Tag: Canadian Business
Smart Vending Machines Keep an Eye on Products, Customers, and Air Quality
by Lee Rickwood
At a dozen shopping malls across Canada, hidden inside digital information kiosks, were small cameras and other AVA-type technology. Apparently, hours and hours of video and hundreds of images were collected, an activity that regulators said contravened federal and provincial privacy laws.
Supreme Court Decision Affects All Canadians Online: IP Addresses are Privacy-Protected
by Lee Rickwood
The Supreme Court says an IP address, a seemingly random string of numbers, is directly connected to our deepest selves, to our ‘biographical core’.
Virtual Tour Technology Highlights Location, Location, Location in Interactive 3-D
by Lee Rickwood
By integrating digital and visual data, virtual tours are business tools, now used by insurance, restoration, engineering, design, construction and facilities management companies in all sizes and in many countries.
Automated Robots Challenge Multi-Billion Dollar Art Market
by Lee Rickwood
Developments in robotics and artificial intelligence are bringing the worlds of technology and creativity closer together.
High-Tech Smart Farm Network Growing Across Canada
by Lee Rickwood
Smart farm initiatives are sprouting up around the globe, developing both proven agricultural technologies and new smart initiatives to boost crop resiliency, food production and overall sector performance.
Winks, Blinks and Nods: Canadian Technology Offers New Ways to Control Digital Devices
by Lee Rickwood
A new brain-computer interface (BCI) technology being developed in Canada enables devices to respond to an individual user’s needs as expressed through subtle eye and facial movements.
Canadian Small Business Tackles Big Issues: Housing, Health Care… and Granola?!
by Lee Rickwood
A quartet of Canadian small businesses is tackling some of the big issues of our day, and doing so with the assistance of international prize money that rewards and honours businesses that go beyond financial success to have a real positive impact in their local communities.