Lacking Affordable Internet, Indigenous Communities Take D.I.Y. Approach to Technology
by Lee Rickwood
Doing it for yourself in this case means setting up Internet and mobile phone access in remote rural and northern communities.
Tag: Canadian Innovation
Hollywood, Health Care and High-Tech Help Patients Walk the Walk
by Lee Rickwood
Technology can be used to help diagnose, address and even rehabilitate patients who face mobility challenges, and it’s often the same technology used in Hollywood movies.
Toronto Opens Doors to Open Data, Open Government with Calls for Civic Engagement as Art
by Lee Rickwood
Civic decision-makers and members of the wider community are hoping that data can help them solve the charged social, political and technical issues that the city faces.
The road to simpler small-business billing
As with all businesses, time is money. Tofino Bus needed a better solution, but it also needed to work within its physical and personnel limitations.
Find Out About Digital Privacy at Public Library
by Lee Rickwood
The public library is a great place to get information about digital privacy and online security. Talks, lectures and a full day of digital privacy and online security sessions are being staged in Toronto.
6 Canadian Companies Featuring Cool New Tech Innovations
By Christiner Persaud
Canada is quickly becoming a tech epicenter, with plenty of innovative start-ups based north of the border, and taking on key categories. Among them are well-known firms like BlackBerry and ecobee. But there are other companies making their mark with some impressive new tech innovations in a variety of categories.
High-Tech Blockchain Tools Help Track Government Spending in Real Time
by Lee Rickwood
New blockchain applications will enable citizens to keep track of records, statements and information in the public sphere, including changes or updates to that information, as if the “whole world was using one computer”.
Paperless bookkeeping made easy with cloud solutions
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
By having clients scan paper documents into Hubdoc using ScanSnap Cloud, bookkeepers and accountants can focus more on keeping the books up-to-date and less on handling paper.