Here’s How to Create a Viable Work From Home Schedule
By Christine Persaud
Working from home requires a total mindset shift along with specific tech equipment. But what it also requires is some preparation to adjust to the change.
Tag: COVID-19
Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Videoconferencing Takes Toll as it Takes Off
by Lee Rickwood
One of the first audio/video transmissions was 1927. Yet even with the age of the idea and years of implementation, some videoconferencing systems may have come to the market too quickly.
Frontline Healthcare Workers Receive Help with Wills and End-of-Life Plans
By Yasmin Ranade
While end-of-life and estate planning is an uncomfortable subject, particularly during a pandemic, it is one that is top of mind for Canadians right now.
Canadian Tech Response to COVID Adds Virus Protection for Computers, Mobile Devices
by Lee Rickwood
Risks from the killer disease known as COVID-19 are keeping most of us at home, increasingly tied to our computers and mobile devices as the main or only source of connectivity. But that only makes our connected gadgets more vulnerable to their own infectious viruses.
Apps to Keep Kids Busy At Home During Social Distancing
By Christine Persaud
Parents of young children are in a unique position during our time of social distancing. While you want your children to have a good balance of schoolwork, outdoor exercise, chores, and downtime each day, some of you might also be trying to work from home, too. This is often where technology comes in as a sort of electronic babysitter.
Social Distancing Distances Tracked by Wearable Tech, Mobile Gadgets
by Lee Rickwood
Any device that can eliminate awkward conversations or anxious discrepancies about just what two metres really means is more than welcome.
Apps for Keeping In Touch With Friends and Family During Social Distancing
By Christine Persaud
Apps for Keeping In Touch With Friends and Family During Social Distancing. Here are some great ways that you can use technology to make sure that social distancing doesn’t translate to having no social interaction.
Organizations Rise to the Pandemic Challenge
By Yasmin Ranade
The Princess Margaret hospital in Toronto, Skip The Dishes and InnerSpace, an indoor location tracking and analytics business, have risen to the pandemic challenges, each addressing social distancing as well as leaning into technology to innovate and expand services.