Tour de France Features Fast Cyclists, Faster Data
By Lee Rickwood
The cyclists are fast, but the data is even faster.
Tag: mobile
Review of the Blackberry Mobile KEY2, a sleek and powerful revision
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Featuring the same general shape and design as the KEYOne, the BlackBerry KEY2 is a lighter, more chiseled and stylish device sporting a new QWERTY keyboard and dual-cameras.
Accessibility Technology Opens Doors for People, Brings Opportunity to Business
by Lee Rickwood
Accessibility technologies are helping developers and designers create public spaces that are easily navigable for everyone.
How to increase and take back your privacy on Facebook
By Ted Kritsonis
Keeping Facebook’s prying eyes away from not just who you are, but also what you’re doing online, is made a little easier when the right settings are in place.
Smartphone Surveillance and IMSI Catchers: Which Police Force, Which Spy Service, Uses StingRays?
by Lee Rickwood
The intrusive nature of cellphone surveillance and the now-confirmed use of IMSI catchers by public and private agencies, poses an “insidious threat” to our privacy, according to Canadian tech researchers.
Facial Recognition Use Growing: Accurate or Not, Hackable or Not
by Lee Rickwood
Leading facial recognition tools, used for identification, authentication and crime detection among other applications, are being developed here in Canada. So, too, ways to spoof or hack such systems.
U.S. Tech Experts Lead Open Government Plans in Canada
by Lee Rickwood
Major government agencies in Canada are hiring top U.S. tech experts to lead significant open government projects and digital initiatives in this country, and the door’s still open.
How BlackBerry’s AtHoc networked crisis solutions protects people and communities.
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
BlackBerry’s AtHoc solution is used by federal government as well as various industries who can use the solution to contact constituents at a moment’s notice.