STEM Tools Help Tomorrow’s Girls Tackle Robots, Coding and More
by Lee Rickwood
Yes, they are colourful and a little bit cutesy, but SmartGurlz robots are serious about encouraging girls to become tomorrow’s computer programmers.
Tag: mobile
How-To borrow eBooks, audiobooks and films from your public library using apps and devices
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
It’s possible to access a wide range of content without even stepping into a library, simply by using your library card number and using apps and services.
CRTC fumbles MVNO decision, gives carriers the ball
By Ted Kritsonis
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) decision to slam the door on Wi-Fi-first wireless resellers — for the second time — shows how out of step the whole wireless industry is in Canada.
Canadian Food App Turns Social Ordering into King Street Ritual
by Lee Rickwood
The app offers what it calls the Piggyback service, kind of a peer-to-peer delivery network inside of a company or office doing the ordering. If one worker is going to pick up a coffee, a co-worker can “piggyback” on that order and bring back two cups.
When You Lose Internet Service, What’s Left? RightMesh and Mesh Networking
by Lee Rickwood
RightMesh has developed powerful responses to natural disasters, economic or technical inequities, and even those threats posed by legislation seen to undermine Net Neutrality.
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.
Valentine’s day tech gifts for her
By Gadjo Sevilla
Technology isn’t just for techies, the latest devices show renewed interest in fashion and style, as well as convenience, so we have a lot of attractive gift ideas for ladies on Valentine’s Day.
What Google gets right and what it doesn’t as a hardware maker
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
We’ve seen a mammoth harvest of new devices including the Pixel 2 smartphone, the Google Home family of smart speakers, a high-end convertible Chromebook as well as an A.I.-enabled selfie camera.