By Yasmin Ranade
On International Day of the Girl a couple of weeks ago I read about a first-of-its-kind illustrated book for kids about engineering. The book, titled Ara the Star Engineer, follows a 6-year old girl, Ara, on a quest to build an algorithm to solve a big problem.
by Lee Rickwood
Equal pay for equal work isn’t just the right thing to do; the benefits of operating a gender-balanced work environment contribute directly to our bottom line, says a Canadian tech leader working to empower women in business.
by Lee Rickwood
Cannabis vendors will have an enormous amount of customer data to collect and protect, such as an individual’s name, address and email; personal purchase histories and patient medical records; customer cash / credit card purchase activities and more.
By Christine Persaud
Small businesses, which can range from sole proprietorships to start-ups employing a small team, and larger, independent companies with fewer than 100 employees, have differing needs depending on their size, scope, and specific industry. But tech usually plays a role
The Clio solution, along with Fujitsu scanners, helped us increase efficiency, open up office space and automate menial tasks. Basically, it was the key to us becoming a paperless, semi-virtual law firm
by Lee Rickwood
Doing it for yourself in this case means setting up Internet and mobile phone access in remote rural and northern communities.
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.
by Lee Rickwood
A new form of urban governance? Smart cities are sophisticated platforms built on the latest big data analysis techniques, sensing and tracking technologies, and other tools for collecting and utilizing unprecedented amounts of activity and usage data.