TransferWise’s ‘borderless accounts’ convert dozens of currencies
By Ted Kritsonis
Converting currency usually means losing money in the exchange, but TransferWise is offering tools to keep more of it your pockets.
Tag: technology
Cannabis Tech Incubator Works with Budding Entrepreneurs, Female Founders
by Lee Rickwood
Five female-run cannabis businesses receive scholarships and training at a Cannabis Startup Bootcamp.
Building Civic Tech to Deliver Better Public Services in Canada
by Lee Rickwood
Technological transformation in the public service is part of a trend toward designing and developing technology for the common good.
Making Your Home Smart: Part 4 – The Backyard
By Christine Persaud
In the first three parts of this series, we’ve looked at how you can make the kitchen, living room, and basement smart. Here, we’ll look at a room that isn’t technically a room in your home, but rather a space right outside of it: the backyard.
Samsung unveils new flagship phones, wearables and a smart speaker at Unpacked 2018 event
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
A 6.4-inch Infinity Display is the largest Samsung has shipped. The Note has always had the advantage of the S Pen stylus, and this year the accessory can be used for up to 30 feet away to take selfies, control slideshows, play and pause music as well as trigger various apps and functions.
Making Your Home Smart: Part 3 – The Basement
By Christine Persaud
The basement can either be a forgotten part of your home, where you store your seasonal decorations and boxes of items you never bothered opening when you moved in. Or, it can be a full finished oasis, complete with a theatre or games room, playroom for the kids, or perhaps even a home office.
Reviewing the 2018 Hyundai IONIQ Plug-in Hybrid EV
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
There are hints that this is not a regular Hyundai, it is one of three vehicles sharing the Ioniq name, this one can be plugged in to charge its electric motor, but you can also fill it up at your local gas station.
5G Wireless Roll-out Brings Opportunities, Concerns, Calls for Moratorium
by Lee Rickwood
Tech industry plans for the roll-out of 5G wireless transmission technologies are bringing new business opportunities, marketplace concerns and even calls for a complete moratorium on delivery due to concerns for human health.