A Tech Gift for Every Dad on Your List
By Christine Persaud
Whether he’s a business professional, sports fanatic, entertainment lover, or enjoys barbecuing, here are some great tech gift ideas for every dad on your list.
Tag: technology
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.
Sports Scores, Stats and Big Data Analytics Bring Whole New Ballgame
by Lee Rickwood
There’s no final score in the match-up between sports purists and sabermetric stat heads, but one group may have all the results they could want.
Big data analysts.
Touchscreens, Walls, Skin Surfaces – New Interfaces for Human Computer Interaction
by Lee Rickwood
Wherever human-computer interaction takes place, researchers and product specialists want to determine just how efficient or economical that contact is.
Great Tech to Help Small Business Owners Modernize Their Office
By Christine Persaud
While tech initiatives have historically been reserved for big business, today’s technology is focusing more and more on helping small businesses grow.
Rechargeable Solar Lanterns, Off-Grid Energy Storage Systems Donated by Panasonic
by Lee Rickwood
The project is making huge inroads in those faraway regions where we might expect power to be scarce or even unavailable, but it should be with some surprise if not embarrassment that the sustainable development targets could be here in Canada.