5 Tech Gifts for Women
by Christine Persaud
Looking to grab the perfect gift for the woman on your list? Here are 5 great tech ideas that are sure to be a welcome addition under the tree.
Tag: technology
Dating Game App That Underscores Healthy Relationships
By Yasmin Ranade
Unique in the gaming and app markets, LongStory is LGBTQ friendly and designed to be inclusive from the ground up, helping players explore important issues, such as sexual orientation, gender identity, social anxiety, bullying and consent.
Governments, Businesses Eye ‘The Capability’ – Powerful Facial Recognition and Biometric Analytics
by Lee Rickwood
Advanced collection, analytic and storage systems bring tremendous facial recognition and matching capabilities, and may well be yet another example of technology far outpacing social convention if not independent regulation and protection.
Gift Guide: Cool gadgets for under $100
By Ted Kritsonis
Black Friday usually signals a month-long parade leading up to the holidays for shoppers looking to find the right gift for the right person. Good products with real value don’t have to be expensive, and there are several good options this year.
Mobile Concierge Service Adds to Yorkdale’s Retail Experience
By Yasmin Ranade
Yorkdale is one of the first Canadian shopping centres to offer shoppers access to guest services teams via text or online messaging.
The
Poverty Hackathon: Toronto and Nairobi, November 20-22
By Yasmin Ranade
The
Poverty Hackathon is a Devs Without Borders 28-hour event that brings charitable minded developers from Toronto and Nairobi together – simultaneously – to build web and mobile applications in education, business and farming for people living in rural and impoverished areas in East Africa. The winning solution gets real exposure, and will be implemented by Free The Children in rural Kenya.
5 things you didn’t know could be done with 3D printing
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
3D-printing has evolved exponentially these past few years. Aside from changing the game for various industries like automotive, aerospace, medicine, dentistry and various applied sciences, 3D-printing in enabling leaps in art, architecture, fashion and industrial design.
Canadian Tech Companies Combine to Deliver Live Immersive 360 6K Video
By Lee Rickwood
While multi-camera rigs can and have been used to create very similar immersive content, with this particular system, only one camera is required to capture a real-time live 360-degree experience, thanks to unique lenses and processing algorithms developed in Canada