Description: A new startup is connecting students with homeowners to help the former earn supplemental income to mitigate rising tuition costs. Source: Fast Company Date: April 8, 2016 Based out of Calgary, Varsityhire gives homeowners an affordable option to handle tasks around the house. In essence, it’s a “platform for people to help each other,” says… Read more »
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Messenger Chatbots Likely To Top The Agenda At Facebook’s F8 This Week
Description: Other big topics will include Instant Articles, Live Video, 360 Video, and much more. Source: Fast Company Date: April 11, 2016 When more than 2,000 people descend on San Francisco this week for Facebook’s annual two-day F8 developers conference, their discussions and decisions will have a huge impact on how you and 1.59 billion other… Read more »
Teen invents hearing device for grandpa
Description: Teen invents hearing device for grandpa Source: CNN Money Date: April 9, 2016 16-year-old Mukund Venkatakrishnan was frustrated with how costly and time intensive it was for his grandfather to obtain a hearing aid. So he spent two years making one himself that will cost less. Questions for discussion: 1. Is it possible that the… Read more »
This Entrepreneur Developed A Test That Diagnosed His Dad With Cancer
Description: Conventional tests had failed to detect his father’s prostate cancer—but his “liquid biopsy” technology did. Source: Fast Company Date: April 1, 2016 When Santa Cruz professor Richard Otte, 61, got an annual screening test for prostate cancer, called a PSA, the results came back negative. Shortly thereafter, he reached out to his son Gabriel, an… Read more »
What can doctors learn from pilots and cyclists?
Description: Copying the aviation industry and even professional cycling may help the NHS save lives, writes Matthew Syed. Source: BBC Date: April 1, 2016 Today, a new approach to learning will come into legal effect in the NHS, with the establishment of an independent accident investigation branch. It is modelled on aviation, an industry which has… Read more »
China’s slowdown hits shipping
Description: China’s slowdown hits shipping Source: CNN Money Date: March 14, 2016 The global shipping industry is taking a hit as concerns increase over China’s economic slowdown. Questions for discussion: 1. What technological advances could be integrated or created to assist with the shipping industry’s decline? 2. Does the shipping industry’s decline have a direct relationship… Read more »
On-demand moving app Lugg hits Silicon Valley
Description: A San Francisco company called Recharge has developed an app that enables users to book a stay in hotel for just for 67 cents a minute, or $40 an hour. Source: Tech Crunch Date: April 1, 2016 Lugg, the startup that helps people with small moves, requested via an Uber-like mobile app, is this week… Read more »
Recharge lets you book a hotel room — for minutes at a time
Description: A San Francisco company called Recharge has developed an app that enables users to book a stay in hotel for just for 67 cents a minute, or $40 an hour. Source: Tech Crunch Date: March 24, 2016 The offering sounds both brilliant and preposterous, yet it has already attracted some smart investors, including Scott and… Read more »
Microsoft’s A.I. bot turned from average teen to Jew-hating Trump supporter in 12 hours
Description: Less than a day after Microsoft unleashed Tay, its experimental A.I., to social networks including Twitter and Kik, the chatbot’s already become a racist jerk you wouldn’t ever want to be friends with. Source: Mashable Date: March 24, 2016 Designed by Microsoft Research to better understand how 18- to 24-year-olds speak, Tay has definitely developed… Read more »
Want to clean up India? Turn trash into free Wi-Fi
Description: ThinkScream’s smart trash can rewards users with 15 minutes of free Wi-Fi for throwing things away. Source: CNN Money Date: March 23, 2016 Desai and Agarwal, both 26, invented a trash can that rewards people with 15 minutes of free Wi-Fi every time they throw something away. The plastic bin (which costs about $1,470) is… Read more »
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Introduction to Information Systems, 3rd Canadian Binder Ready Version Update Edition
R. Kelly Rainer, Casey G. Cegielski, Ingrid Splettstoesser-Hogeterp, Cristobal Sanchez-Rodriguez
ISBN: 978-1-119-13385-8
August 2015, © 2016
CDN $98.95; CDN $114.95