Description: A new development in asset exchange transactions. Source: TechCrunch Date: October 3, 2015 To process a transaction, you need first to make sure the sender owns the asset he wants to transfer, and make sure he will not trade it twice. In the blockchain, information is stored in blocks that record all transactions ever done… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Functional Information Systems
Google to Kill Single Most Annoying Thing About Browsing the Web
Description: You know that panicked feeling when you’ve got a zillion browser tabs open, and one of them starts blaring music? Google is about to put an end to that. Source: CNN Money Date: August 28th, 2015 In a soon-to-be released update to the chrome browser. Google will no longer allow sounds and videos to load in background… Read more »
Google Embraces ‘Mobile-Friendly’ Sites in Search Shake-up
Description: Change billed as ‘mobile-geddon’ by some search experts, Google has been urging websites to cater to mobile device for years, mainly because that is where people are increasingly searching for information. Source: CBC News Date: April 17, 2015 Google is about to change the way its influential search engine recommends websites on smartphones and tablets in… Read more »
Wearable Tech for Babies: Smart Onesie
Description: Mimo is a onesie with a built-in monitor that collects real time data about baby’s breathing, temperature, sleep, body position and sends it to a smartphone. Source: CNN Money Date: April 17, 2015 Questions for discussion: 1. Do you feel that Mimo is an extravagant accessory or a useful tool? 2. Do you feel like technology… Read more »
Google Announces Budget-Priced Chromebits and Chromebooks
Description: Google has announced new Chrome-powered computers, which are set to target budget-conscious consumers and schools. Source: BBC News Date: April 1, 2015 The range includes a new type of device called the Chromebit, which looks like an oversized memory stick, and turns monitors and TVs into computers when plugged into their HDMI ports. The tech firm also… Read more »
Microsoft’s Siri Rival to be Available on Android, Apple Devices
Description: Microsoft is attempting to define the competitive landscape of who can create the most effective and efficient “virtual assistant” to help simplify our lives. Source: Globe and Mail Date: March 13, 2015 Microsoft is working on an advanced version of its competitor to Apple’s Siri, using research from an artificial intelligence project called “Einstein.”Microsoft has been running… Read more »
The Google Doctor Will See You Now
Description: Google is attempting to alleviate the incorrect self-diagnoses of those googling symptoms and then jumping to conclusions about their health. Source: Mashable Date: October 13, 2014 It seems Google is trying to bring an end to all the fake “diagnoses” resulting from folks searching for their symptoms and arriving at the wrong conclusions — or… Read more »
Three Essential Tools for Collaborating with Clients Remotely
Description: If you’re working with clients remotely, you need to use the tools available to help make sure that you are properly servicing the client. The only way to do this is with the appropriate technology. Source: TechVibes Date: March 7, 2014 Convenient, simple and easy. That’s what every single client wants from a service provider in… Read more »
Hacking Health Hits Montreal This Weekend, Will Reach Ontario and Calgary Later This Year
Description: ‘Hacking Health’ is holding an event in Montreal with the hopes of improving healthcare by bringing together technology and healthcare. Source: TechVibes Date: February 21, 2014 Hacking Health will hold an event from February 21 to 23 at CHU Sainte-Justine and HEC Montreal, at which doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals and health system administrators will collaborate… Read more »
4 Lessons From MongoHQ Data Breach
Description: MongoHQ encountered a privacy invasion on October 27th when a hacker accessed passwords of an employee. This resulted in spammy tweets and facebook posts made on behalf of a client’s account. Source: InformationWeek Date: November 15th, 2013 How could MongoHQ have prevented last month’s breach that gave an attacker access to the company’s customer… Read more »
Leading Titles
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