Description: A hacker shows how he rigged a cat collar to collect wi-fi information and break into your outdated network. Source: CNN Money Date: August 11, 2014 If your wi-fi network is not as secure as it could be, you may want to take some extra precautions. This hacker shows how easy it is to gather information… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Internet
Intel’s Holiday Pop-Up Store Sounds Like The Opposite Of Christmas
Description: Intel will open a series of pop-up shops around New York City this holiday season, starting with one in the city’s Nolita neighbourhood. Source: Fast Company Date: November 14, 2013 Intel is opening a series of pop-up shops around New York in an attempt to woo holiday shoppers. But without a gift-worthy, flagship product, what’s the draw? Anyone who has… Read more »
Ottawa’s Nuvyyo Unveils Tablo, Which Aims to Make Cord-cutting Easier Than Ever
Description: Canadian company Nuvyyo claims they are changing television watching with their new device which will supposedly make mobile viewing that much easier. Source: TechVibes Date: November 14th, 2013 A Canadian company aiming to revolutionize the home media experience hopes to help cord-cutters access high-definition television content over the air. Nuvyyo this week unveiled a new product called… Read more »
Canadian Company Aims to be First to Stream Video of Earth from Space
Description: Imagine being able to see streaming images from space in nearly real-time. That is what this Canadian company is planning to do starting early 2014 and they’re hoping for a viral effect. Source: Techvibes Date: July 30, 2013 A Vancouver company wants to give people a taste of the feeling astronauts have when they look down… Read more »
How Technology Democratized Development
Description: Individuals in Africa are becoming more empowered and productive with the help of their mobile phones. Today, anyone anywhere can make a positive difference in their own – or somebody else’s – community. Source: BBC.com Date: September 7th, 2012 Twenty years ago, if you were information technology-literate and interested in international development, your options… Read more »
Dorm Rooms and a Garage are Launching Some of the Best in Startups
Description: The University of Waterloo boasts two productive launch pads for students wanting to build a start-up company. The Velocity Residence and the Velocity Garage offer places for students to learn, collaborate and test their industries. Source: Techvibes.com Date: September 6th, 2012 How many times have you heard or read the phrase “student startup” in… Read more »
10 Incredibly Simple Things You Should Be Doing To Protect Your Privacy
Description: Everyone is at risk of a personal security breach, even Wired‘s Mat Honan. These 10 simple tips can help you improve your privacy online. Source: forbes.com Date: August 23rd, 2012 Over the weekend, I wound up atWashington, D.C.’s Trapeze School with a group of friends. Before one of them headed up a ladder to… Read more »
The post-PC world is real and it’s here
Description: This year, over one billion internet-enabled devices will be sold globally with less than one third of those devices being laptop or desktop computers. Source: GlobeandMail.com Date: April 5, 2012 While PC sales have continued to grow for over three decades, the PC era reached its zenith just prior to the introduction of the… Read more »
Jennifer Pahlka: Coding a better government
Description: Can government be run like the Internet, permissionless and open? Coder and activist Jennifer Pahlka believes it can — and that apps, built quickly and cheaply, are a powerful new way to connect citizens to their governments — and their neighbors. Source: Ted .com Date: March 25, 2012 Questions for discussion: 1. Could government… Read more »