Tag: economics

1 in 5 Canadians Have Not Used the Internet In the Past Year: Exploring Our Digital Divide

Canada has a digital divide, a demographic that isn’t fully connected to the online world. In the past year, 20 per cent of Canadians haven’t used the internet

Will Kids Be Playing Kronum in the Schoolyard in 50 Years Instead of Soccer or Basketball?

Kronum is a new sport that combines elements of football, rugby, basketball, handball and even Quidditch to create what players are hoping grows to become the first big

Music Monday – “You that never done nothin’/But build to destroy/You play with my world/Like it’s your little toy”

Red poppy or white poppy, hero or victim, holiday or not, the only thing that’s clear is that Remembrance Day means different things to different people and, as

Friday Fun Link – Wikipedia’s List of Emerging Technologies

Covering all kinds of sectors from energy to manufacturing to health and more. Fascinating glimpse at the near future.

“Remember, Remember the Fifth of November” (This Isn’t A Movie Anymore; It’s A Warning)

Do you know the connection between Guy Fawkes, the movie “V for Vendetta” and the Anonymous movement? Or that today, was the Million Mask March at locations around

YouTube Music Awards

Another big step in the convergence of traditional and new media broadcasting as the YouTube Music Awards – their version of the Grammys/American Music Awards/etc. – happened tonight

Neil Gaiman’s Love Letter to Libraries

The Guardian recently published an edited version of Neil Gaiman‘s lecture for the Reading Agency. The Reading Agency’s annual lecture series was initiated in 2012 as a platform

Friday Fun Link – Wearable Gesture Control

Recently read an article about up & coming Canadian start-ups which mentioned Pebble and these guys whose product looks amazing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWu9TFJjHaM

To End Poverty in #Canada, Guarantee Everyone $20,000/year (But Are You Willing to Trust the Poor?)

This is not a new idea to Canada (or to this blog). But this article is timely in light of a recent post that came across my Facebook

The Story Behind the Development of the First iPhone

This in-depth look at the behind-the-scenes developments that led to the creation of the first iPhone is filled with all kinds of stories of innovation on a tightrope.

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