Jack Ma’s Journey to Build Alibaba Was Full of Crazy Alibaba founder Jack Ma, an English teacher, went on to start an e-commerce business that is able to take on global multi-billion-dollar companies.This is the subject of a new movie titled “Crocodile in the Yangtze” that offers a comprehensive look at the journey that lead […]
Tech Sightings, July 2, 2014
Posted July 2nd, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
The Line Between Wearable Technology and Prosthetics is Blurring Wearable technology is increasingly augmenting the human senses through hearing, sight and smell aids. But how far will technology go before the lines are blurred? 3-D Printed Fabric Made of Yarn Can Stop a Knife A student at London’s Royal College of Art has developed a […]
Tech Sightings, June 26, 2014
Posted June 26th, 2014 at 2:26 pm (UTC-4)
What Developers Need To Know About Android L Google’s latest mobile operating system, Android L, which is available to developers as a preview version, could be the biggest Android update ever. The new release changes the way Android operates in fundamental ways that developers working with the Android OS will probably want to know. New […]
Tech Sightings, June 19, 2014
Posted June 19th, 2014 at 2:09 pm (UTC-4)
Five World Cup Innovations You Might Have Missed You think you know everything about World Cup technologies? Think again! $50 million Google Coding Initiative Targets Girls Made with Code is a $50 million Google initiative that aims to attract more girls to coding and show that coding in today’s high-tech world is vital. China Cuts […]
Tech Sightings, June 11, 2014
Posted June 11th, 2014 at 2:12 pm (UTC-4)
New Technology Aims to Rid World Cup of ‘Ghost Goals’ Soccer’s governing bodies are working to resolve the issue of the “ghost goal” – a situation where it is impossible to tell if an air-borne ball in the goal area actually crosses the goal area. Now, with the help of a German company, FIFA will […]
Tech Sightings, June 3, 2014
Posted June 3rd, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
Apple Expands into Health, Home Apple’s 25th annual conference for application developers unveiled plans to expand the company’s products into home and health management with new tools that track health and control household appliances. Internet Balloons in the Sky Can Also Fall Down Filling the sky with Internet balloons sounds like a cool idea that […]
Tech Sightings, May 29, 2014
Posted May 29th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
Google Releases Its Diversity Numbers Google says it has been shy about publicizing its employment numbers, but has now decided that it’s time to reverse that decision. And the company admits it is not where it wants to be, given the numbers – women at 30 percent, blacks at 2 percent, Hispanics at 3 percent, […]
Tech Sightings, May 20, 2014
Posted May 20th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
What is Tech Doing to Children’s Brains? Thousands of UK children are being recruited for the Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phones, or SCAMP – the world’s largest study on the impact mobile phones have on memory and attention span. The project will examine whether mobiles and other wireless devices affect children’s ability to […]
Tech Sightings, May 13, 2014
Posted May 13th, 2014 at 2:31 pm (UTC-4)
Ransomware Gang Targets Android Phones The Reveton Gang that pioneered the idea of locking up a victim’s computer and demanding a ransom to unlock it is now targeting the mobile market. Once Reveton mobile infects a phone, it will display a bogus warning that will hold the phone hostage until the extortionists get payment. One […]