The Great Internet Slowdown: Tomorrow’s Protest Against the FCC’s New Net Neutrality Rules The first great Internet Slowdown on September 10 is a concerted effort by some of the Web’s largest companies to protest the FCC and the U.S. government’s handling of net neutrality. A spinning, loading wheel will appear on many websites to remind […]
Tech Sightings, September 4, 2014
Posted September 4th, 2014 at 2:25 pm (UTC-4)
Apple Chastised for Unsafe Working Conditions in Supplier Factory Labor rights and advocacy groups say a Suqian, China factory owned by Catcher Technology was found to be in “serious health and safety, environmental, and human rights violations.” The factory produces iPad and iPhone parts. Singapore Hospital Pilots Telehealth for Heart Patients Singapore’s Changi General Hospital […]
Data-Sharing Apps Serious Threat to Mobile
Posted August 15th, 2014 at 2:07 pm (UTC-4)
When was the last time you checked the privacy terms before installing a free or paid app on your mobile device? A mapping app asking for your location might need that information, but if a flashlight app asks for your contacts – you should be concerned. The problem with data sharing on iOS and Android […]
Tech Sightings, August 14, 2014
Posted August 14th, 2014 at 2:06 pm (UTC-4)
Tech CEOs join the Ice Bucket Challenge What’s the Ice Bucket Challenge, you ask? The idea is that people dump a bucket of ice-cold water over their head and challenge others to do the same – all in the interest of helping raise awareness of Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). This year’s challenge drew Facebook’s CEO […]
Tech Sightings, August 13, 2014
Posted August 13th, 2014 at 2:06 pm (UTC-4)
Google Opens Up Classroom Tool for Teachers Worldwide Google’s Classroom Project, which just completed its first phase, is an online tool designed to encourage teachers to use its services to assign and collect work online. The service is now open for all Google Apps for Education users. Apple: Mostly Men, Mostly White Apple’s statistics on […]
Tech Sightings, July 30, 2014
Posted July 30th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
Russia Wants Apple, SAP to Cooperate Against Foreign Spying Moscow suggested that Apple and SAP should give the government access to their source code to ensure that it is not being used for espionage. The development comes amidst renewed U.S. and European consultations to impose even more severe sanctions on Russia for its role in […]
Tech Sightings, July 24, 2014
Posted July 24th, 2014 at 1:00 pm (UTC-4)
Could Food Waste Power Our Cities? Florida’s Harvest Power, a group that first started by collecting food waste from Walt Disney World, has found a new way to produce energy. Quadrillions of microorganisms, feeding on discarded food, consume the waste much faster than it would take for it to decompose and produce biogas – a […]
Tech Sightings, July 16, 2014
Posted July 16th, 2014 at 2:02 pm (UTC-4)
South Korea to Create 10-year 3D Printing Roadmap South Korea’s government has asked its Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy to research the feasibility of a 10-year plan to develop 3D printing into a growth market and transform manufacturing. Hi-Tech System Brings Quick Storm Warnings to […]
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 […]