Today’s Tech Sightings: Virtual Reality Will Change the World in 2016 Virtual reality (VR) technology continues to evolve, with the promise of immersing average consumers in first-hand experiences ranging from gaming to commerce to watching movies. Writer Eric Lancheres believes it is the way of the future. 9 Ways Millennials Are Driving Southeast Asia’s Tech […]
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Changing the World With VR; SE Asia’s Millennials Driving Tech Scene
Posted November 19th, 2015 at 11:45 am (UTC-4)
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Drone Package Delivery; Twitter’s Heart-Shaped Like
Posted November 3rd, 2015 at 2:07 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Google Aims to Begin Drone Package Deliveries in 2017 David Vos, the leader for Alphabet’s Project Wing, the new holding company for Google is in talks with the FAA and other stakeholders about setting up an air traffic control system for drones that would use cellular and Internet technology to coordinate unmanned […]
Tags: amazon, book store, call of duty, Candy Crush, drone, favorite, Google, Like, mobile device, package delivery, secretary, social media, tech, tech sightings, technology, technology headlines, technology news, techtonics, toddler, Tweeter Posted in Sightings
Study: Women’s Tweets on Tech Less Popular Than Men’s
Posted October 9th, 2015 at 4:38 pm (UTC-4)
A recent study of men’s and women’s tweet patterns and engagement levels reveals a topical bias that renders men’s tweets, particularly on tech issues, more popular than women’s. The study was done by Kieran Snyder, co-founder and CEO of Textio, a machine-learning company that looks for bias patterns in business documents and hiring practices and […]
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Coding for Kids; Coursera; Google in India; Internet TV
Posted September 22nd, 2015 at 3:00 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Coding for Kids Makes Sense, Needs More Than Just Classrooms Coding is becoming increasingly popular to create a new generation of young programmers, with some countries already requiring coding classes in public schools. But the effort faces some challenges, including teacher availability and new approaches to teaching. Google Tips ‘Nanodegree’ Program for […]
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Nokia Silent in Salo; Social Media News; Cybersecurity; iOS Scam
Posted July 16th, 2015 at 4:01 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Microsoft Shuts Down Nokia Phone Unit in Finnish Town of Salo Salo, a town of 54,000 in southern Finland that hosted one of Nokia’s first factories in the 1970s, has been hit hard by the decline of the country’s electronics industry. Now, Microsoft’s decision to shut down Nokia’s former product development unit […]
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‘You Are Okay’ – Website Helps Teens Confront Mental Illness
Posted May 15th, 2015 at 2:48 pm (UTC-4)
A New York-based non-profit is harnessing the power of social media and video streaming to ignite a conversation about mental illness among teenagers in the U.S. and abroad. Project UROK – You Are Okay – is a “mental health destigmatization effort that utilizes YouTube and social media to create fun, informative and inclusive videos for […]
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Zombies at Work; Selfie Sticks; Social Media Addiction; Stuxnet Returns
Posted March 12th, 2015 at 2:30 pm (UTC-4)
Social Media Addiction: ‘Getting a Like over Having a Life’ A new report from training and consulting group VitalSmarts, entitled Society’s New Addiction: Getting a ‘Like’ over Having a Life, found that 91 percent of respondents polled reported seeing tourists letting precious moments get away from them amid their eagerness to share their experiences on […]
Tags: apps, cybersecurity, Facebook, online abuse, privacy, selfie sticks, social media, stuxnet, tech, tech sightings, technology, technology headlines, technology news, techtonics, twitter, zombies Posted in Sightings
Social Media Addicts; Malicious Apps; 3-D-Printed Bricks
Posted February 3rd, 2015 at 2:15 pm (UTC-4)
China’s Internet Population Hits 649 million – 86 Percent on Phones According to the China Internet Network Information Center, the country’s total Internet population increased by 31 million in 2014. The country had 649 million internet users by the end of 2014. Up to 557 million of those used mobile sets to get online. A […]
Bitcoin Dives; Blackberry; Mech Suits; Social Media Stress?
Posted January 15th, 2015 at 2:35 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Social Media and the Cost of Caring You’d think the world would be totally stressed out with the way people obsess over technology and social media. But a study from the Pew Research Internet Project says otherwise. The study notes, however, that social media exposure increases awareness of unfortunate events and suffering […]
Tags: bitcoin, blackberry, colombia, Facebook, internet of things, Kuratas mech, Pew, ransomware, robots, samsung, smithsonian, social media, tech, tech sightings, technology headlines, technology news, techtonics, zuckerberg Posted in Sightings
Should Social Media Police Online Abuse?
Posted December 26th, 2014 at 1:00 pm (UTC-4)
Social media services came under fire recently for not being more proactive in addressing online harassment and violent threats and for removing offensive comments only after being reported. Now some believe the role of social media in overseeing online behavior should change. “Whoever is in charge of these spaces — that includes the people who […]
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