The $100,000 Device That Could Have Solved Missing Plane Mystery The search continues for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370; and the full story will only be known once the flight recorder is found. But a Canadian company already has the technology to fit a plane with a device that can stream crucial flight information to the […]
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Youth at Forefront of Global Internet Use
Posted March 7th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
If you are under 30, you are probably one of the young people leading the global charge in Internet and mobile technology. Young people are “particularly likely to use the Internet. They are particularly likely to engage in social networking,” said Richard Wike, Director of Pew Research Center’s Global Attitude Research. “They are particularly likely […]
Tags: cell phones, china, developing world, emerging countries, mobile technology, Pew, smartphones, social media, tech, technology, techtonics, young people Posted in Uncategorized
Tech Sightings, March 5, 2014
Posted March 5th, 2014 at 2:41 pm (UTC-5)
The Benefits of Connecting Kids With Autism to Social Media Autism Expressed is the first and only online learning program that teaches digital literacy to students with autism and other developmental disabilities. It was launched last summer launched by a student at Philadelphia’s University of The Arts and has already benefited thousands of students. Mobile […]
Tags: apple, autism, bitcoin, blackberry, drones, Facebook, Japan, rwanda, social media, tech sightings, technology, technology headlines, technology links, technology news, techtonics Posted in Sightings
Tech Sightings, February 19, 2013
Posted February 19th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
Glass Hits Operating Theater as Wearable Tech Boosts Cancer Surgery Surgeons at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital have turned to Google Glass to access patient records, look at MRI and X-ray information during surgery. Kenya: Safaricom Beats Google, Facebook in Innovation Fast Company magazine rated Kenya’s mobile network operator Safaricom number nine in innovation globally […]
Tags: apple, elearning, google glass, kenya, likes, pcell, safaricom, social media, tech sightings, technology, technology headlines, technology links, technology news, techtonics, wearable tech, wireless Posted in Sightings
A Decade Later, Facebook Wields Unprecedented Mass Influence
Posted February 7th, 2014 at 2:32 pm (UTC-5)
The world before Facebook was a different place. Social networking sites like SixDegrees, Friendster and MySpace laid the social media groundwork as early as 1997 before some of them faded away. But when Facebook showed up in 2004, it took the social networking game to a whole new level. Facebook changed the world in major […]
Tags: cyber bullies, Facebook, kamy akhavan, social media, technology, techtonics, zuckerburg Posted in Uncategorized
Tech Sightings, December 31, 2013
Posted December 31st, 2013 at 4:27 pm (UTC-5)
How to Get the Most Battery Life from your Android Device If your Android device is powered on all of the time, you may well find that you run out of juice before the end of the day. Though batteries in such devices are getting more powerful, so are the features and apps that run […]
Tech Sightings, December 26, 2013
Posted December 26th, 2013 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
China Approves Pilot to Open Mobile Telecoms Market, Boost Competition China has approved a pilot scheme allowing private companies to piggy back on the country’s three dominant telecommunications providers to offer own-brand mobile services, opening the world’s largest mobile phone market to increased competition. From Twitter to Tinder: Social Media’s Biggest Hits and Misses of […]
Tags: bitcoin, china, digital manners, emoji, game developers, india, japanese developers, mobile, samsung, social media, tech sightings, technology links, technology news, techtonics, telcoms, Walter De Brouwer Posted in Sightings
LatAm Advocates, Gangs Take Crime Fight to Social Media
Posted December 13th, 2013 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
Using social media and SMS messaging for crime prevention is a great idea. But if you are in parts of Latin America, chances are tech-savvy gangsters are playing the same game. This is what one non-profit organization is finding out. The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) is a non-profit organization that promotes good practices in […]
Tags: crime prevention, ICMA, Isabelle Bully, LATAM gangs, SMS messaging, social media, technology, technology news, techtonics Posted in Uncategorized