Today’s Tech Sightings: Drones Help Nepal Earthquake Relief Effort As the death toll from Nepal’s massive earthquake surpassed 5,000, experts from Ontario-based GlobalMedic are using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to map disaster areas. The survey helps provide a better picture of needs on the ground and identify flooded areas, blocked roads, damaged infrastructure and population movements. […]
UAVs Aid Nepal; ‘Renaissance’ Games; Microsoft Embraces Android, iOS
Posted April 30th, 2015 at 2:39 pm (UTC-4)
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A Gates’ Look at the Future; Microsoft’s HoloLens; WhatsApp
Posted January 22nd, 2015 at 2:01 pm (UTC-4)
Bill and Melinda Gates Bet Big on the Future Microsoft’s founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda paint a rosy future for the world’s poorest in their foundation’s 2015 annual letter. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s outlook foresees mobile banking transforming lives and software advances revolutionizing learning, among other things. Gaming to Death: What […]
Uganda’s Robotics Generation; 3D-Printed Buildings; Apple; Windows 10
Posted January 20th, 2015 at 2:37 pm (UTC-4)
Robotics Revolution Hits Ugandan Classrooms Fundi Bots founder Solomon King Benge is betting that a new generation of Ugandans can develop creative skills and learn from robots how to solve real-world problems. His company offers robotics training in 15 schools in Kampala and Gulu in the north that let kids tinker with robotics parts and […]
Help! I’m a Pirate and I’m Stuck in the Game!
Posted January 16th, 2015 at 1:00 pm (UTC-4)
Piracy accounts for 43 percent of all software installed on PCs, or about $62.7 billion in commercial value, according to BSA | The Software Alliance 2013 figures. And while developers have been using Digital Rights Management (DRM) tools to thwart pirates, some have taken a less-traveled anti-piracy path. Among them is Croteam, an independent game developer […]
Firefighting With Technology; Sony, Uber Woes; Linux Malware
Posted December 9th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: FBI Official Says ‘No Attribution’ to North Korea in Sony Hack Probe The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says the FBI has not confirmed suspicions that North Korea is the culprit in the recent Sony Entertainment hack attack that wreaked havoc on the company’s systems. PlayStation Network Hacked ‘By Lizard Squad’ Sony […]
Tech Sightings, October 15, 2014
Posted October 15th, 2014 at 1:50 pm (UTC-4)
Study Confirms First Case of Google Glass Addiction A U.S. serviceman who recently checked himself into a substance abuse rehabilitation program for alcohol addiction started displaying withdrawal behavior after he was stripped of his Google Glass. After wearing Glass for 18 hours a day for two months, withdrawal symptoms included feeling irritable and lacking focus, […]
Tech Sightings, August 27, 2014
Posted August 27th, 2014 at 2:56 pm (UTC-4)
Google to Launch Campus for Asian Startups in Seoul Google for Entrepreneurs is creating Asia’s first Google Campus in Seoul, where it will serve as a space for startups and entrepreneurs to host events and network. How Crowdfunding is Helping Female Technologists Break the Glass Ceiling A study by New York University’s Jason Greenberg and […]