Today’s Tech Sightings: Emerging ‘Gen M’ Workforce Requires a Rethink of IT Strategy A new, independent study from MobileIron that polled more than 3,500 professionals about work and personal life has uncovered an emerging demographic called “Generation Mobile” or “Gen M” that likely will require a review of traditional IT strategies. This demographic is described […]
Generation Mobile; IoT, Wearable Tech Promise; Yahoo Search
Posted June 25th, 2015 at 3:47 pm (UTC-5)
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App for Ringing Ears; MusicGlove; Ethical Robots; Trust in Facebook?
Posted March 19th, 2015 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Musical Glove Helps Stroke Patients Use Their Hands Again Part of the problem of rehabilitating stroke victims is that many of them don’t keep up their physical therapy. In an effort to change the situation, Nizan Friedman, founder of Flint Rehabilitation Devices, has come up with a wearable device called MusicGlove […]
Cuba’s Secret Internet; Wickr’s Cats; Twitter New Features
Posted January 27th, 2015 at 2:14 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: How Sensors and Drones Can Combat Global Hunger Author Shawn DuBravac argues that sensors, which have revolutionized mobile devices and are now empowering wearable technology, could potentially help alleviate world hunger. He suggests equipping food-supply wares and storehouses with sensors that raise the alarm once a shortage begins, rather than having a person […]
Tech Sightings, November 20, 2014
Posted November 20th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
Africa’s Mobile Money Goes to Europe with M-Pesa Africa’s money transfer system, M-Pesa, launched in 2007, now has some 17 million active users worldwide. And with the recent launch of a mobile wallet in Romania, M-Pesa in expected to continue its advance in the European market. New Tool Helps Spy Victims Detect Government Surveillance German […]
Tech Sightings, January 9, 2014
Posted January 9th, 2014 at 4:11 pm (UTC-5)
The Digital Divide isn’t Racial – it’s Economic A new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds there’s no difference in Internet usage between whites and African Americans at the same income level, although college education appears to reduce the gap for people under 50. Best of CES 2014 The editors at […]