The end of online ads is probably coming, but it’s not what you think

Yoshikawa Tech giants will be at a great advantage See the original article on CBC.ca from June 20, 2017 There’s a very good likelihood that you, reading this, use some kind of ad blocker. If that’s the case, then you’ve managed to outsmart Wall Street, Silicon Valley and Madison Avenue, and can go about your Googling,

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Youth is no defence when it comes to shameful online posts

Recent Harvard case shows any online communication can become public fodder See the original article on CBC.ca from June 16, 2017 Be careful what you post online — it could come back to haunt you. This has been popular advice for a while now, repeated by a chorus of onlookers and pundits each time a

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Would we have seen the proliferation of ‘stalkerware’ if there were more women in tech?

When development teams are homogeneous, we see the proliferation of online tools with dangerous consequences See the original article on CBC.ca from May 30, 2017 You’ve probably heard stories of governments tracking the online actions of persons of interest through surreptitious digital means. But now, the very same tools are being used by tens of thousands

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Google plans to ‘fix’ Toronto by building smart city

Underdeveloped waterfront ideal location to start building smart city See the original article on CBC.ca from May 20, 2017 Google has its sights set on piloting its vision for the smart city of the future in Canada’s largest urban centre. But its reasons for picking Toronto are not necessarily the ones we might first assume.

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