Source: D News Date: December 28th, 2015 Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRrxOfgwFyw Amazon.com says in a few years, your orders will be delivered to your door by drones! But before this happens, there’s a few (major) issues to be worked out. Discussion 1) Do you agree with any of the points being made, and if so, how could Amazon… Read more »
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Amazon Drone Delivery
Source: Amazon Date: December 28th, 2015 Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXo_d6tNWuY Discussion 1) Jeremy Clarkson says “this is set in the not-too-distant future”. How much in the future do you think this is? 2) What other companies could use this technology?
Amazon Invades India
It is a fight that Amazon is far from certain of winning, yet one it cannot afford to sit out. The company predicts that India will be its biggest market after the U.S. within a decade and that the Indian e-commerce market as a whole will ultimately be gigantic. “The size of opportunity is so… Read more »
Mark Zuckerberg has personally answered Facebook’s Indian critics
A controversial Facebook effort to expand Internet access in India that has come under withering criticism from tech activists. “Free Basics,” formerly known as Internet.org, offers a free, stripped-down version of the Internet to consumers who cannot afford a broadband connection or smartphone data plan. The service provides information on health, travel, jobs and local… Read more »
Why politicians still dream of controlling the internet
Who’s in charge of the internet? Both Xi Jinping, President of China, and Donald Trump, Presidential candidate, clearly think it is time for national governments to grasp control of the internet to bend it to their own political purposes. Source: BBC News Date: December 17th. 2015 Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35112856 Discussion 1) China has an “increasingly sophisticated Great Firewall acts… Read more »
Making a fortune – just by playing games
It’s a common worry among parents – the amount of time children spend playing computer games. But those endless hours in front of a screen have paid off for some who have become celebrity gamers competing for huge prizes. Source: BBC Technology Date: December 17th, 2015 Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35026796 Discussion 1) Would you watch professionals play a video game,… Read more »
Carly Fiorina on high-tech democracy: ‘There’s an app for this’
Carly Fiorina said she will use technology — and votes by smart phones — to solve issues such as immigration and the economy if elected president. “The technology for a citizen government exists. There’s an app for this actually,” the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard said. “We need to use technology to reengage citizens in the… Read more »
What is ransomware?
Computer viruses that threaten to delete your files unless you pay a ransom are known as ransomware. Security experts have warned that ransomware is the fastest growing form of computer virus. Like other computer viruses, it usually finds its way onto a device by exploiting a security hole in vulnerable software or by tricking somebody… Read more »
How thermal imaging tech is about to become hot stuff
Soon we’ll all be feeling the heat, thanks to thermal imaging technology. Although it’s already been used by industry, the military and some emergency services, it was expensive and therefore had a limited market. But in the same way that GPS location tech has now found its way into cars, smartphones, cameras and many other… Read more »
The end of the inbox: Companies that banned email
Clare Burge thought that she had a good handle on her email, until she returned from a 10-day trip to Morocco in 2001 to find 10,000 new messages in her inbox. Stress took over her post-holiday glow and Burge wondered why she had even bothered to leave at all. Then in a moment of madness,… Read more »
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