BMW’s new smartphone car key means you better not lose your phone
With your car keys in your smartphone it’ll be harder to misplace your keys — but the pressure is really on to keep track of your phone. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday, BMW showed off a smartphone-enabled car locking and unlocking experience. BMW’s Digital Key will be available this July for […]
Barclaycard wants you to dine and dash legally
Barclaycard is testing a new payment service that could mean the end to waiting for your bill at a restaurant. It’s called Dine & Dash, but in this version, dashing doesn’t mean skipping out on your tab. Instead, with this service, restaurant-goers would download the Dine & Dash app and just tap their phone on […]
Driverless cars, without a driver this time, to be tested on California roads
It’s the Wild West on California roads. On Monday, the state Department of Motor Vehicles announced it will allow autonomous cars on public roads without an approved driver. That means cars with no one in the driver’s seat can start being tested and driven throughout the state once the regulations go into effect April 2. […]
Fitbit plans a ‘family’ of smartwatches in 2018
Fitbit knows it can’t lean on activity trackers forever, and it’s going to shake things up in 2018. As part of a call discussing its latest earnings, the company said it would produce a “family” of smartwatches this year — it’s not just going to hope a single model like the Ionic will be enough. […]
Air Canada to create 227 jobs at Saint John contact centre over 5 years
Opportunities NB will provide $1.5M in payroll rebates to help company nearly double its workforce Air Canada plans to nearly double the workforce at its Saint John contact centre, creating up to 227 full-time jobs over the next five years with up to $1.5 million from the provincial government in the form of payroll rebates, […]
Province announces $2.9M for Indigenous family programming in Thunder Bay district
Thunderbird Friendship Centre in Geraldton will use the funds to expand programming to Longlac The Ontario government is spending $2.9 million on child and family programs for Indigenous people in the Thunder Bay district. The funding was announced at a news conference Friday morning. The Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre, Dilico Anishinabek Family Care, Anishnawbe […]
Students at Okanagan College create solar-powered table to charge cellphones
‘We were outside and wanted to charge our phones and work at the same time.’ Students at Okanagan College unveiled an outdoor table that doubles as a charging station at Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus this week. The table is the first creation by Project ReCharge — an initiative aiming to integrate solar technology with everyday […]
Olympians touching down at YVR with medals say victory even sweeter on Canadian soil
Canadian athletes land at YVR following a historic Olympics for Canada in Pyeongchang Eleanor Johnson knew she had some early mornings ahead of her when she found out her grandson, Gilbert Brule, would be competing in Pyeongchang. Like any true sports fan, the 84-year-old woke up before sunrise to watch Brule and the rest of […]
Is This the Best Cybersecurity Stock?
The global cybersecurity market is expected to boom in the coming years as organizations and governments scramble to protect sensitive data and systems from ever-evolving threats. According to one estimate, global cybersecurity spending will increase from $135 billion last year to more than $202 billion in 2021, a 50% increase. There are quite a few […]
3 Incredibly Cheap Technology Stocks
Tech stocks have seen some huge gains over the past year — the Nasdaq 100 Technology Sector is up about 30% over the past 12 months. Even among these gains, there are still a handful of technology companies that investors can snatch up at discount prices. What’s even more surprising is that some of these […]