These 3 Optical Networking Stocks Are Ridiculously Cheap
The optical networking sector has fallen on hard times lately. Many stocks in this category skyrocketed in 2016 and early 2017, only to come crashing back down. There is no doubt in my mind that high-speed network equipment and components will be in high demand for many years to come. That’s why I’m salivating over […]
JetBlue Ramps Up Share Buybacks as Its Stock Price Stumbles
JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported strong first-quarter results a month ago and a solid outlook for the rest of the year. However, investors didn’t seem to care, sending JetBlue stock down further — perhaps due to concerns about whether the carrier can offset the cost headwind from rising fuel prices. Whatever the reason, JetBlue stock […]
3 Questions Costco Should Answer on Thursday
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) will announce its fiscal third-quarter earnings results after the market closes on Thursday, May 31. And if recent history is any guide, the warehouse retailer is likely to reveal strong growth on both the top and bottom lines. But there will be much more to this report than just those headline sales […]
Pandora Launches Premium Family Plans
Music-streaming pioneer Pandora (NYSE: P) has just released a new tier for its on-demand Premium music streaming service. Premium Family plans are now available for $15 per month and can include up to six users. The new offering largely resembles comparable plans offered by rivals Spotify Technology (NYSE: SPOT) and Apple. Both of those larger […]
Meet Gita: A rolling robot that carries your groceries
Tired of lugging things around? Meet Gita, the new mobile carrier that follows people on the go. It’s from the makers of Vespa scooters. The rolling robot is about two feet tall and can carry up to 44 pounds of items. Think of the equivalent of a case of wine, a loaded backpack or two […]
HoloLens acts as eyes for blind users and guides them with audio prompts
Microsoft’s HoloLens has an impressive ability to quickly sense its surroundings, but limiting it to displaying emails or game characters on them would show a lack of creativity. New research shows that it works quite well as a visual prosthesis for the vision impaired, not relaying actual visual data but guiding them in real time […]
Smartphones may get ‘smell-o-vision’ thanks to this tiny electronic nose
On a surface level, the idea of giving your smartphone a nose-like ability to smell sounds kind of gimmicky. But, just like previous gimmicky concepts such as incorporating a camera in your phone or speaking to your computer, the more you think about it the more sense it makes. From detecting rotten or spoiled food […]
Color-changing fibers make compression bandages easier to use
Pressure bandages are typically used to treat medical issues around veins that don’t return enough blood from your legs or arms. Compression stockings, for example, can help stimulate blood flow, but there’s no way to know if the pressure being applied is optimal for the specific condition. Engineers at MIT have developed color-changing fibers that […]
Quebec’s daycare model provides inspiration for provinces to develop their own
MONTREAL — When it comes to affordable daycare, Quebec’s low-fee program is the envy of many a parent in other parts of Canada. Under the much-vaunted but polarizing program introduced in 1997, the bulk of Quebec parents pay but a fraction of the astronomical amounts their counterparts shell out elsewhere. Some pundits argue the Quebec […]
‘I thank him for my own life’: Swiss diplomat used legal ruse to save tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews
Carl Lutz was initially reprimanded for his actions; Holocaust survivors in Canada want him honoured On New Year’s Eve 1944, six-year-old Andras Spiegel watched as Nazi troops stormed the former glass factory where he, his parents and 2,000 other Jews had taken shelter in Budapest, Hungary. They were all marched outside, lined up and told […]