Amazon Alexa suffers Christmas outage in Europe
It seems Amazon’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals on Amazon Echos were both a blessing and a curse. The smart speakers were obviously a popular gift, so popular in fact that the surge in voice requests on Christmas Day overburdened Amazon’s servers, causing Alexa to crash, reports The Guardian. Outage tracking website Down Detector […]
Google Fit wants you to start 2019 on a healthy note with a 30-day challenge
If there are New Year’s resolutions we can all get behind, they’re ones that relate to your health. Google hopes you actually stick to those resolutions with Google Fit and its #GetFitWithGoogle campaign. The main component of the new campaign is the upcoming 30-day challenge. Starting January 1, the challenge nets you Heart Points from […]
Ontology (ONT) Added To The Microsoft And Amazon Cloud Computing Marketplaces
Ontology’s blockchain development product, the ONT_Dev_Platform launched on the Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS Marketplaces. Google expects to add the platform to their software store in January 2019. This marks a giant step forward for Ontology and the adoption of blockchain technology. Users everywhere can access the ONT_Dev_Platform for free and deploy it with just […]
Internet provider aims to expand rural connections in Kansas
An Illinois-based internet provider is planning to spur broadband development in rural areas across five states in the central U.S., including Kansas. Wisper ISP Inc. is set to receive money from the Federal Communication Commission for broadband development in Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana and Kansas. The company’s largest project is in Missouri, where it’s getting […]
Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc. (IMH) Soars 14.75% on December 27
Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc. (IMH) had a good day on the market for Thursday December 27 as shares jumped 14.75% to close at $3.50. About 101,357 shares traded hands on 378 trades for the day, compared with an average daily volume of 35,143 shares out of a total float of 21.12 million. After opening the […]
Lydall Inc. (LDL) Moves Higher on Volume Spike for December 27
Lydall Inc. (LDL) traded on unusually high volume on Dec. 27, as the stock gained 3.97% to close at $20.93. On the day, Lydall Inc. saw 312,643 shares trade hands on 2,749 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 170,600 shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty […]
Majesco (MJCO) Moves Lower on Volume Spike for December 27
Majesco (MJCO) traded on unusually high volume on Dec. 27, as the stock lost 0.85% to close at $7.01. On the day, Majesco saw 22,469 shares trade hands on 124 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 12,584 shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty significant bump […]
TSE: worst year in decade
Canada’s main stock market is expected to recover in 2019 from its worst performance in a decade that saw the exchange lose 15 per cent amid extreme volatility, plunging oil prices and geopolitical uncertainty, say markets experts. “Our outlook for 2019 is one of cautious optimism,” says Candice Bangsund, portfolio manager for Fiera Capital. She […]
Bitumen puck pilot program
Canadian National Railway Co. says it is planning to build a pilot plant worth up to $50 million next year to create pucks made of oilsands bitumen to transport by rail and ships to customers around the world. CN has been working for years on a technology that mixes and coats the heavy, sticky oil […]
Glaciers retreating fast
Climate change is prompting glaciers in British Columbia, Yukon and Alberta to retreat faster than at any time in history, threatening to raise water levels and create deserts, scientists say. David Hik, an ecology professor at Simon Fraser University, said the region is one of the hotspots for warming and the magnitude of change in […]