MasterCard will officially be rolling out its biometric payment service allowing Canadian card holders to make purchases by taking a selfie on your smartphone or PC. The credit card company announced it will soon begin accepting self-portraits and fingerprint scans as an alternative to passwords from cardholders who make online …..
Social Networks Like Facebook Won’t Win You Many New Reliable Friends Study Reveals.
How many friends can you really rely on? Before you answer, you might NOT want to base that number on your collection of Facebook friends. According to a study recently published by the Royal Society of Open Science, no matter how many friends you have on Facebook – and no …..
Best Of CES 2016
CES in Las Vegas is the world’s big tech coming-out party for the New Year — a supersize circus of gadgetry that both follows major trends in tech and also creates them. It’s never the same year to year, but it’s always a showcase of what’s to come for consumer …..
Canadians Move Toward A Cashless Currency
With the advent of technology the need for actual cash monies is fast disappearing and the emergence of digital commerce seems to be the way of the future. It may one day be impossible to borrow change from someone just to make a phone call as technology-loving Canadians seem to …..
Online Holiday Shopping Made Easy
It’s no secret that online holiday shopping has reached new heights here in Canada with experts estimating that over 70% of Canadian households are now clicking on “buy” buttons from the comfort of our couches. With websites like Amazon, eBay, Etsy, or kijiji, there seems to be a bewildering choice …..
Google Can Now Reply To Your Emails.
Email was supposed to make our lives easier, but instead it has turned into an enormous time consuming effort, with people spending hours every day reading and responding to messages. Gmail, the world’s biggest email service, made this task somewhat easier when Google introduced it in 2004, but, as studies …..
Put The Tech Back Into Your Spook
The trend for using technology in Halloween decorating appears to be catching on these days. From orange and purple laser lights, frightening 3-D window projections to giant blow-up pumpkin inflatables, people are putting the ‘scare’ back into Halloween more than ever. Lets have a look to see what tech tips and …..
VOCM TechTalk: Is iOS 9 ‘Wi-Fi Assist’ A Bug or Feature?
Tech Talk on VOCM is a weekly tech spot highlighting the latest tech news and gadget reviews. On this episode we discuss a new feature found in iOS9 called ‘Wi-Fi Assist’.
Apple’s iOS 9 Wi-Fi Assist Feature Could Be Costing You
If you’ve upgraded to iOS 9 on your iPhone, you should be aware that it comes with a new feature – enabled by default – that could make your next wireless bill a lot bigger. The feature is called “Wi-Fi Assist” and it automatically switches your phone from Wi-Fi to …..
Cyberbullying : Technology Abuse of the 21st Century
Maybe you’ve heard it called drama, gossip, trolling or just plain online hate. Whatever name it goes by, cyberbullying is a serious form of abuse and affects more people than you may think . In some cases, it has even led to tragedy. From sending or posting mean or threatening …..
Generation Smartphone: A Guide for Parents of Tweens & Teens
If you have a school-age child and you haven’t heard that question yet, then be prepared because it’s coming. It used to be that we could wait until our kids were in high school before the issue of a mobile phone came up but not anymore. Now, it’s not uncommon …..