In the past, making a digital copy of a person’s voice was a complex, timely and a pricey process which only served those at risk of losing their speech due to sickness or injury. It meant recording many phrases, each spoken many times and in different contexts. Fast forward to …..
Mobile Device Motion Sensors Open To Hackers
You could be the most careful mobile user ever, but hackers can still steal your PINs and passwords simply by spying on your phone’s motion sensors. A team of cyber researchers from the UK’s Newcastle University have demonstrated how easy it is to steal a four-digit PIN by analyzing the …..
Google Brings Fake News Fact-Checking to Search Results
We live in the age of fake news — both the really fake news that’s simply false and the kind of news that some people like to call “fake” only because they don’t like its hard hitting truth. As long as there’s money to be made from fake news (or …..
Can Speed Reading Apps Help You Read Fast & Remember?
What if you could glance at a page of text and know everything it said just by running your eyes down the middle of the page? Recently, the attractions of speed reading have been revived and promoted mainly due to the fact that we are living in times of information …..
Is Your ISP Selling Your Browsing History?
Privacy protections designed to prevent U.S. internet service providers from sharing or selling subscribers’ personal information with third parties — without permission — was removed by U.S. Congress on last week. For people living in the United States this now means that information about the apps internet subscribers use, the …..
Using Mobile Apps To Make Dining Out A Digital Delight
“App” is not shorthand for “appetite” — although, given the growing availability of digital technology designed to cater to people’s stomachs, don’t be surprised if two words soon start to blend in the public’s subconscious. More and more consumers are enjoying the enhanced foodservice options that come with living in …..
VOCM TechTalk – New Threat To Cable Companies With Android Media Box
Tech Talk on VOCM is a weekly tech spot highlighting the latest tech news and gadget reviews. On this episode we discuss how a customized Android streaming media box promises TV shows and movies with no monthly bill and how much of a threat it posses to the cable companies. …..
Free TV – Customized Android Streaming Boxes Has Cable Companies Upset
As tensions seem to be rising between Netflix and it’s Canadian subscribers who seem to be getting blocked now from connecting to US-only content many are now turning to a customized android media streaming box as a means of getting their fix for Dr. Who, Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead. Local tech blogger …..
It’s Been 25 Years Since The First Email Attachment. What Everyone Needs To Know.
Remember the old days when if you wanted to send someone a document or photos you had to put them into the mail or wrestle them through an office fax machine. Well all of that changed in 1992 with the invention of something wonderful called the email attachment first sent …..
Backtalk With Pete Soucy – Social Media Detox
BackTalk on VOCM is a daily talk show highlighting the latest topics on the minds of Newfoundlanders. On this call we discuss ways to detox from your technology in order to find a healthier balance with social media.
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