Taking place this past weekend,Northern Voiceis widely considered to be the premier social media conference in Western Canada. It’s been held for the past eight years, and I just happened to attend it this year for the first time. There were some familiar faces here, including former contributor at The Next WebTris Hussey, and the auditorium where the event kicked off was filled to the brim with over 300 eager attendees....
Facebook is a juggernaut, a fast-moving, adaptive company that will register its 700 millionth member in the coming months, making it bigger than all but two countries of the world (China and India). Ensuring its users are able to access the social network quickly and securely, from a range of different devices are among Facebook’s top priorities, but that’s not so easy when your userbase is nearing a billion registered members....
TLDR:The Ocushield Anti-Blue Light Glasses protect your eyes from the harmful effects of blue light-emitting devices that can lead to headaches, eye strain, fatigue, and unrestful sleep. Studies — and the resulting news reports that cover them — are filled with findings that often grab your attention. Then there are those study results that should scare the living bejeezus out of you. Like that your smartphone is covered in10 times more bacteriathan a public restroom....
The Moleskine has long been a beloved writer’s tool; a place to pen thoughts, ideas and expressions. But in the time of mobile, when all of our needs seem to be converging onto one device, carrying a notebook has become a past time. The much loved brand has gracefully made the jump from print to digital withthe official Moleskine appfor iPhone and iPad, which hit the Apple store on Friday....
Satirical news site The Onion has found itself facing criticism after tweets regarding a supposed hostage situation on Capitol Hill in Washington DC were written in such a way that it was impossible to tell if they were real or fake. A joke gone too far or an incredibly clever twisting of Twitter into a new kind of comedic vehicle? That’s up for debate. The first tweetactually led to some speculation that the account might have been hacked, as there was no reference to any joke or satire whatsoever....
