Think of the V-Pole as a smart street light equipped with an LED light bulb and capable of providing Wi-Fi, improving cellphone service and charging electric cars.
The Canadian government introduced plastic bills in November, recently announced it was doing away with pennies and now is looking to go digital.
Martin Reisch was driving from Quebec into Vermont when he realized he left his passport at home. When he got to the U.S. border officer, he decided to show his driver’s license and a scanned copy of his passport on his iPad instead.
There are unconfirmed reports today that at least one Bitcoin miner has been raided by police because unusually high power consumption led authorities to suspect that he was clandestinely growing marijuana. The tip comes from an IRC chat captured by blogger Mike Esspe, though there are no corroborating details.
Canadian libraries won’t have to make room on their shelves for the thousands of books that they’re adding to their catalogue. That’s because, through a partnership with Overdrive.com, e-Books from book publishers McClelland & Stewart and Random House of Canada are to be made available for Canadian schools, colleges and libraries. Now you can’t complain about that [...]
They may have socialized medicine and spend their days playing hockey while slurping down copious amounts of maple syrup, but that doesn’t mean that Canadians aren’t down with the latest technological trends. In fact, a recent study shows that Canada is actually the most web-friendly nation on the planet.
The Netflix instant streaming service is coming to Canada, the company announced Monday.
Reports out of Canada indicate Apple has acquired its second mapping company in less than 12 months. Poly9, a Quebec-based company specializing in interactive 3D mapping software is the same company that NORAD contracted to track Santa Claus’ escapades on the eve of Christmas.
