When I was at the University of Calgary, the Taylor Family Digital Library, or TFDL, had just opened its doors. As a new building, TFDL was built like you would expect a modern building to be like. The outer walls are composed of glass panes and metal frames. Inside, the main floor show off the high ceilings and open feel. There are also quite a few meeting rooms made up of glass walls that look like fish bowls. When the library first opened, the...
I was recently looking through some household spending items to cut costs when I noticed one item I was certainly not getting my money's worth: The landline. Although there are still some uses to it despite its under-utilization, that was not the only problem. The problem was I was paying $26 per month for a service we barely use. As a diligent consumer, I transferred the number over to a VoIP-based service and canceled the $26 plan. Since...
From The Verge: With its latest update, Gmail’s iOS app finally lets you customize what happens when you swipe your emails. Five different actions are supported, including archiving or deleting emails, marking them as read or unread, snoozing, archiving, or moving them to a different folder. You can...
From PC Mag: There's a good chance of some overlap between those of you who subscribe to Amazon Prime and also happen to have a Nintendo Switch in your home. If that's the case, Amazon has a new perk for you in the form of a free subscription offer.
As Ars Technica reports, by subscribing to Prime...
From CNET: Slated to debut on Wall Street on Friday, Lyft has come a long way since its days of fist bumps and pink mustaches.
In a highly anticipated initial public offering, the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company is expected to go public Friday morning with a preopen share price set at $72...
From Phanteks Press Release: Phanteks released today the new Universal Fan Controller, a simple solution to controlling all your fans with a single device. A new design for added functionality and expandability for all fans.
The controller can connect up to 8x fans or more* and control both 3pin...
From The Verge: A UK government cybersecurity watchdog has once again raised serious concerns about Huawei’s security practices, the Financial Times reports. The report comes from the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) Oversight Board, an organisation set up by the UK’s National Cyber...
From PC Mag: I think there is a universal hatred of robocalls, which are never useful and therefore always waste your time. The FTC is attempting to do something about them and has just fined and banned four companies for making billions of illegal robocalls.
As CNET reports, the four companies in...
From CNET: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday hit Facebook with charges that it violated the Fair Housing Act through targeted ads.
The charges follow an August 2018 complaint that alleged the social network lets landlords and home sellers engage in housing...
From Patriot Press Release: VIPER GAMING, a trademarked brand of PATRIOT, today announced the release of its ultra-performance Viper VPN100 PCIe m.2 SSD (Solid State Drive) and has available capacities up to 2TB. The VPN100 is built using the latest Phison E12 PCIe Gen 3 x 4 NVMe controller to...
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