Your iPhone or Android know exactly what you do and where you go. Do you know how to turn it off?
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Your Smartphone May Be Tracking Your Every Move and You Should Watch This to See How to Stop It
High Tech Times: Entrepreneurs Are Leveraging Tech to Create a Netflix For Marijuana Delivery
Medical marijuana is now legal in 23 US states and it has prompted a market for cannabis related apps including those connecting producers with customers, delivery services and review sites.
Source: BBC Click
Chief Innovations Officer Janine N. Truitt Provides Some Useful Insights Into HR Tech
Janine N. Truitt, innovations officer at Talent Think Innovations, LLC , and her views on some challenges that HR Tech companies run into today.
Source: HR Tech Advisor
This New SMARTPEN N2 Is Bringing Writing Utensils to Another Level That You Must See
At 6.1 inches long and 0.46 inches wide, the Neo Smartpen is a little longer and thicker than a Sharpie Ultra Fine. It’s slightly triangular shape is comfortable in hand, and if you hold a 0.1-ounce Bic right before picking it up, you might notice its 0.8-ounce weight.
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This Child Seat Concept by Volvo Cars Has Completely Re-Imagined How Children Could Travel Safely in Cars of the Future
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What Andela Is Doing to Help Mentor Bright, Young African Minds to Become Developers for Companies Worldwide Is Outstanding
Andela is a global talent accelerator that produces world-class developers and connects them with top employers. Andela finds the brightest young people in Africa and gives them the training and mentorship needed to thrive as full-time, remote developers for companies around the world.
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Bill Gates Gives Another Fascinating Interview About Technology, Philanthropy, Poverty and What to Do About It All
Microsoft co-founder and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair Bill Gates talks to FT deputy editor John Thornhill.
Source: Financial Times
This Google Jump GoPro Camera Rig Is a Really Promising Piece of Technology for Capturing 3-D Video
Google has just unveiled the Jump, a 16 GoPro camera rig built to support 360-degree VR video. The video, which will be available on YouTube this summer, will be watchable on Google Cardboard, a $20 cardboard housing for your Android phone.
Source: Digital Trends
Chicago Could Become a Black Tech Global Headquarters
Fabian Elliot has a dream to diversify tech by turning Chicago into a tech hub for Black people. Elliot is not a native of the city and he did not visit until he started his career at Google as co-chair of the Black Googler Network that serves as Google’s Black talent reservoir.
At 25 years old, Elliot has created Black Tech Mecca, an organization that wants to teach technology and attract more Black people to the city. In fact, Chicago is perfect for this initiative because of Techweek.
Every year the city vibes with tech experts, CEOs, entrepreneurs, innovators and dreamers that come to talk shop and network for a week. In addition to that, Chicago is home to a variety of Fortune 500 companies.
In an interview with Dnainfo.com, Elliot explains why he wanted Chicago to be this mecca. “I realized that less than 1 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs were black,” he said. “I started to question why there are not more people of color in influential positions. I started to develop a plan. If we’re not in positions of influence, I want to be a person of influence to help change that.”
Elliot goes on to say that he wanted to bridge three communities — Black, tech and global.
“I was thinking of how I could make Chicago a beacon for all three communities, and I thought I would merge them all and address my vision. I did my research and found out what was out there. I came to realize that we had all of the ingredients, someone just needed to come up with a nice recipe to bake the cake.”
Black Tech Mecca launched during the Techweek in the last week of June. Elliot’s team includes business people and tech experts Rachel Green, Nehemiah Bishop, Keith L. Gordon, Edward Wilkerson Jr. and Floyd Webb.
For more information on the initiative, check out blacktechmecca.org.
South Africans Are Executing an Ingenious Idea of Putting Solar Power in Schoolbags to Help Students Get Homework Done
A schoolbag made from recycled plastic is helping students from impoverished communities in South Africa study at night. As Clementine Logan reports, these bags are integrated with photovoltaic panels and batteries.
Source: CCTV Africa