Sentences with phrase «users of technology in»

The Peer Privacy Protectors Project was created by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) to improve communication and education about privacy rights and risks for youth, who are among the most frequent users of technology in Canada.

Countries with the best results are more moderate users of technology in school, says the OECD education expert

Not exact matches

Designers of an app that alerts the user to low blood - sugar levels, for instance, might think about how technology can transmit its feedback to the body in ways that are more direct than displaying information on a smartphone screen.

Indeed, it's «a constant game of risk management,» says founder Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan, who also worked at Google but left in 2010 to launch Drawbridge, a company that builds technology to connect users» screens and devices without relying on their personal security information.

This two - day activity - filled event includes a Day 1 hands - on workshop to continue the company's efforts in building and expanding end - user base among medical and dental healthcare providers, but also provide organizations with how - tos to become early adopter and users of 3D printing and bio-printing technologies.

From its mapping technology and algorithms to the 400,000 drivers and millions of users on its platform, Uber has the most robust infrastructure of any player in the game — and Uber knows it.

Still, Demirors thinks the survey data underestimates the actual number of women who invest in Bitcoin; after all, the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin keeps users pseudonymous, meaning the names and genders of investors are hidden (other than to the operators of certain digital currency exchanges).

The social network's Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer apologized for the breach of users» trust in a statement given to the U.K. parliament's media committee Thursday and admitted in a hearing that Facebook did not read all the terms and conditions of the app that shared data.

-- Ted Farnsworth, CEO of RedZone, a GPS - driven, real - time crime and navigation map app that uses proprietary geo - fencing technology to show users where recent crime has taken place in order to navigate through safer neighborhoods while avoiding risky crime areas deemed «red zones.»

Ultrahaptics pairs gesture technology with tactile feedback by using ultrasonic waves that cause the user's skin to vibrate, creating the illusion of touching buttons or other physical objects and allowing users to control devices seemingly in mid-air.

With every purchase of a KLM flight users» win more points, but the even cooler thing is that users can advance in the game when they are at the airport gate waiting to board their KLM flight (using geo - location technologies).

He hopes that businesses will be more explicit in describing how third - party companies can use data collected by technology companies, offering bullet - point summaries in terms the average person can understand when policies are updated, and even explore the idea of creating an ombudsman to field concerns and mediate conflicts between platforms and users.

The feature sets Pebbles apart from some other technologies where users see digitally generated limbs in place of their own, the WSJ post said.

Armed with a better understanding of mobile technology, free from costly branch networks and focused intensely on the user experience, these online firms are muscling in on the lucrative business of providing loans, mortgages and portfolio management services to the public.

«We've not really had access to this in the end user and open source hacker community, and it changes a lot of assumption about how we write software,» says Adrian Cockcroft, a technology fellow at Battery Ventures.

As customers» interest in enhancing the audio and voice user experience grows, we believe the breadth of Cirrus Logic's portfolio and our cutting - edge technology will contribute to our continued success.»

Deliver access for only the portions of the paid - for use of your technology needed now, and consider limited additional access / restrictions that allow the user to «grow» into additional use and payment opt - ins.

But with business users increasingly bringing consumer technology to work — a trend known as «consumerization» — experts say the stranglehold Microsoft currently has on the PC market is in danger of slipping away.

They say the large screen and smart camera technology could help farflung people feel like they're in the same room, which aligns with Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's mission of bringing Facebook users closer together.

They say the technology could help farflung people feel like they're in the same room, which aligns with Mark Zuckerberg's mission of bringing Facebook users closer together.

The types of platforms we use may shift, especially for users living in countries that could benefit from the censorship - blasting potential of blockchain technology, and video (both traditional and live) will continue to dominate as the social communication medium of the future.

Ant Financial's Ant Forest app has lured 450 million users in China to do just that, in fulfillment of parent Alibaba Group's pledge to use financial technology to tackle climate change.

Continuing improvements in the range and quality of wi - fi routers, plus the continuing incorporation of wireless technology into cars, also mean that users won't have connectivity problems downloading content into their vehicles by the time the machines become fully automated.

It's a timely lesson in the crucial importance of timing: no new technology — not even the coolest development — will go big if users aren't out of the «this kind of creeps me out» zone.

There's no doubt that blockchain will play a role in the future of identity management, but the extent to which it is used will depend on our ability to think beyond our current solution set and apply emerging technologies to build a secure and compliant user experience.

The government's Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology has released its report on e-commerce in Canada, titled «Pursuing the Promise,» and it paints the same picture we've known for some time now — that despite Canadians being among the most prodigious users of the Internet, they really aren't doing much online business-wise.

Whether or not Mickey is a gamer, Disney Research in Pittsburgh is developing a new technology called Aireal that would enable users of hands free, motion - controlled devices such as the Microsoft Kinect or Leap Motion to actually feel the virtual objects they're manipulating.

The changes, which will be rolled out to all users in the next few weeks, include modifications designed to speed up Twitter's response by better streamlining and prioritizing reports of abusive content, technology news website The Verge reported.

U.S. technology firms would be caught in the crossfire of a trade war, darkening the outlook for a crucial sector already under attack for accelerating the dissemination of «fake news» and failing to safeguard users» personal data.

These patents are aimed at specific algorithms or technologies buried in the depths of source code, rather than features that end - users directly interact with and perceive.

But its core user base often seems to be startup CEOs and the founders of technology companies, perhaps in part because of Williams» background.

After several fruitless hours trying to find a client that still accepted the ancient technology of hash strings — modern, user - friendly wallets like Coinbase use 12 word passphrases instead of 22 - digit keys to secure wallets — I ended up with a more technical client that could «sweep» the funds in my paper wallet.

Everyone knows «you'll find more bad apples in the biggest orchard,» Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley blogged of Facebook, whose 350 million users make it the largest online social networking site.

In its simplest terms, QA is a systematic process of monitoring a technology project while it's being completed, to ensure at every step along the way that all the stakeholders — most importantly the final users — will get the product they're expecting.

«Microsoft is unable to connect with the new generation of users,» wrote Global Equities analyst Trip Chowdhry in a 2010 research note to his clients, about as damning a sentence as you can muster for a technology company.

Colt was a pioneer of this technology in the 1990s, when it built a prototype that would only fire when the user was wearing a ring emitting a certain radio frequency.

In comparison to other leading technology properties, Lifewire boasts a 50 % larger proportion of female users.

Platshon has also sealed deals with manufacturers that have agreed to install FotoNation's uploading technology in their cameras, making Zing the default Internet destination for users of digital cameras sold by Sony, Casio, and Nikon.

Facebook (fb) has been a big proponent of 360 - degree video (in addition to regular, old video in general), and over the past year has added several data center and video processing technologies so that it can more efficiently show 360 degree videos to users without annoying delays.

In order to make the program work with a wide range of Web technologies, Microsoft had made it easy for website developers to get access to the guts of the program while it ran on a user's machine — which meant the IE user's software could also be exploited by hackers, spammers, and other unscrupulous Web bottom feeders.

After the first denial - of - service attacks (attacks that block legitimate users from accessing sites or applications) in 2001, a number of upstarts and existing security firms rushed to market with technologies to thwart so - called DOS attacks, and companies quickly moved to implement them.

Indeed, Google has long employed neural networks at many levels, from algorithms that identify pictures in Google images, aided by millions of Google users, to the underlying mechanisms of Google's ad technology.

«Our in - house team of designers and technology developers use brand strategy as their compass to create user experiences that cut through the noise of today's cluttered world,» Gardner told me.

Because China now has the world's largest population of Internet users (estimated at 640 million in 2014), no responsible CEO of an American technology company can afford to write off this huge market simply because of Beijing - imposed restrictions.

The strategic partnership will let the companies share technology, product development, and local resources, and when US users of Lyft go to China (or when Didi users come visit the US), they'll be able to pay in their native currency on each app.

Technology of that sort would make it obvious to users — consciously or subconsciously — that the bogus log - in page is illegitimate.

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If you tuned into a talk by Michael Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., this week, you might think the NSA had begun to change its tune about encryption — the technology favored by Apple and its Silicon Valley brethren to scramble users» data and communications (much to criminal investigators» chagrin), making them unintelligible to spies and hackers alike.

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Giasson says that NuData's early entry in the field of user behavior analytics has enabled the company to land large e-commerce companies eager to adopt the technology.