The international humanitarian aid group Unicef is slamming
people who ‘Like’ and retweet things on social media that aim to help people in
need, because ultimately, clicking the Like button is a slacker’s way of
getting involved, it seems.
To get the point across, Unicef started an ad campaign to show people that actions speak louder than Likes.
Snopes is already beginning to track conspiracy theories after the atrocious bombings at the Boston Marathon yesterday.
Bombs and barricades are filling the news as Israel and Hamas battle it out in Gaza, but at least some of the conflict there is technological.
People are calling it the perfect storm. Hurricane Sandy is just starting its major assault on the East Coast today. The worst effects, especially for Canadians, will be overnight tonight, according to officials. How are we using technology to survey the event?
A quick-thinking girlfriend and the power of Twitter are being credit with saving a man who was stuffed in the trunk of his vehicle during a car-jacking over the weekend.
Have you been Kony'd? Kony 2012, a video by activist group Invisible Children, has swept the Internet, becoming one of the most viral videos ever watched, with 70 million views. But it is also garnering some criticism - and Invisible Children is expected to launch another video answering those responses today.
Did the Conservative party rig last year's election by using automated telephone dialers to make fraudulent calls? Elections Canada investigations have found that a company linked to the Tories made a series of automated calls to voters in key ridings last year that misled them into going to the wrong voting locations.
Whitney Houston’s record company is coming under scrutiny after the price of her greatest hits album rose by nearly 60 per cent shortly after her death.
Syria has been attacked for firing on its own citizens as part of a brutal regime led by president Bashar Assad.
Assad and his administration, however, has been attacked by hackers who uncovered some interesting tidbits hidden inside his email account.
If you’re reading emails or checking Facebook on your smartphone while in the bathroom, you’re not alone.
A new study suggests most people use their cellphones in the bathroom.
Danny Bradbury is a technology journalist with 20 years' experience. He writes regularly for publications including the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Financial Post, and Backbone magazine. Danny also writes and directs documentaries.
Maurice CachoMaurice Cacho is a Toronto-based journalist mixing his love for tech with a passion for news. He's also CP24's Web Journalist and appears daily on CP24 Breakfast and weekly on the channel's tech show, Webnation, discussing tech news and trends.
