Three months after a $425 million acquisition of Good Technology, BlackBerry this week announced the integration of its mobile management services with Good’s EMM offerings. The move is a clear attempt to lure Citrix and AirWatch customers. How Good Secure EMM Suites helps Good Secure’s Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) suites offer several useful services such as identity and access management, …
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Two more cases of Zika virus in Canada, report says
Three Canadians have brought back the Zika virus recently after contracting it abroad, CBC News has learned. Health Minister Jane Philpott said Wednesday that there have been no cases of locally transmitted Zika virus in Canada.
Read More »Kevin Abosch: Potato Photo Shot by photographer Sells for More than $1.5 million
Kevin Abosch, 46, confirmed he had sold the photograph of an organic potato shot on a black background to an unnamed European businessman. Kevin Abosch sold the 162x162cm print to a European businessman, who had inquired about buying it when he saw it in the photographer’s home in Paris. Mr Abosch told the businessman, who wants to remain anonymous, that …
Read More »iPhone 7 rumours: Likely to Have Dual-Lens Camera Based on LinX Technology
Good news, mobile photography enthusiasts: Apple’s next big-screen iPhone may have a much better camera. As reported by MacRumors, a research note from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that Apple will give its so-called iPhone 7 Plus a “dual-lens” camera system. Kuo says Apple is actually working on two different versions of the 5.5-inch handset — one with the …
Read More »Beyond chess: Computer beats human at strategy game
The Google DeepMind computer has secured a milestone gaming victory in defeating a human at playing Go, the oldest existing board game. The software defeated European champion Fan Hui, France national team coach, 5-0 in October last year.
Read More »Samy Mohamed Hamzeh: Man plotted machine gun attack on Masonic temple (Video)
Samy Mohamed Hamzeh is accused of planning to travel to Jordan to conduct an attack on Israeli soldiers and citizens last October. But he allegedly abandoned his plans to focus an assault on US soil. Samy Mohamed Hamzeh was charged Tuesday with possession of machine guns and a silencer, which he intended to use in the attack, the Milwaukee Journal …
Read More »Joseph Fiennes cast as Michael Jackson in 9/11 road-trip comedy
Joseph Fiennes has been cast to play Michael Jackson in a new British TV comedy, chronicling a fabled road trip that the King of Pop took with Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando following the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001. The one-off Sky Arts special will also star Stockard Channing as Taylor and Brian Cox as Brando.
Read More »Raptors’ short legs made them slow runners, new study says
A new study from the University of Alberta shows a dinosaur’s speed is all in its legs. Scientists looked at carnivorous dinosaurs who had to hunt down their prey, and found those with longer lower legs were capable of running faster than those with shorter lower legs.
Read More »Alberta lost the most jobs in 2015 since 1980s recession, Statistics Canada says
Alberta suffered its worst year for employment losses since the dark days of the national energy program and early 1980s recession, revised labour figures from Statistics Canada says. The updated figures released Tuesday show the province lost 19,600 jobs in 2015, up from an earlier estimate of 14,600.
Read More »Cadillac CT6 challenges luxury leaders, First Drive Review (Video)
There’s a new luxury flagship sedan on the scene and it’s going for the throat of rival cars like the BMW 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class. No, it’s not a Jaguar, Audi or something from Lexus, but a Cadillac, born, bred and built in the Motor City. Cadillac tonight held the world premiere of the 2016 CT6, elevating it to …
Read More »Rare clay used by BC First Nations kills drug-resistant bacteria, say UBC scientists
Scientists at the University of B.C. have discovered that a rare clay used as medicine by aboriginals in northern B.C. contains antibacterial properties that could be used to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The researchers recommend the rare mineral clay be studied as a clinical treatment for serious infections caused by ESKAPE strains of bacteria.
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