Smartphone Apps

• UBC team designs Canada’s first text service for education on parenting

  A research team at the University of British Columbia believes they've invented the first text message-based parental education program in Canada.

  Education

  Oct 7, 2021
  
• Coronavirus: Canadian employers using thermal cameras, location-tracking smartphone apps against COVID-19

  Some companies are even requiring their employees to download a smartphone app.

  May 10, 2020
  
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• Provinces eye technology-enhanced contact tracing in next phase of COVID-19 fight

  Alberta is currently the only Canadian jurisdiction to have a contact-tracing app available to download, but several other provinces, including Ontario, B.C. and New Brunswick, have said they are investigating this technology.

  Health

  May 6, 2020
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• University of Alberta research could prevent app updates from draining smartphone batteries

  New University of Alberta studies suggest more can be done to ensure app updates don't drain your phone's battery as quickly and don't use up as much memory.

  Tech

  Nov 9, 2018
• 5 ways your smartphone can help keep you safe

  There are a number of apps available that promise to turn your phone into a personal security device. Here's a look at 5 of them: what they can do, and how much they cost.

  Features

  Dec 5, 2014
• Security firm says Hong Kong protestors being spied on with smartphone apps

  The Chinese government might be using smartphone apps to spy on pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, a U.S. security firm said.

  World

  Oct 2, 2014
• Must have apps for holiday shopping

  Looking to save a few bucks while you shop for holiday gifts? Don't hit the mall without these shopping apps.

  Consumer

  Nov 27, 2013