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It’s Official - We’re Expanding
Our occasional collaborator and co-host Dr. Nadine Robinson is now formally working with the Smartypants team to help communicators and adminstrative staff make safe and...
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The Battle of the Bots…And Best Tools for Transcripts
All of the major tech players are releasing every more powerful A.I. tools. While many freelancers just want a reliable way to create transcripts from recordings.
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AI in Everyday Life - Part 1 of 5
The first of five two-hour sessions about AI in Everyday Life. Discussions, demostrations, relevant videos and video clips, documents and some very recent news about the world...
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An Overview of AI in Everyday Life for SCANS (Senior Collage Association of Nova Scotia)
AI seems like it just arrived, when in fact it's pretty much everywhere. This hour-long overview was a pre-amble to a 10-hour course that went far and wide to find real-world...
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An A.I. Presentation for a local Rotary Club
The Halifax Harbour Rotary Club asked for a 15-minute presentation about A.I. and its impact on businesses.
Continue Reading.CA is good, .COM is better, Both is BEST
If you're using email, the web, file sharing and social networks to connect to customers and prospects, then you probably have a domain name. And if you don't have the .COM version...
Continue ReadingGoo.gl - Google's link-shortening feature - used to spread malware
Spam watchers are noting a new trend: using Google's link shortening tool to hide the real location of links to malicious software.
The links are in a variety of spam attacks,...
Continue ReadingBenefits of .COM
In the past few months, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has opened floodgates and let loose a deluge of new domain name extensions (or gTLDs)....
Continue ReadingHostMonster - Service & Support Issues
While we’re still only in the early months of 2014, a clear frontrunner has emerged for dubious honour of worst hosting provider I’ve had the displeasure of dealing with this year....
Continue ReadingRogers “Extreme Text Messaging” Useful Features, Silly Name, and Glaring Security/Privacy Risks
There's a set of options that Rogers Wireless bundles under the heading "Extreme Text Messaging" - while it's not heavily publicized (apparently it's been around since 2010), it does...
Continue ReadingUsing Your Domain Name with Dynamic DNS
Dynamic DNS is a fairly simple idea that's been around for some time & it allows people to run publicly-accessible network servers without the need for a static IP. This has many...
Continue ReadingLinux and Windows web hosting plans start at just $7.95/mo.