It was just this past winter that Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, pronounced online privacy to be dead. He said that the next step in the digital age is to share our lives freely online, without the worry of who can see what.

Well, he was dead wrong. Read the rest of this entry »

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WalMart has caused quite a stir after announcing that they will be adding RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags, or “smart tags,” to individual items in stores. Read the rest of this entry »

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Imagine your 11-year-old daughter, let’s call her Jessi Slaughter, becomes an active member of social media websites like 4chan and Stickam (because she’s still a bit too young for Facebook) and, because of her slightly off-kilter personality, she has a hard time making friends at school. So, she turns to cyber space to find solace with others like her. Read the rest of this entry »

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What do you think the world’s dirtiest job is? I’m sure host of Discovery Channel’s Dirty Job would have a thing or two to say about it, but has he ever been a human Internet filter? Maybe he’d reconsider his top 10 after reading this. Read the rest of this entry »

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An American Senate committee recently approved a cyber-security bill, which many are speculating, gives President Barack Obama the power to shut-off the Internet. Read the rest of this entry »

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Facebook and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), a UK government agency, have finally reached an agreement for a proposed panic button. CEOP has spent the last several months campaigning against Facebook, asking them to add a “panic button” to allow an easy way for UK teens to report sexual predators and online abuse. After much debate, they have finally agreed on an optional application.

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The iPhone 4 is revolutionizing the way people use mobile phones. Of their many new features, the one that is causing the most buzz is the FaceTime video chat feature. Basically, iPhone 4 users can speak with each other face-to-face through video. And, this is where “sexviding” comes into play. Read the rest of this entry »

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Kiwi staff would like to wish fellow Canadians a Happy Canada Day! Read the rest of this entry »

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There’s uproar online over the fact Reuters’ decided to distribute a very revealing photograph of the teen star Miley Cyrus. Taken while performing at the Much Music Video Awards (MMVAs) in Toronto on June 20th, the photograph has Cyrus (who is 17-years-old) clad in a very revealing lingerie-like leotard that shifted during her dance number and gave the audience a very different kind of show. Read the rest of this entry »

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Even though school is winding down for the semester, staying on top of the changes in education never stops for teachers. Kiwi would like to offers educators a list of the best ‘teacher tech related blogs” to make their lives easier this summer break.
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