Recent Episodes
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Spark 172 – February 12 & 15, 2012
10 February 2012 2:55 PM | 14 Comments -
Spark 171 – February 5 & 8, 2012
03 February 2012 12:21 PM | 4 Comments -
Spark 170 – January 29 & February 1, 2012
27 January 2012 5:34 PM | 10 Comments
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Tech Headlines from cbc.ca- Environment group testifies on charities' tax status
- Online surveillance bill targets child porn: Toews
- U.S. weighs steep nuclear arms cuts
- Groups to take Ottawa to court over vanishing sage grouse
- Nortel hit by suspected Chinese cyberattacks for a decade
- New iPad anticipated in March
- Higgs boson hunt aided by energy boost
- Google's $12.5B Motorola bid cleared by U.S. and EU
- Canada dropping the ozone ball, scientists warn
- CBC digital music service launched
Archive for September, 2008
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Episode 47 – October 1 & 4, 2008
Posted on September 30, 2008 | 10 CommentsOn this episode of Spark: Bill Perry’s tale of two laptops Nathan Eagle empowers people in the Dominican Republic and Kenya through text messages with txteagle (full interview) Ken Njoroge... -
The unexpected consequences of living without a cell phone
Posted on September 30, 2008 | 17 CommentsLast week, Charlie Sorrel over at Wired’s Gadget Lab ran an experiment to see if it was possible for him to live without a cell phone for a week. Tuesday,... -
Full Interview: Nathan Eagle on mobile phones in Africa
Posted on September 29, 2008 | 4 CommentsOn this week’s show, Nora chats with Nathan Eagle about designing mobile phone applications in Africa. Nathan is an MIT research scientist and postdoctoral fellow at the Santa Fe Institute.... -
The Chase: The Future of the Phone Book?
Posted on September 24, 2008 | 74 CommentsI have four copies of the yellow pages at my house. They just keep piling up, but I almost never use them. I can find any number I need online.... -
The French-English Digital Divide
Posted on September 24, 2008 | 4 CommentsToday, The Canadian Internet Project published its report on how Canadians use the Internet, traditional media and emerging technologies. One of the most surprising findings in the report was a...