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          • The Simplest Way To Implement An Android ListView
          • The Simplest Way To Implement An EditText In Android
          • How To Send A GET Request In Android
          • How To Send A POST Request
          • How To Copy Text To The Clipboard In Android
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          • Receive POST Requests
          • How To Send A GET Request From A Node.js App
          • How To Get Data From An API And Save It Using Node.js And Mongoose
          • Node.js Geocoding Example: Find Businesses Using Google Places
          • Mongoose Basics: Storing Data With Node.js And MongoDB
          • How To Send A GET Request With Node.js (Using A Promise)
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        • Sample Code: MSP430 PWM Example (For The MSP430G2553)
          • Sample Code: Build A PWM LED Dimmer For $12 (Using An MSP430)
        • How To Set Up Your ESP32 On Linux
        • EFM8 GPIO Basics (8051)
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      • How Private Is Bitcoin?
      • How To Create An Ethereum Wallet
      • How To Protect Your Bitcoin From Thieves
      • Introduction To Monero
      • How To Recover A Bitcoin Wallet
      • How To Buy Cryptocurrency Safely
      • Stores That Accept Bitcoin As A Payment Method
      • How To Use The QuickSwap DEX
      • What Is QuickSwap? An Introduction To The Decentralized Exchange
      • How To Use Dragon Syrup On QuickSwap
      • QuickSwap Exchange FAQ
      • Bitcoin-CLI Commands And API Methods
      • Litecoin-CLI Commands
      • Persistence: An Introduction To The DeFi Platform
      • Bitcoin Miner Power Consumption: How Much Energy Do Bitcoin Miners Consume?
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      • Why Blockchain: As Quickly As Possible
      • How To Use The DogeChain JSON RPC API
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School Tries To Force Employee To Put Tracker On Her Personal Phone

PrivacyBy Nicholas Brown30th April 2021Leave a comment

Michelle Dionne — a single mother was hired by an elementary school in Darwell, Alta to sanitize their facilities. However, after they hired her, she said that they told her to download a location tracking app to her personal phone. The employer didn’t provide much information on the app’s purpose. Although, apps of that nature…

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Sudbury Purchases Fleet Of Teslas For Paramedic Use

Electric Vehicles, EnergyBy Nicholas Brown26th April 2021Leave a comment

Sudbury, a city in Ontario, Canada has purchased four Tesla electric vehicles to add to their fleet of paramedic vehicles. The Tesla Model 3 vehicles are a semi-affordable way to add zero-emissions vehicles to their fleet and reduce overall emissions. Another noteworthy benefit of this decision is the fact that the vehicles are both small…

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Beavers Chew Through Canadians’ Internet Service

Communications, Internet, TechnologyBy Nicholas Brown26th April 2021Leave a comment

900 Canadian customers experienced an Internet outage caused by beavers gnawing through a crucial fiber optic cable. The outage occurred in Tumbler Ridge, a municipality in British Columbia. The region, home to 2,000 people endured the outage for 36 hours. The determined rodents dug down alongside the creek, chewed through the 4.5″ conduit and then…

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Alberta Gets Its First Large-Scale Battery Project

Energy, Energy StorageBy Nicholas Brown9th July 2015Leave a comment

Alberta, Canada is getting its very first large-scale commercial energy storage system.

Would You Ice Skate Instead of Driving?

Energy, Energy Efficiency, Personal Mobility Devices, TransportationBy Nicholas Brown3rd February 2015Leave a comment

You may soon be able to ice skate for your daily commute in Edmonton, as the city is considering a ‘Freezeway’ — a paved ice pathway. The pathway, proposed by Matt Gibbs is 11 km (6.8 miles). The Freezeway would run along a loop through downtown Edmonton using an abandoned railway. As Chris DeMorro put it:…

BlackBerry Will Pay $150 To Trade In Your iPhone For A Passport

Consumer Technology, Mobile Technology, TechnologyBy Nicholas Brown27th November 2014

You read that correctly. If you live in North America, BlackBerry will pay you $150 to trade in your old iPhone for the new BlackBerry Passport. According to Fortune, BlackBerry says the offer is worth up to $550. As of Thursday morning, BlackBerrys were the most sold unlocked phones. The trade-in program may have contributed…

Git Bounty Incentivizes Open Source Bug Repair

Apps, TechnologyBy Nicholas Brown8th September 2014Leave a comment

Git Bounty is a project that aims to incentivize the repair of bugs in open source software with money. When money talks, everyone listens. Therefore, this likely has great potential to increase productivity in the open source software community. Nearly every open source software project has some form of bug tracking technology, or a bug…

Acura Develops A V6 Hybrid Comparable To Its V8 Competition

Energy, Energy Efficiency, TransportationBy Nicholas Brown30th January 2014Leave a comment

Acura developed a new luxury hybrid which consists of its new three-motor propulsion system assisted by a V6 engine. It is the RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD. 119 HP of the power is provided by the electric motors, which utilize a 260-volt battery pack. The remaining 258 HP is provided by the gasoline engine. It has a…

Winter Blast Blamed For Dozens Of Crashes In Ontario

Natural Disasters, Severe Weather, WeatherBy Nicholas Brown24th November 2013Leave a comment

In Southern Ontario, Old Man Winter decided to wake up early, and on the wrong side of the bed. On Saturday, it caused heavy precipitation in the form of snow, which was severe enough to make vehicles ‘disappear’ into snow within seconds of driving into the storm. From what I saw in the CTV video, there…

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