OpEd

OPED posts are works of reasoned opinion usually written by guest authors or occasional contributors who offer valuable perspectives on technology use in Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean region.

SEA publication is a privacy issue

"With all the arguments between the MoE, Denomination Boards, the AG, has anyone thought to ask the children what they think about this?"

She got scammed, almost

She was now locked out of her account. She was shocked at how quickly it had happened and the fact that the call and each of the text messages had come from the number she had saved for Bank of America on her phone.

Maria Nunes on photographing Carnival

It’s very troubling that the TTCO and TTCBA think that people like myself are taking advantage of creators of ā€œworks of masā€ by making off with huge profits from commercializing our photographs without any just benefits being derived by the creators.

Samsung on the smartphone future.

We are still living in a world where the size of the smartphone display can only be as large as the device itself. At Samsung, we began to ask ourselves how we can overcome this limitation?

Smart Technology can improve Road Safety in T&T

Technology is becoming more important in daily life. And perhaps what's more significant is that technology can actually save lives.

What every T&T business should know about technology

Above: Business analysis. Photo by avemario/Depositphotos. This interview with Mark Lyndersay was conducted by Newsday's Kalifa Clyne and published as "Digital 101" in the September...

The Cashless Transition; What’s Next?

Above: Sybil Welsh, ECCB, Shiva Bissessar, Pinaka Consulting Ltd and Ms Donna Wellington, First Caribbean International Bank (Barbados). Photo courtesy ECCB. Financial Innovation & Inclusion in...

Obed Borrero demonstrates the Samsung Note 9 (Video)

Obed Borrero reports on the Samsung Note 9. He is a Puerto Rican journalist who is also known as the guru of technology on...

How’s your website today?

When I wrote about the awful online presences I encountered when I was car shopping, it was hard not to become despondent. People who...

Microsoft releases Ability Hacks ebook on disabilities technologies

Above: The Microsoft 2014 Hackathon EyeGaze team - Row 1: Dave Gaines, Vidya Srinivasan, Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Matthew Mack (orange shirt), Jon Campbell, Erin Beneteau...

Samsung CMO on technology’s future

Above:Ā Younghee Lee, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Samsung Electronics. Photo courtesy Samsung. Technology is dramatically changing our world. As we are in the midst of...

From 1996: The Information Superhighway – A Double Edged Sword?

Above: Photo byĀ Jason Corey/Unsplash Simon Fraser wrote this analysis, subtitled "A Warning for the Caribbean," for Peter Neptune's business magazine, Executive Times inĀ March, 1996. It...
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