Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 2:12PM 
It’s been a challenging year (plus) for all of us and celebrations big or small are even more appreciated. Birthdays, graduations, heck even getting your first covid vaccine is a reason to share a little joy. Mother’s Day is coming up so here are a few ideas from this tech lovin’ momma that may come in handy for the mom in your life!
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 12:13PM
The City of Calgary has just announced a two-way, data-sharing partnership with Waze for publicly available traffic information. Waze's Cities Data program aims to create "greater efficiency, deeper insights, and safer roads."
Calgary's Traffic Management Centre (TMC) can use tools like Waze to improve traffic flow and let citizens know about traffic impacts, road closures, and construction quickly.
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 8:30AM 
One week after its reveal of new iPad Pros, Apple TVs, and all-new iMacs with the M1 processor, Apple has started rolling out software updates to all its major devices. The most relevant is of course iOS 14.5 for the iPhone with various security features as well as the ability to unlock the iPhone with an Apple Watch (because Face ID is useless with masks on), and a more diverse choice of Siri voices.
New Emoji are also available in time for spring, including various types of couple emoji and a wider range of skin tones. Apple Maps gets more interactive with the ability to report an incident a la Waze. AirTag support is also an important update which allows some devices to work with Apple's new Find My devices. iPad OS, Watch OS, TV OS, and Mac OS all received significant updates available now.
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 8:08AM 
Microsoft Teams users are experiencing a global outage which is blocking connectivity and access. The affected users are mostly reported in Europe and Asia, although the issue might be more widespread.
“We’ve confirmed that this issue affects users globally,” says Microsoft’s 365 status account on Twitter. “We’re reviewing monitoring telemetry and recent changes to isolate the source of the issue.” Microsoft's representatives said. This is the second widespread outage to the company's meeting and collaborations solution this month. Microsoft Teams also struggled with connectivity issues last month, but this was credited to an authentication change.
Microsoft's other cloud servies like Azure, Office 365, and Xbox Live seem to be working.
Source: The Verge
