Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 5:50PM Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 1:58PM MasterCard Canada is encouraging all female professional and student developers to participate in its MasterCard N>XT developer challenge. A recent Statistics Canada study found that while Canada is seeing an increase in the number of young women with university degrees in computer science programs, men still hold the majority of degrees within this field[1]. The challenge is an opportunity for women to apply their technology skills to a business challenge that could influence the future of payments. MasterCard N>XT, co-sponsored by Rogers and CIBC, is the first payment network developer challenge in Canada and will be held at the MaRS Discovery District.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 1:40PM 
The Raspberry Pi opens up a world of low-cost computing options but John Leake of Retro MacCast has just raised the bar by building a one third replica of the original Macintosh and is a completely functional mini Mac. Leake used the Mini vMac Linux distro, installed a 3.5" mounted display plus HDMI, Ethernet and four USB ports, making this mini Mac boast more updated I/O than the original Check out the video here.
Source: MacGasm
Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 12:12PM 
While the Sony Smart Watch 2’s debut a few months ago or the Pebble watch should’ve ushered in the trend, it wasn’t until Samsung’s Galaxy Gear entered the smart watch arena that we’re sure the age of smart watches are upon us, even Qualcomm’s putting in its own entry.
