What to Look for in an Ontario Virtual School

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Despite the educational uncertainty in 2021, the majority of school boards in the Ottawa area will be maintaining the hybridized form of education we’ve seen so much of over the last year. This means that students will need to continue to rely on eLearning methodologies for the remainder of the school semester.

Of course, there can be a lack of quality in the online education space. In the public sphere, teachers are still struggling with portals and platforms, while in the private spere, some institutions are only just taking their first fledgling steps into the world virtual education, or failed to improve since 2020. 

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You can now tweet pictures in 4K on mobile

It feels like a long time coming, but Twitter finally allows its mobile users to tweet and view pictures in 4K. Its web app already supports higher-resolution images (up to 4,096 x 4,096), but Android and iOS users were limited to half of that resolution before this update.

To use this new feature, you will need to go to the "Data usage" section of the settings menu in the app. You will need to enable both "high-quality images" (for viewing) and "high-quality image uploads" (for tweeting). You can select whether you'd see or upload these images on cellular and Wi-Fi, just Wi-Fi, or disabled entirely.

Source: Twitter | Via: The Verge

Epilogue launches Social Media Will to help you plan what to do with your online accounts when you pass

Do you know what happens to your social media accounts after you pass away? If you don't, then you aren't alone. A survey conducted by online estate planning solution Epilogue found that over 83% of its Canadian respondents didn't know what happens to their accounts after their death. Plus, only 8.2% said they used the legacy planning tools offered by companies like Facebook and Google. 

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Microsoft gets rid of Xbox Live Gold requirement for free-to-play online multiplayer

If you play online multiplayer on free-to-play games on the Xbox, you will no longer need an Xbox Live Gold subscription. Microsoft announced that over 50 free-to-play games will be accessible to you without needing that membership. These include titles like Apex Legends, Roblox, Fortnite, Star Trek Online, and more. You can check out the rest of the games here.

According to IGN, Microsoft plans to add more games as "more free-to-play games launch." In January, Microsoft tried to increase the price of Xbox Live Gold, which the company reversed after fans voiced their objection. Because of that backlash, the company said it would make free-to-play games available without Xbox Live Gold. And so, that time has come for this free experience.