2019 GMC Sierra: This is how to multi-purpose #LikeAPro

Text and photos by Emily Chung

I love it when innovation happens in a vehicle – when we take something that already exists and make it so much better. When I think about pickup trucks, I want to know how useful it is to me. In contrast, the performance cars… how fun it is to drive. Full-size sedans… how practical is this for my family? For the 2019 GMC Sierra, I had high expectations as this is one of my favourite trucks already. What new thing could they bring to the table?

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Acer's latest Chromebook Tab 10 is the first tablet designed for education

Updated on Monday, March 26, 2018 at 3:37PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Google and Acer have a launched a preemptive strike against Apple who hopes to reclaim its place as a supplier of educational hardware and software solutions. The Chromebook Tab 10 is the first tablet running ChromeOS and also has a stylus made by Wacom and access to the Android ecosystem.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Chromebooks are extremely popular in education as versatile and low-cost solutions that can run manifold cloud applications and serve various users. Chromebooks have been mostly low-cost or midrange notebooks, until now. Acer and Google are offering a tablet-first form factor with the Chromebook Tab 10 

Announced one day befoer Apple is rumoured to  have a similar education-focused iPad announcement. This is the first tablet running Chrome OS designed for education and promotes engagement and collaboration between students and teachers. the Chromebook Tab 10 also features a Wacom stylus.

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Lower cost iPads with Apple Pencil support expected at next week's announcement

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple is expected to unveil refreshed iPad at its education event next week. Not only are these iPads expected to have updated specs, they could likely be the first non-Pro iPads to be compatible with Apple Pencil as per KGI Securities analyst Ming Chi-Kuo who noted “the new low-price 9.7-inch iPad ... will likely support Apple Pencil.”

The education event is expected to kick off various education-focused strategies and products from Apple. Not only is this the first Apple Special Event for 2018, it is also a return to form for the company that's had a strong educational push in its DNA. Apple, after all, has always designed products for students, and the educational sector. iBooks and MacBooks (later on MacBook Airs) have always been popular with students and iPads enjoyed early success and adoption in schools.

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Microsoft's Future Now Conference discusses the implications of AI on business and society

“Today’s technologies can be used to amplify human ingenuity.”-Microsoft Canada’s VP of Marketing Emma Da SilvaBy Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing.  These were once all theoretical buzzwords bordering on science fiction and pertaining to the ideals of a far off future. These concepts, however, are very much in practice today and at an exponential rate which will not only change the way businesses operate, but will also transform society, jobs and the workplace as well as various industries.

Microsoft Canada took to the historic Carlu events venue to discuss the Future Now with various experts in applied sciences, AI and other related fields to shed clarity, insight and understanding in these emerging technologies.

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