Canadian students welcome to join BlackBerry Build A Village Award Program

BlackBerry is giving 50 Canadian students a chance to work as a volunteer in Oloirion, Kenya and Veradera, India for the BlackBerry Build A Village Award Program. Students between the ages 14 and 18 can submit their entries now until Jan. 15 through this link. Students have to show leadership qualities, passion, empathy, traits of initiative, maturity and the contributions they have made to their local community.

The program already gave 150 students from Waterloo a chance to be part of this amazing opportunity with classrooms built in Bagad, India and Eor Ewuaso, Kenya. The program also sponsors builds and projects such as teacher trainings, school clinics, water and sanitation system upgrades.

Automate doggie cleanup with Auggiedog

A new gadget makes it easy for you to clean up after your beloved four-legged pet. Auggiedog picks up dog poop with just a click of a button without the need of plastic bags or without touching the waste. Since it has self-cleaning capabilities, it doesn’t leave a smell after either.

Airlines offer Wi-Fi during takeoff and landing

Photo by Kuster & Wildhaber Photography/Flickr Creative Commons

Since the FAA allowed gadget use during takeoff and landing, Wi-Fi on some airlines do not work below 10,000 feet. Those who are supplied by Gogo have antennas that are currently set up to send Wi-Fi to planes while in cruising altitude and not on the ground. The carriers include Air Canada, AirTran Airways, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, US Airlines, and Virgin America.

Meanwhile, Allegiant and Southwest Airlines use Global Eagle Entertainment’s wireless internet system that works at all altitudes.

Source: Business Insider

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