The Week Was Awesome 8 Nov

I salute everyone who managed to draw on their mental strength to get out of bed today on a cold rainy Friday morning. You are the awesome in my life.

1. Totally Disconnected
Today you could almost say that the internet is a basic human right. Our lives are so digital, that to be off the grid is truly a disadvantage. So what would happen if the internet were to disappear… forever?

https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/web/a29629151/global-internet-outage/

2. What’s New with Big Blue: Yes we Canon!
Here’s how Canon managed to unlock the potential of its data and use it to improve its customer experience by giving business-to-business (B2B) customers greater flexibility and opportunities for self-service.

https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/canon-europe

3. Laser Fair
Do you have a smart home device or hub? If you do, you might want to defend yourself from the latest security threat: LASERS. Yes, lasers have been used to hack into Amazon Echos.

https://lightcommands.com/

4. Private and Confidential
You’re not alone. At least, not when you’re surfing online. If you feel like you’re being followed, that’s because you are… by at least a third of the most popular websites online.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/31/think-youre-anonymous-online-third-popular-websites-are-fingerprinting-you/

5. What Kenvi learned this week: Sweet Emoji
Have you ever wondered how they decide what new emojis to add? Turns out there’s a process for that…

https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/1/20938486/how-to-make-emoji-yawning-face-waffle-proposal-unicode

When is the best time to schedule an appointment with your dentist?
Tooth hurty, of course!