Security of cash vs. bank accounts vs. Bitcoin
A co-worker recently gave a talk that explained how Bitcoin
[https://bitcoin.org/en/] worked and it was interesting to hear how you should
protect your bitcoins. When you think of cash,
Should my family get tablets or laptops?
With the assumption that everyone in my family has a smartphone of some kind
[http://nothingbutsnark.svbtle.com/what-phones-my-family-should-buy], the
question becomes whether members of my family should
What phones my family should use
UPDATED on 2014-03-28
TL;DR
When it comes to phones I advise my family to buy (in order of preference):
0. The latest Google Nexus [http://www.google.ca/nexus/] phone
Radical idea: make the CBC web-only and use their spectrum for internet access
Depending on which government body is talking
[http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/7086/125/], Canada is aiming for either
100% broadband access by the end of 2014 or 77% broadband subscriptions by
The shift towards telecoms becoming just a dumb pipe
With the purchasing of WhatsApp for $19 billion
[http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/19/us-whatsapp-facebook-idUSBREA1I26B20140219]
, the visibility of the various messaging apps has been raised (e.g. WhatsApp