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Showing all articles by author: Melanie Baker
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Finding new ways to connect charities and donors
16 November 2021 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Burlington-based startup tiptap uses a touchless NFC terminal that can be placed in businesses in place of donation boxes to allow customers to tap a $2 or $5 donation using their debit or credit card. Read more
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M-Theory: To everything there is a season
11 November 2021 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Just as seasons change the weather, so too do tech companies change as they grow and mature, Columnist Melanie Baker writes. Read more
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Giving future robot designers a head start
02 November 2021 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
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Investing in affordable housing
29 October 2021 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
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M-Theory: Deciphering job-posting code
26 October 2021 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
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Social media was making me a worse father
13 October 2021 | By James Jackson in: Opinion
Contributing writer James Jackson shares details of his personal struggle to overcome social media addiction and how it affected his family. Read more
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Always in Waterloo Region’s corner
13 October 2021 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
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M-Theory: Lessons from the great Facebook outage
06 October 2021 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker weighs in with insights on what we can all learn from the massive outage of Facebook and its related platforms on Oct. 4, 2021. Read more
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M-Theory: Let's make 'social' more sociable
01 October 2021 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Columnist Melanie Baker looks at how we can make social media more welcoming and effective and less toxic. Read more
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Virtually exploring Waterloo Region
17 September 2021 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town