Etiket: McKenna
[Chronique d’Alain McKenna] Apple’s MacBook Air M2: midnight plus two
The new MacBook Air that Apple is bringing to market this summer comes with two new features: a new M2 processor, fast and enduring, and a blue-black casing laconically called…
[Chronique d’Alain McKenna] Apple’s MacBook Air M2: midnight plus two
The new MacBook Air that Apple is bringing to market this summer comes with two new features: a new M2 processor, fast and enduring, and a blue-black casing laconically called…
[Chronique d’Alain McKenna] Your credit card is hiding a fortune from you
If your monthly credit card statement feels like a litany of gibberish, you’re not alone. Mastercard and Visa are just waiting for the signal from the banks to clean up.…
[Chronique d’Alain McKenna] Marshall McLuhan predicted Instagram 60 years ago
Canadian media philosopher Marshall McLuhan is best known for popularizing the idea of a “global village” long before the advent of the Internet. But that’s not the most amazing prediction…
[Chronique d’Alain McKenna] Win the Stanley Cup, lose the Canadian Internet
The final series that should lead a National Hockey League team to drink champagne from the Stanley Cup begins any day now. And while there will definitely be a winning…
[Chronique d’Alain McKenna] A hard drug called TikTok
Studies follow one another which show that the mechanisms used by social networks like TikTok and Instagram to always hook their users a little more cause an addiction comparable to…
[Chronique d’Alain McKenna] The billionaire’s new bucket list
To be a billionaire, you obviously have to have at least a billion dollars. Some would say it’s better to have a billion dollars in assets. It avoids having too…
[Chronique d’Alain McKenna] The new challenges of full employment
A not-so-new term has replaced the issue of labor shortages in conversations in Quebec’s tech sector these days. Quebec is currently experiencing this phenomenon that we thought was exclusive to…
[Chronique d’Alain McKenna] The incomparable Canadian wireless
Few topics are more unanimous in Canada than the cost of wireless services. They’re that expensive. Why ? There, opinions differ. Because to get an idea, we would have to…
[Chronique d’Alain McKenna] Canada, the global dunce of the Internet at home
Without addressing the astronomical cost of wireless, Canada fares poorly for the high monthly cost of its high-speed Internet for the home. When compared to other OECD countries, Canadian home…
Chronicle of Alain McKenna: school is more than work
In tech, there is unanimity on all continents, except perhaps Antarctica: Quebec is a breeding ground for talented and inexpensive workers. Water carriers adapted to the digital economy. However, the…