• Virtual Reality Therapy More Effective For Managing Pain?

    Virtual Reality Therapy More Effective For Managing Pain?

    Virtual Reality is seen as a way to submerse yourself into another “world”.  Maybe as a way to disconnect from your own existence and temporarily become part of another.  Virtual reality, however, is being used to treat pain.  There are several studies reviewing this theory in both the United States and Canada, but the bottom…

  • New York City Introduces StreetSmart App to Help Combat Homelessness

    New York City Introduces StreetSmart App to Help Combat Homelessness

    The City of New York is trying to combat homelessness by using technology.  Normally, I am all for this, but I wonder how effective this tool is actually going to be?  The application is known as StreetSmart, and it provides information to agencies and case workers on specific individuals.  Which, in theory, is amazing as…

  • You Can Now Delete Your Uber Account Right From the App

    You Can Now Delete Your Uber Account Right From the App

    Uber is letting you delete your account from within the app itself.  That’s awesome right?  Well, technically yes, but why was it such a difficult process in the first place?  I probably sound like a broken record most days, but why are things like this so difficult in the first place?  I have never understood…