Reality Bites
Should all new homes in Canada come with solar? | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-green-renters-1.7529664 #homes #solarpanels #climatechange #canada View Original Article
Early morning explosion at Regina’s Co-Op refinery rocks homes, rattles nerves | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/early-morning-explosion-at-regina-s-co-op-refinery-rocks-homes-rattles-nerves-1.7492493 #regina #coop #refinery #explosion View Original Article
Stop wasting your time digging into apps and settings When you spend a great deal of your day digging into Android like we do, you start looking for ways to get to things faster. One shortcut can save us several taps and seconds of valuable time, which add up over a day, week, and more. …
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California to require solar panels on most new homes California is expected to require solar panels on virtually every new home. This was posted on Google+
Google: 4 out of 5 US homes have solar power potential Project Sunroof has checked the viability of 60 million US rooftops. This was posted on Google+
Hundreds of people are still waiting for emergency housing in Minot, N.D., following a massive flood this summer that displaced a quarter of the city’s population.
New homes have been found for the seven dogs that were rescued from a rural Saskatchewan residence where they ate the remains of their deceased owners.
About a fifth of Canadian households still had no internet access in 2010, including nearly half the households with annual incomes of $30,000 or less.
Homemade Levee Click here to read more about our efforts to tame the mighty Mississippi–and how those efforts are failing–in our feature. Scott Olson/Getty Images
All of that water pouring out of spillways and topping levees up and down the Mississip…
Nielsen says that TV ownership in homes has dropped for the first time in 20 years. This year, 96.7 percent of American households have a television set versus 98.9 percent last year. Two possible reasons (and both very believable!): one…
Nearly a million homes suffered blackouts in Japan’s northeast after a new earthquake killed three people and piled more misery on a region buried under the rubble of last month’s devastating tsunami.
Why just use solar power or wind power when you can use both? Designed by Francesco Colarossi, Giovanna Saracino and Luisa Saracino as part of an Italian design contest to re-imagine a decommissioned bridge (for which it placed second), this so-called…
Microsoft’s Principal Researcher recently sat down for a very long interview with The Globe and Mail. The next big thing in tech, he says, is something like Microsoft’s already available (but super expensive) Surface. So what does the next version of …
What did homeowners do with green rebates, and did they make a difference? | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/greener-homes-government-rebate-1.7502355 #green #rebates #federal #canada View Original Article
How to Set Up Whole House Audio Using Google Home Having audio flow through your entire house is super cool. If you already have a handful of Google Homes spread throughout the house, it’s easy to do—a couple of toggles, and you’ll be ready to roll. This was posted on Google+
Check out all the videos for Google’s newly announced products Today was Google’s big hardware event, and we saw a ton of new things. There are new phones, new Google Homes, and even a new Chromebook. You can relive it… by Ryan Whitwam in Google, Google Home, Google Home Max, Google Home Mini, News, Pixel …
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Well so much for that… At least for now. Report: The ‘Google Experience’ Launcher From The Nexus 5 Won’t Come To Other Devices Any Time Soon One of the more drool-worthy aspects of the software from the Nexus 5 (and not necessarily Android 4.4) is the homescreen and launcher, which includes a to… by Jeremiah …
Well so much for that… At least for now. Report: The ‘Google Experience’ Launcher From The Nexus 5 Won’t Come To Other Devices Any Time Soon One of the more drool-worthy aspects of the software from the Nexus 5 (and not necessarily Android 4.4) is the homescreen and launcher, which includes a to… by …
FYI, be cautious. Spray foam insulation can make some homes unlivable – CBC News – Latest Canada, World, Entertainment and Business News A CBC Marketplace investigation has found that the growing popularity of spray polyurethane foam insulation may be creating an emerging problem in Canada. This was posted on Google+…
This shows how important it is to have an emergency exit plan. Modern homes burn 8 times faster than 50 years ago – Windsor – CBC News Firefighters say today’s homes, furnished with modern technology and oil-based products, burn faster and present dangers never seen before. This was posted on Google+…