The Feed with Amber Mac & Michael B AmberMac Media, Inc.

Online learning has been a major focus since the pandemic started and we share 3 tips to help parents manage their kids' online learning experience to reduce the stress around the house. Also, tech expert, Marc Saltzman, gives us some great tech gift ideas just in time for the holidays. Plus, we talk to James Vlahos, cofounder of HereAfter, which is an A-I platform designed to allow people to have spoken "conversations" with loved ones who have passed away based on recordings taken while they are still alive. In Socially Speaking, we dive into Twitter Fleets and give you our verdict on if it works for the platform or not.
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marcsaltzman.com
hereafter.ai

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Robert Barrosa, Senior Director of Sales, Business Development & Marketing for Electrify America gives us the details on their simplified charging station payment system: Plug & Charge. We also talk to Theodoros Zanos, Head of the Neural & Data Science Lab at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, who is researching an AI tool for vital-sign monitoring of hospital patients. Plus, Yezin Al-Qaysi, the CEO of Canadian company VYZR Technologies, discusses their new hazmat helmet, which provides full head and chest coverage to protect healthcare workers. Isabel Wang, co-founder of the Bridging Tech Charitable Fund, shares their mission to provide equitable access to education for those studying throughout the pandemic. 
 

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bridgingtech.org
vyzrtech.com
feinstein.northwell.edu
electrifyamerica.com

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Your next movie experience may be in a virtual world with Hoovie. We speak to the co-founder, Fiona Rayher, about their virtual space to host online screenings. Plus, grade 12 student, Sophia Joffe, discusses why she created the site eLearn.fyi, which compiles the best learning resources for students attending online school. Also, Rachel Zimmer, from U.K.-based Entrepreneur First, is launching a chapter in Canada and she explains their system for pairing co-founders with potential companies. In Socially Speaking, we talk about why the battle of misinformation is getting harder in the wake of the US Elections.  
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hoovie.movie
elearn.fyi
joinef.com

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AcousticSheep CEO, Dr. Wei-Shin Lai, discusses the newest app that will have users sleeping soundly with ease. Plus, Pandorabots CEO, Lauren Kunze, introduces us to the rules-first chatbot, Kuki, and explains what the company hopes to learn from its experiment with Facebook's Blenderbot. Also, GadgetMatch's Michael Josh gives us the lowdown on LG's newest phone and how it will shake up the mobile phone design market. In Socially Speaking, we talk about the business of loneliness and the effect of loneliness in the age of the pandemic. 
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acousticsheep.com/
pandorabots.com
gadgetmatch.com

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Steve Puchala, Senior Vice President of Growth and Restaurant Success for Skip The Dishes, joins us to reveal how the business adapted when the pandemic hit and their plans to move forward in the post-pandemic world. Plus, we talk to the CEO of GroundLevel Insights, Asif Khan, about the free contract-tracing platform for Canadians: CANATRACE. Also, Co-Founder of Miso Robotics, Buck Jordan, introduces us to Flippy, the world’s first autonomous robotic kitchen assistant. In Socially Speaking, we discuss how Apple is upping their search game to compete with the giant called Google.
 

skipthedishescom
groundlevelinsights.com
misorobotics.com

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Writer, creator, and content consultant, Mohit Rajhans, takes a look at some content trends and provides us with helpful tips to ensure that brands find success with their content creation. Plus, we talk to the co-founder and CEO of Knowledgehook, Travis Ratnam, about his AI-powered platform that provides insights for teachers and parents to identify gaps in learning and offer instructional guidance. Also, technology evangelist Marc Saltzman reveals a wish list of useful products to keep you connected and productive at home. In Socially Speaking, we go fact checking on why journalist Daniel Dale is the United States' biggest threat to political lies.
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thinkstart.ca
knowledgehook.com
marcsaltzman.com
Daniel Dale

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