Sparkwith Nora Young

We look at the effect notifications and alerts have on our well-being.

Accessibility consultant Sassy Outwater-Wright is fed-up with people using too many emojis in their Twitter user name. She makes the case for a more inclusive internet while keeping social media trendy with GIFs and emoticons.

This is your brain on podcasts.

Clive Thompson decided to read War and Peace on his phone. It turned out to be a journey that took him into the heart of attention, distraction, and focus in a digital age.

How personal property is changing in our Internet-of-thingsy world.

Your photos can be used in 'catfishing' romance scams. The real cost of our love of tech: the environment. Do you really "own" your smart devices? When moral outrage goes viral.

Moral outrage can be powerful. But do we risk deepening social divides when it happens online?

The documentary Death by Design explores the environmental and labour safety costs of our digital devices.

For years, images of Alec Couros have been used for so-called "catfishing": online romance scams often used to cheat 'love interests' out of money. Now he's on a campaign to educate potential victims.

In a new study, psychology student Sebastian Deri found that most of us think everybody's social lives are more exciting than our own, even though they're not.

If you're worried your social life is less exciting than others', it's not. Twitter isn't the voice of the people, and media shouldn't pretend it is. Your data plays a vital role in academic research. Social media beyond the numbers. How does your social media use stack up against other Canadians?

Mass media love to include ordinary peoples' tweets in stories, but they may not be ordinary, or even people.

The Cambridge Analytica scandal left many Facebook users concerned about how their data is being used. But that same data can have great value for academic researchers.

Scrolling through your Twitter feed turns up all kinds of metrics, such as how many followers you have or how often your tweets have been liked and retweeted. But how does that affect your experience of the social network?

While Canadians love social media, there are big differences in use, depending on gender, age, income, and employment status.

Watching Rocks Hamilton is exactly what it sounds like -- a live feed of a boulder sitting in a backyard in Hamilton, Ontario.

Die With Me connects people before their phones die. Never mind Netflix, watch this live stream of a rock instead. Short story vending machine lands in Edmonton airport. Restaurants open doors during the day to become coworking spaces.

New Canadian startups connect people who want workspace, with restaurants that are closed during the day time.

When Edmonton writer Jason Norman learned about the short story dispenser, he decided to help bring one to Edmonton International Airport and feature the work of local authors.

Die with me is an app that only works when you have less than 5% battery life left on your phone. That allows you to access a chat room that connects you to other people with dying phones, so you you have company while you die.

Gone are the days that you turn to your TV to watch your favourite shows, all on demand. With streaming services accessible on the go, the cable industry is in decline, but media partnerships between traditional cable providers and content makers is changing the game.

Wave of media mergers signals major shift in TV landscape. Turning citizen science into a captivating video game. How you use your phone can tell Uber if you're drunk. Being a social media manager can be bad for mental health. How internet access to porn is helping women and sexual minorities in India.