Spark from CBC Radio

Spark from CBC Radio

CBC Radio's Spark is your guide to the Next Big Thing. On-air and online, join Nora Young for a surprising and irreverent look at tech, trends, and fresh ideas.

Sun Feb 28 00:00:00 PST 2010

Steven Johnson defines the geoweb, Boy van Amstel promotes location-based privacy awareness through Please Rob Me, Laurent... more

Sun Feb 21 00:00:00 PST 2010

Anne Wright-Howard tells the story of a personalized email scam, Finn Brunton explains how internet scam artists commit "l... more

Sun Feb 14 00:00:00 PST 2010

Sam Yagan of OkCupid explains the math behind dating websites, Catherine Middleton researches smartphone use, Nora introdu... more

Sun Jan 31 00:00:00 PST 2010

John Gruber on Apple's iPad announcement, Mark Coleran designs fantasy user interfaces, Scott Berkun explains why the futu... more

Sun Jan 24 00:00:00 PST 2010

Dustin Randall and Ira Hyman test people's attentiveness, Steven Yantis studies our brains' abilities to multitask, Gramma... more

Sun Jan 17 00:00:00 PST 2010

Sahara Byrne researches strategies that families can use to best protect children from negative effects of online behaviou... more

Tue Jan 12 00:00:00 PST 2010

Peter Nowak reports from CES 2010, Yorick Wilks explains The Companions Project, Nora's Computer Club: Setting Up a Blog, ... more

Sun Jan 03 00:00:00 PST 2010

Seth Godin gives away his free eBook What Matters Now, and Matthew B. Crawford writes about the value of work in his book,... more

Sun Dec 20 00:00:00 PST 2009

Ian Manheimer helps find the perfect gadget with Measy, Caterina Fake on Hunch and the future of search, Franke James has ... more

Sun Dec 13 00:00:00 PST 2009

Clancy Delbarre and Barbara Miller explain the import of eCards on paper and ink cards, David Jevans from the Anti-Phishin... more

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