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Wired Wednesday: Schoolwork App, NEEO remote & SEEK app

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This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I spoke about these tech topics for Wired Wednesday with Ben Wilson:

  • Apple’s Schoolwork app lets teachers dole out digital assignments to students (source)
  • NEEO: The thinking universal remote (source)
  • SEEK: Like Shazam for Your Nature Photos (source)

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