David Snell of the Chartwell Group provides high technology consulting in the areas of operations management, sales and marketing strategic and tactical planning, business development management and investments.

Chartwell Headlines - Latest Tech News Summary

Supermassive black hole at Milky Way's core gives up a secret...
Explanation Below
CES 2022 Brings Live Attendance, Robots And New Gadgets (as always)        Story Below
Pickleball - Fastest Growing Game in the World of Sport
Google and YouTube Won't Allow Ads                                                                 That Deny Climate Change...story below
iPhone 11 Mini vs 13 - You'd Be Surprised!!
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Chartwell Headlines - Latest News Continued...

Supermassive black hole at Milky Way's core gives up a secret: C|NET January 12th 2022...Sagittarius A*--or Sgr A*, as it's more commonly described--is a supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way. It's big and bad, containing about 4 million times the mass of our sun. It's also given to odd behavior; scientists say they can identify mysterious flares being emitted for a few hours each day. After years seeking an explanation, astronomers using new data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory now think that they have found one: Sgr A* may simply be vaporizing and actually "devouring" asteroids that cross its path. Think of it as a galactic burp.

And there's no shortage of raw material for Sgr A* to consume. According to NASA, the cloud around Sgr A* contains literally trillions of asteroids and comets. Any celestial object passing with 100 million miles of the black hole--that's roughly the distance between Earth and the sun--would get obliterated. We'd love to see how Capt James T. Kirk could pull himself out of that one. Just saying...more

CES 2022 Does Not Disappoint - Gadgets Galore: CES was officially an in-person event this year, but with the highly transmissible omicron variant of COVID spreading like wildfire, we opted to cover the show from afar. Fortunately, vendors were once again prepared to showcase their offerings via teleconference, as they did for last year’s virtual show. These are the smart home and home entertainment products that captured our attention. 2022 Las Vegas CES brought us many new gadgets but as far as I'm concerned, most interesting was the home security and work at home tech...more  

Pickleball - Fastest Growing Game in the History of Sports: Boston Globe Sept 24th 2021: Not exactly high tech but news in any case and a sport my friends (and new friends) and I have grown to love. Something over 4.6M players in North America last year having experienced a 21% increase year over year - evidence of even greater growth in 2021...more
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Ring's police problem never went away. Here's what you still need to know: Over the past two years, Ring has faced near-constant (and usually deserved) criticism for its security and police partnership policies, which facilitated video sharing between video doorbell owners and criminal investigators without the use of warrants. In response, Ring systematically improved its security, most notably requiring two-factor authentication for user log-in and implementing end-to-end video encryption, to make their devices more resistant to hackers...but it's not enough as questions still linger about its commitment to privacy and security...more

Forget the iPhone 13!! Here's why the iPhone 11 is still a great value in 2021 - CNET September 27th 2021: Apple's new iPhone 13, which launched Sept. 24, may be getting all the attention -- but it's only a part of the company's sprawling 2021 smartphone lineup. For those looking to pay less, Apple's 2-year-old iPhone 11 should not be ignored. With its new starting price of $500 (all $USD), the 64GB iPhone 11 is about $300 less expensive than the 128GB $800 iPhone 13 (with a carrier activation discount). Yes, it's $100 more expensive than the $400 iPhone SE, but there are plenty of upgrades that justify the extra cash...article by Lisa Eadicicco 

Siri Apologizes For Privacy Issues - LA Times: Apple Inc. on behalf of Siri introduced originally in 2011, apologized for privacy mishaps surrounding its Siri voice assistant and said it would no longer retain audio recordings of Siri interactions, among other changes. The announcement follows criticism of the iPhone maker and other technology giants for employing humans to listen to recordings of user interactions with voice assistants in a bid to improve the product. Apple had hundreds of contractors listening to recordings of Siri users in a process called “grading”, but the company suspended the program a few weeks ago after some consumers raised concerns. It plans to reinstate the practice after making a few changes in software updates this fall that will give users more control over their privacy...more

Are You Looking For The Most Credible Voices In Technology News? The rise of online publications and blogs has resulted in a flood of information regarding computers, mobile gadgets, software and operating systems. Even with my life long appreciation and love of emerging high tech, it can be difficult to know which websites you can trust. Here are some of the most trusted websites according to Larry Alton; these will help you keep up with the constant flow of technological updates...Larry Alton Reports

​Life Between 50 and Death: Chartwell's Blog takes a philosophical turn from our usual tech focus, but offers what we think are some widely applicable life's lessons especially in today's world and the unique challenges we face...more

The 10 biggest tech trends from CES 2022: This year’s focus is on pioneering technology such as the metaverse, 5G, FoodTech, space technology, drones, self-driving cars, smart homes and work at home tech, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens, or NFTs...more here
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                                            Lindsay Willms - Snell, Finalist (Top 5) 
                      Canada's CBC Television Countrywide "Champions of Change"

Other Selected News Items 

Jan Snell Joins Chartwell, Vancouver: With over 20 years of sales, marketing and staffing experience, Jan Snell has joined Chartwell to help its clients in these areas of her expertise...more

Vancouver BC: Chartwell Group announces that its Principal David Snell, has spoken, or is scheduled to speak, at several major events and meetings worldwide as an expert speaker on end user digital authentication, mobile trends, the integration of mobile solutions with travel and events' programs, and the use of social networking at the intersection of business and mobility as follows:
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- Association of Travel Executives annual meetings Singapore, New York, Paris, London and Berlin
​- Panasonic Strategic Partner Conventions, Manchester UK & Alicante Spain
- Start Up Canada Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient 
- Annual meeting of Accenture's Top World 100 CIO's,Hyatt Regency Florida
- Global Business Travel Association's "Mobile Revolution - Why Should You Care?"
- BCTIA Most Promising Start Up award presentations, Vancouver Canada
- cruise3sixty Fort Lauderdale - Mobile 101 Workshop
- ​Panasonic Europe GmbH Annual Management Meeting, Wiesbaden Germany
- TC3 Telecom Council Mountain View, CA
- ACTE Singapore - Integration of Mobile Solutions With Travel Programs Workshop
​- Disney DREAM Earmarked Conference & Cruise  - Mobile in Travel and Entertainment Workshop
​- Motorola Start-Up Day Schaumburg IL
- Vancouver BC Board of Trade Presentation with Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield
- B-Sides Security Conference Vancouver BC
- BCTIA Technology Impact Awards
​- Canadian Financing Forum, Banff Alberta
- RAMP Chicago,IL
- Green Meetings Industry Council, Montreal Canada
- IMEX "Mobile Revolution" Frankfurt Germany 
- IMEX America "Mobile Revolution" Vegas
- COMPETE CMO Conference "Mobile Travel Apps with Frommer's Success Story" New Orleans 
- IMEX Frankfurt - Mobile For Events mobile industry workshop
- MTS Beaver Creek CO - Mobile 101
- BTMS London UK - Panel on Social Networking 
- Various other industry events and conferences

                           

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David Snell of the Chartwell Group of Vancouver BC, provides high technology consulting in the areas of Executive management; change agent; strategic selling and training; target market, territory and sales development and management; channel and strategic partner relationships; online marketing. David Snell's experience includes: founding, expansion and sale of a vertical market software solutions company; leading Regional, National and International sales, services and marketing; and, the building and sale of two small high technology companies into worldwide leaders in their markets.