The digital revolution has been underway for some time, but what are some of the latest changes that are sending us toward a different kind of lifestyle? By looking at some aspects of life and entertainment in Canada, we can see how digital elements are becoming more prominent, and what impact they are having on this country.
Live Casino Games with a Human Dealer
The history of casinos in Canada is relatively recent, with Vancouver’s oldest gambling establishment only opened in the 1980s. However, it wasn’t long before the internet came along and offered different ways of playing that changed the way we think about gambling and other leisure activities in general.
This site shows the variety of ways of gambling in Canada online, with a big slots collection that covers numerous themes, from pirates and sports to mythological figures. However, the most important change has been the introduction of live-streamed games. This change means that players can now bet on games like roulette and blackjack with a human dealer on their screens, dealing the cards or spinning the wheel.
Other changes brought in by the switch to live online games include the use of innovative bonus rounds and random multipliers, meaning that the original games have been updated to incorporate these changes without losing their essence.
E-borrowing Becomes More Important in Vancouver Libraries
The Vancouver Public Library was opened at the start of the 20th century, with the help of a substantial donation from Andrew Carnegie. It’s been in its current location since 1995, but the way we borrow books has changed dramatically since then. Among the most recent news stories, we can see that the library here now loans more digital material than physical books.
This is great news for anyone looking to take advantage of modern ways of reading when it suits them on their chosen device. However, it raises the issues of costs, as mentioned by the library’s Kay Cahill – who is the director of collections and technology. These digital copies of e-books, magazines, and music cost as much as five times more than physical versions due to increased licensing costs.
That makes it challenging for such establishments to balance their offerings, but the move to online options has still been considered an overall positive, increasing accessibility for people across Canada. As more and more people swap to digital technology as their go-to choice, ensuring that literature and other library offerings keep up is very important.
More Digital Billboards and Panels to Light Up the City
Advertising signs and billboards have long been an important part of the Vancouver skyline. The city gained the name of being the neon capital of North America in the middle of the last century due to the large number of neon advertising signs across Vancouver, although none is as iconic as the Bowmac sign that was once the biggest illuminated structure in the city. The battle to remove the Lee Building billboard at the start of this century revealed how attitudes had changed, as public opinion helped get this famous sign taken down in 2008.
Times have changed, with the classic neon signs now gone, but new ways of advertising have replaced them. As part of this trend, the emergence of digital billboards is taking urban advertising into a new era. Each digital panel in downtown bus shelters earns the city up to $230,000 each year, so we can expect to see more of them spring up before long. Given the controversy in the past over giant billboards, there may be some potential issues still to be sorted out.
The Digital Charity Machine That Makes It Easier to Help Others
The Vancouver Historical Society and Vancouver Heritage Foundation are among the charitable organizations that have been carrying out good work for a number of decades. The Vancouver Foundation started life in 1943 when lumberman Whitford VanDusen made a large endowment. The charity has given over $1 billion to worthwhile causes since then. This helps confirm Vancouver’s reputation as one of the country’s most generous cities, but what if digital technology made it even easier to help people in need?
This is where a visit to Tillicum Mall in Victoria, BC, between November 14 and December 3 could be useful. During these dates, Light the World Giving Machine will be located in the mall for the first time. It’s a seven-foot high touchscreen that’s already been used successfully in Japan, the UK, and some other countries. Visitors use it to look for the items that charities currently need, adding to their cart anything that they decide they can help with. After its spell in Victoria, the digital charity machine will move to the Tsawwassen Mills mall in Vancouver.
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