By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
 
New leadership. It is the biggest indicator that a troubled company is committed to fix things.  Sony has gone to Kazuo Hirai to help steer the course.

By Ted Kritsonis

Phone unlocking is always one of those hot-button issues when it comes to mobile freedom, but most consumers buy their phones subsidized by the carriers through contracts. These phones are locked to their respective carriers, making it difficult to use them as leverage to leave for another provider.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

RIM’s longtime Co-CEO’s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have resigned their positions and have endorsed Thorsten Heins as the new CEO while Barbara Stymiest is chairwoman of RIM’s board.

By Lee Rickwood

Hundreds of citizen journalists and videographer activists provided live video during the Occupations – streaming if not actually televising their ‘revolution’.

By Lee Rickwood

Canada continues to put out the hardware, software and wetware that are key to the success of the global consumer electronics industry.

So let’s hold CES here next year, eh?!?

By Lee Rickwood

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is as much about the provider as it is the consumer, and it has as much to offer the high tech industry in specific as it does the consumer marketplace in general.

By Ted Kritsonis

For a variety of reasons, the tablet market in 2011 wasn’t a horse race, but rather one of a clear winner ahead of a confusing pack left to fester in the distance. Apple’s iPad only affirmed its dominance over a surge of ‘me too’ devices that didn’t resonate enough with consumers. Will 2012 change that in a big way?

By Ted Kritsonis

In spite of RIM’s troubling times, the company’s BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service remains highly popular, and is arguably one of the last bastions of loyalty keeping some consumers from defecting. Apple created iMessage as an answer to BBM, but how well does it stack up?

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Today’s content is consumed in three screens. TVs are the first, computers are the second and smartphones are the third. SmartTVs are starting to combine all three into the ultimate content hub.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Since smartphones are quickly replacing PCs as the personal communication device of choice, the need to secure our mobile devices has become critical.

By Lee Rickwood

One way to choose among new camcorders is by price; a more effective but admittedly less sexy method is to read the user manual.

Video featuring Ted Kritsonis

Home theatre and home entertainment isn’t what it used to be, and that’s partly thanks to the gadgets and gizmos we have lined up in this holiday gift guide video.