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Check for pre-owned or refurb bargains before buying a new laptop
December 24, 2011 – 3:25 pm
Check for pre-owned or refurb bargains before buying a new laptop

By Ted Kritsonis

Buying used or refurbished may not seem like the best way to get a new laptop, but a real gem can be found for the right price.

Next Steps in Smartphone Security
December 21, 2011 – 9:18 am
Next Steps in Smartphone Security

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.

Microsoft pushes Xbox 360 as future TV platform with new apps
December 5, 2011 – 2:39 pm
Microsoft pushes Xbox 360 as future TV platform with new apps

By Ted Kritsonis

Microsoft is giving the Xbox 360 a bit of an overhaul with a new-look interface and a lineup of new entertainment applications that essentially turns the console into an entertainment platform with TV and music content, including live events.

How the iPad won 2011′s ‘Tablet War’
November 28, 2011 – 11:30 am
How the iPad won 2011′s ‘Tablet War’

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple’s iPad continues to dominate the tablet space it had created a year ago despite the waves of competing tablets that hit the market hoping to challenge the leader.

TomTom’s HD Traffic service offers in-car GPS with real-time updates
November 26, 2011 – 11:41 am
TomTom’s HD Traffic service offers in-car GPS with real-time updates

By Ted Kritsonis

TomTom’s new HD Traffic service can change your route when it sees that your commuting time is about to increase because of congestion, construction or any other stoppage that leads to gridlock.

Wi-Fi in schools – the health debate continues
November 23, 2011 – 11:16 am
Wi-Fi in schools – the health debate continues

By Lee Rickwood

If there were only seven cell phone users in the entire world, this issue would not have the same ramifications or potential impacts.

But it seems like the goal is seven billion users – and in that light it does seem incumbent upon us to know about potential health risks, not to speculate or to wonder or to debate.

Kobo aims for a slice of the tablet market
November 22, 2011 – 9:32 am
Kobo aims for a slice of the tablet market

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Toronto-based eBook reader company Kobo has introduced the Kobo Vox which is an eBook reader with social graces and an eye on the emerging tablet market.

Update on Canada’s New Wireless Entrants
November 16, 2011 – 3:46 pm
Update on Canada’s New Wireless Entrants

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It has been well over a year since Wind Mobile, Mobilicity and Public Mobile started challenging the ‘big three’ in Canada. We take a look at how these new entrants are faring in the cutthroat mobile industry and what they have to offer.

Indi-anada – One of World’s Hottest Mobile Markets gets the Maple Leaf Treatment
November 14, 2011 – 11:26 am
Indi-anada – One of World’s Hottest Mobile Markets gets the Maple Leaf Treatment

By Lee Rickwood

Targeting one of the world’s largest markets makes perfect sense, especially for mobile product and service developers. And especially for Canadian developers, who can capitalize on cultural, historic and now official government connections between the two countries.

Adobe abandoning Flash for mobile devices opens door to HTML5
November 10, 2011 – 11:17 am
Adobe abandoning Flash for mobile devices opens door to HTML5

By Ted Kritsonis

Adobe’s announcement yesterday that it would no longer support Flash in mobile devices after version 11.1 is a bold move that opens the door for HTML5 as the new standard for rich web content on smartphones and tablets.

PayPal’s new functionalities expand services beyond online payments
November 7, 2011 – 1:01 pm
PayPal’s new functionalities expand services beyond online payments

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

PayPal started out as the payment arm of online auction dynamo eBay and evolved into an ubiquitous online payment solution. Now acquiring companies like Where, RedLaser and Milo which enhance their core business.

Travel and Hospitality Sector Needs to Book Time with Mobile and Social Media
November 4, 2011 – 11:59 am
Travel and Hospitality Sector Needs to Book Time with Mobile and Social Media

by Lee Rickwood

Operators should be integrating social and mobile into their overall marketing plan, and then they must monitor and evaluate the options to determine which are most complimentary to their business growth strategy.