Author Archives: Christine Persaud

The Smart Speaker Category is Growing, With New Models Launched at (or Around) IFA 2018

Christine Persaud
While Apple and Google have dominated the market for the last year, with Apple recently joining in with its HomePod, several other products have been coming to market of late, like the Sonos One, which works with Alexa voice control (Google Assistant support coming soon), the Harman Kardon Invoke, which works with Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant, the 808 Audio XL-V, and many more.

6 Canadian Companies Featuring Cool New Tech Innovations

By Christiner Persaud
Canada is quickly becoming a tech epicenter, with plenty of innovative start-ups based north of the border, and taking on key categories. Among them are well-known firms like BlackBerry and ecobee. But there are other companies making their mark with some impressive new tech innovations in a variety of categories.

Making Your Home Smart: Part 5 – The Bedroom

By Christine Persaud
You might think that the bedroom is off limits for tech smarts beyond potentially a television, a basic clock radio, and a charging cable for your phone to sit on your nightstand, right? Wrong.

Back-to-School Gadget Round-up

By Christine Persaud
Ready to head back to class, or get your child prepared to head off to high school, college, or university? Make sure you check these gadgets off the shopping list before finalizing your purchases.

Tech Gadgets For Every Part of Your School Day

By Christine Persaud
From the moment a student wakes up, to the time it’s ready to rest his head back on the pillow at the end of the day, life is filled with tech. Or rather, it can (and should!) be. Why? A variety of tech devices can help get a student, especially in college or university, through the toughest school days.

Making Your Home Smart: Part 4 – The Backyard

By Christine Persaud
In the first three parts of this series, we’ve looked at how you can make the kitchen, living room, and basement  smart. Here, we’ll look at a room that isn’t technically a room in your home, but rather a space right outside of it: the backyard.

Tips On Using the Updated Gmail

By Christine Persaud
If you decided to upgrade your Gmail e-mail account to the latest version, you will have noticed some significant changes. The interface is different, and there are some handy new features, especially for business users.

Making Your Home Smart: Part 3 – The Basement

By Christine Persaud
The basement can either be a forgotten part of your home, where you store your seasonal decorations and boxes of items you never bothered opening when you moved in. Or, it can be a full finished oasis, complete with a theatre or games room, playroom for the kids, or perhaps even a home office.