Buying a Car? – Help is in the Palm of Your Hand with New Autofocus App
The Autofocus website, available for both French and English users, offers an expert-curated collection of auto research, market information and review tools.
By Lee Rickwood
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Canadian Tech Start-up Dives into Social Media, Online Video Sharing
A new social platform being developed in Canada will let its users visually connect with friends and family, at different times in different places.
by Lee Rickwood
Speeding Up Stop Motion Animation with Great New iPad App from Canada’s National Film Board
What’s your favourite animated movie or TV show? Maybe you’ve just seen The LEGO Movie, or perhaps you recall the Fantastic Planet. Some will remember the great stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen (were there really only seven skeletons in that…
CouchConnect Easily Mirrors Smart Device Content on HDTV
A Canadian company says video streaming devices are plagued by set-up complexities, poor picture quality, and stutter-step playback issues due to bandwidth limitations. It has a solution.
by Lee Rickwood
Play with the Jabra Sport Wireless+ Stereo Headset
The buds ‘lock-on’ for the active athlete or fitness buff using the strap and or eargels; I had no issue with anything falling off during average activity, but then again, I did not wear them during my WWE grudge match!!
by Lee Rickwood
Forget Google’s Glasses – Try Space Glasses, from Canadian Inventor Steve Mann, the Father of Augmented Reality
It’s one of the most unnerving tech experiences any audience could ever have: we’re watching a noted lecturer; he’s wearing strange high-tech glasses. They’re connected to a huge video screen, on which the audience sees what he sees: an image…
Phone Calls on the Web: Ten Years On, VoIP Still Offers Reduced Rates for Business, Consumer Callers
The knock against VoIP once focused on performance and voice quality (oh, those echo-y conversations with long gaps and silent spaces), but those days are gone and things have very much improved.
3D Printing, Digital Downloading Show Libraries Get Innovative in Toronto, Hamilton
Over in the corner, blinking lights, humming electronics and purring computers all testify to the fact this is not your grand-daddy’s library!
by Lee Rickwood