By Ted Kritsonis
The Internet of Things may be a broad term, but there is no shortage of tech companies looking to grab a piece of its action, whatever it may be. Count BlackBerry among them, with its announcement of Project Ion, a vague encompassing name that promises to take a whole lot of data and disseminate it into chunks that will make sense on the other end.
By Ted Kritsonis
Confirming the rumour mill that had spinning for weeks, Apple announced today that it is acquiring Beats Electronics, bringing both the headphone and streaming music businesses into the fold at Cupertino that at $3 billion (U.S.), is the largest acquisition in Apple’s history.
By Ted Kritsonis
As anyone who has accidentally dropped the iPhone can attest, it’s a pretty fragile device, but it can be made waterproof with the right case covering it. Choosing a case to do the job isn’t all that difficult considering the stellar options available.
By Ted Kritsonis
It’s become an unfortunate and frustrating tech reality in Canada — a product or service launches in the United States and takes considerable time to cross the border into the Great White North. Such is the case with Google Play Music All-Access, a music streaming service aiming to compete in a category that’s still in its infancy
By Ted Kritsonis
DSLR cameras still carry the day when it comes to capturing photos and video at the highest quality, but that lead is being cut by mirrorless cameras like the Fuji X-T1, which features plenty of manual options and impressive image quality. It doesn’t come cheap, but is it still the right mix of performance and price to warrant adopting it?
By Ted Kritsonis
Despite the fact Belkin now controls the Linksys brand, the WRT1900AC router is an ode to Linksys’ past with its black-and-blue colour scheme and monster truck-style design. Powerful, robust and consistent, it is easily one of the best routers currently available on the market.
By Ted Kritsonis
Cutting the cord from your cable provider doesn’t necessarily mean there is one solution to cover everything you watch. Ottawa-based Nuvyyo thinks it may have something that can help the cause in a big way with the Tablo, a set top box that can take free over-the-air HD broadcasts and stream and record them to mobile devices.
By Ted Kritsonis
After the longest run of any operating system Microsoft has ever produced, Windows XP will basically be laid to rest on April 8, meaning that no further patches, updates or support will be forthcoming from the software giant. For users still clinging to the aged OS, upgrading to Windows 7 or 8 has become the only option, more or less.