Yahoo! unloads new Weather and Mail apps for Mobile
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Yahoo! made two recent global mobile app announcements with a new Yahoo! Weather iPhone app. as well as an improved Yahoo! Mail for iPad and Android tablets.
Category: Business
Microsoft’s Windows XP dies one year from today
By Ted Kritsonis
Though announced as far back as the launch of Windows 7 in 2009, today marks the yearlong countdown to the “end of service” for Windows XP, meaning that Microsoft will fully cut off support for the longstanding operating system that was first introduced in 2001.
Cellular, Internet and TV customer service still a major problem in Canada
By Ted Kritsonis
It’s hard to meet someone these days who hasn’t had at least one run-in or negative experience with a wireless carrier or cable/satellite TV provider in Canada. The visceral reaction some of them give after receiving bill shock or confusing responses and service from live agents is largely a symptom of what seems to be a larger problem.
Dyson Innovation Awards Call for Canadian Tech Ideas, Designs
So, what’s your problem?
And, more to the point, what’s your design for solving it? A big cash prize awaits your answer.
by Lee Rickwood
Find Your Way through Time and (Cyber) Space with New Digital Apps
New mobile and online apps are all about navigating virtual space, and finding your way through yesterday.
by Lee Rickwood
Microsoft will kill Windows Live Messenger soon
By Ted Kritsonis
It was a steep rise and it has been a sharp decline for Windows Live Messenger, or MSN Messenger, as it was known in its prime, now that Microsoft will officially remove it completely and migrate existing and new users to Skype starting April 8.
Causing a Commotion: New Internet, Intranet and Mobile Connectivity Options
The developer of some newly released software wants to challenge the business model that everyone has to buy their own Internet connection.
by Lee Rickwood
NetTalk lets you port over your existing landline phone number
By Ted Kritsonis
If there’s one service that isn’t worth paying the full cost from traditional providers, it’s a landline phone number. NetTalk announced recently that users could now port their existing landlines over to a NetTalk Duo device for a flat fee and use the device as their home or business line.