Automation Basics – A guide to the connected home
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Few new technologies are as anticipated as the connected home. The idea that we can manage, control, and monitor our homes on mobile devices is truly compelling.
Category: Business
Anonymous App Market is Open to Investment, Not Necessarily to Openness
It’s good that development companies are aware that some of the tools they are creating can be used for, well, purposes other than intended.
by Lee Rickwood
Changes to TV bills and distribution are on the way in Canada
By Ted Kritsonis
Canadians who have long detested the way in which providers bundle channels and charge high prices for them could see major changes, now that the CRTC has begun untangling the web that has kept it all together.
Google, Apple to compete in mobile payment systems
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Apple and Google are the two leading mobile OS companies who are expected to provide competing mobile payments platforms.
Music streaming growth shedding light on royalty issues
By Ted Kritsonis
Music streaming services have been credited with reducing piracy, except the way in which they distribute royalties seems to be far from equitable. The technology around music distribution has changed forever, but numbers show record labels benefitting more than artists are.
Red Hat proving that open source communities are better for security
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Red Hat’s technology powers the Internet infrastructure and has benefited from the open source involvement of its community of users.
Apple Watch coming to Canada April 24, new MacBook April 10
By Ted Kritsonis
It was a foregone conclusion that Apple would launch its new Watch at its “Spring Forward” event in San Francisco, though its revamped MacBook laptop may have been the real surprise of the day.
Canadians eligible to get money back from class action settlement for overpriced tech
By Ted Kritsonis
Class action litigation leading to a settlement of $80 million from DRAM (dynamic random access memory) manufacturers is now open to all claims in Canada, where filling out a simple form should be enough to get the minimum $20.