Category: Featured

Shopping for Chromebooks in different sizes

By Ted Kritsonis

Chromebooks are in a league of their own, though it’s not always clear whether it’s perceived as a major or minor one. What is clear is that the growing category within the wider PC business now offers a wider array of choice between the affordable variety and premium models.

The best new standalone health trackers

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Many smartwatches have basic activity tracking features and even integrate heart rate monitors to get a read of a user’s activity level and exertion. Smartwatches, however, have to do a lot more and need to manage apps, notifications and act as a GPS, remote control and still tell time.

Canadian Tech Develops New Mobile Education App for Kids in Developing Countries

By Lee Rickwood
The initiative is one of several to target education and access needs in poorer countries around the world, by the way: perhaps most well-known is the One Laptop per Child Initiative, but also the so-called ‘Zedu-pad’ program, active in disparate countries such as Afghanistan and Zambia, respectively.

FIFA 16 Brings Playable Female Characters Into the Fold

By Christine Persaud

Electronic Arts is shedding light on an issue that has plagued the video game community for some time with its latest version of FIFA 16, which, for the first time, includes playable female characters.

What the carriers offer for smartphone replacement and repair

By Ted Kritsonis

A broken and damaged smartphone is less an annoyance and more an imposition on daily life, given the impact handsets have nowadays. The top carriers have expanded their warranty programs in covering these cases, and here is how they compare.