Why NFC failed to push mobile payments forward
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla NFC or Near Field Communications has long been heralded as the answer to mobile payments yet nobody talks about the feature anymore and other payment solutions are emerging.
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CanWIT Deadline Needs Extension in Search for Canadian Leadership, Innovation, Women in Technology
by Lee Rickwood
The purpose of the Award is as much to celebrate the accomplishments of the winner, as it is to create positive role models for younger women, who can be the winners of future such awards.
Comparing the HTC One (M8), Sony Xperia Z2 and Samsung Galaxy S5
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Anyone shopping for an Android flagship smartphone today has a solid shortlist of contenders to choose from. The HTC One (M8), Sony Xperia Z2 and Samsung Galaxy S5 square off.
Seeing Beyond Gender: Canadian Tech Entrepreneur Shares Successful Vision
The disease itself surely makes no such distinctions – nor should a company that’s developed a product to treat it. So why should gender complicate things?
By Lee Rickwood
4 Ways Women are Digging Deeper into the Gaming Industry
By Christine Persaud
It’s long been believed that the typical serious gamer is male, aged 18-34. (The Entertainment Software Association says the average age of today’s gamer is 30. The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) actually pegs that sweet spot age at 34.) So it comes as no surprise that game creators are tailoring to that audience.
Discovering Pebble’s smartwatch and App store
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Pebble’s smartwatch has a great head start in the wearables game. Not only are their devices cross-platform, users can access various apps and applications from their app store.
Review: Tablo aims to take you out of your cable subscription
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.
Windows XP is being put to rest, forcing users to upgrade
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.