WWDC 2013 – Apple’s year of OS Reboots
Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla San Francisco, CA: Trading the old for the new. Apple has aggressively introduced a revamped mobile OS in iOS 7 and a new OS X Mavericks.
Category: Gadgets
Amazon’s Ubiquity – Why their eReader ecosystem works
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Ubiquity. By making its eBook reader software available across multiple devices and platforms has made Amazon’s Kindle reader ecosystem one of the most formidable examples of how to anticipate user’s needs.
New wireless code of conduct essentially ends 3-year phone contracts
By Ted Kritsonis
It took months of consultations, hearings and visceral consumer feedback, but the new wireless code of conduct released today by the CRTC has put an end to the carriers’ practice of sticking to three-year contracts and clarified some rules about unlocking and roaming. The new rules take effect on December 2.
Olloclip’s lenses, cases, and app push iPhone photography forward
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Olloclip invented the 3-in-one Macro, Wide Angle and Fisheye lens for the iPhone and is now expanding to cases and a new app for iPhone photography.
A ‘phone tab’ might be better for you than a contract
By Ted Kritsonis
Three-year contracts are not in the best interest of the consumer, contrary to what carriers might say, but putting payment for a new smartphone on a “tab” might be a good alternative to signing a contract that limits your options.
Could the plasma TV market be dead in a few years?
By Ted Kritsonis
Flat-panel televisions used to fall under an “LCD vs. plasma” debate, where plasma had inherent advantages that made it the go-to option for home theatre setups. But as the years have worn on, LCD technology has usurped much of that and emerged as the most widely adopted TV technology today.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 carves a new niche in mini tablets
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla While bigger and heavier than its competition, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 tablet is more than just an upsized Note II, it brings a new use case for Android tablets.
SlingSync feature opens up the Slingbox to media on phones, hard drives
By Ted Kritsonis
The Slingbox has always been a device with a singular purpose — to take a live TV signal from one location and place-shift it to another over the Internet. The Slingbox 500 now has the extra function of SlingSync, a feature that enables content stored on a smartphone or tablet to playback on the TV the box is connected to.