Category: Gadgets

Microsoft pushes Xbox 360 as future TV platform with new apps

By Ted Kritsonis

Microsoft is giving the Xbox 360 a bit of an overhaul with a new-look interface and a lineup of new entertainment applications that essentially turns the console into an entertainment platform with TV and music content, including live events.

How the iPad won 2011’s ‘Tablet War’

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple’s iPad continues to dominate the tablet space it had created a year ago despite the waves of competing tablets that hit the market hoping to challenge the leader.

Kobo aims for a slice of the tablet market

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Toronto-based eBook reader company Kobo has introduced the Kobo Vox which is an eBook reader with social graces and an eye on the emerging tablet market.

Adobe abandoning Flash for mobile devices opens door to HTML5

By Ted Kritsonis

Adobe’s announcement yesterday that it would no longer support Flash in mobile devices after version 11.1 is a bold move that opens the door for HTML5 as the new standard for rich web content on smartphones and tablets.

Sony Ericsson launches Xperia ray smartphone

By Ted Kritsonis

At a launch event in downtown Toronto last night, Sony Ericsson and Telus came together to unveil and launch the Xperia ray, an Android smartphone with a smaller footprint that may turn out to be a hit with female consumers.