Text and photos by Ted Kritsonis
The prospect of paying upwards of $700 or more for a smartphone might seem like a hill too steep to climb, but it doesn’t have to be that way when there are compelling options for much less. The Asus Zenfone 2 only sells outright and unlocked, and packs in a number of features that are on par with handsets available for double the price.
Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla San Francisco – The Apple World Wide Developer’s Conference takes over this week, operating systems are front and centre but it is Apple’s ecosystems that are all the buzz.
By Ted Kritsonis
On July 14, 2015, Microsoft will pull the plug on Windows Server 2003, effectively ending a long period of plugging security holes with patches on a regular basis. Small and medium-sized businesses who have no plan to migrate to a newer server platform may be putting themselves in jeopardy, and numbers indicate there are still plenty of them.
By Ted Kritsonis
June 3 is an important day if you have a cell phone contract with any of the Big 3 carriers in Canada because the CRTC’s Wireless Code makes three-year plans redundant as of that date. If you’re currently on a three-year term that started before June 3, 2013, you can free yourself from your contract without paying a cancellation fee, opening up an opportunity to avoid a new contract altogether.
Since 2004, nearly $4.5 million has been allocated to more than 100 initiatives under the Program. Those are positive indicators, yet they pale in number, significance and seeming impact when compared with developments that undermine online privacy and security.
by Lee Rickwood
By Ted Kritsonis
Warmer weather also usually means increased travel as the summer looms, and roaming with your smartphone now has more options than last year. With Rogers’ Roam Like Home now including 35 European countries, how does it compare to other third-party services?
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla BlackBerry set out to create a new smartphone designed around the needs of busy entrepreneurs. It is called the Leap.
By Ted Kritsonis
It’s hard to find any average consumer who doesn’t like streaming music for free. As consumption continues to shift from downloading music a la carte to streaming it buffet-style, does offering any music for free portend a dystopian future for artists and the recording industry?