Has flagship smartphone innovation plateaued?
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Many of 2015’s flagship smartphone releases look a bit uninspired and iterative. Have we finally gotten to the point where smartphone innovation is at a standstill?
Category: Mobile
Is the edge different enough in the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge?
Text and photos by Ted Kritsonis
Since Samsung announced it would launch two versions of the Galaxy S6 — a regular “flat” model and the Edge — consumers will have to choose between them. But the only real difference is the latter’s edged display, so what does it do and is it worth the extra $100 asking price?
Automation Basics – A guide to the connected home
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Few new technologies are as anticipated as the connected home. The idea that we can manage, control, and monitor our homes on mobile devices is truly compelling.
Anonymous App Market is Open to Investment, Not Necessarily to Openness
It’s good that development companies are aware that some of the tools they are creating can be used for, well, purposes other than intended.
by Lee Rickwood
Changes to TV bills and distribution are on the way in Canada
By Ted Kritsonis
Canadians who have long detested the way in which providers bundle channels and charge high prices for them could see major changes, now that the CRTC has begun untangling the web that has kept it all together.
Google, Apple to compete in mobile payment systems
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Apple and Google are the two leading mobile OS companies who are expected to provide competing mobile payments platforms.
Music streaming growth shedding light on royalty issues
By Ted Kritsonis
Music streaming services have been credited with reducing piracy, except the way in which they distribute royalties seems to be far from equitable. The technology around music distribution has changed forever, but numbers show record labels benefitting more than artists are.
Turn Screen Time into Active Play with New App from Canadian Development Partner
Their work is at the leading edge of trends to use mobile phones and digital devices as more of an interface to other real-world activities, not just as a self-contained virtual space for data abstraction.
by Lee Rickwood