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.
Category: Mobile
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
Apple Watch coming to Canada April 24, new MacBook April 10
By Ted Kritsonis
It was a foregone conclusion that Apple would launch its new Watch at its “Spring Forward” event in San Francisco, though its revamped MacBook laptop may have been the real surprise of the day.
Canadian Tech Company Moves from Classroom to Cloud with Education Innovations
Tech tools for school can increase students’ understanding about how they learn – as much as what they’re learning – and be a boost to further education, college and career success. Those tools can also be a threat to personal privacy and security online.
By Lee Rickwood
Prezi’s new app Nutshell visualizes photos with graphics
By Ted Kritsonis
The makers of Prezi, the intuitive presentation software, have launched a mobile app called Nutshell that fuses together photos into a short video filled with text and graphics to add effect. The result can then be shared with others via social media or email and text messaging.
What to expect from this year’s Mobile World Congress
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla 2015 looks to be a major year for mobile. Various product leaks have given a glimpse of the major moves from manufacturers days before MWC.
Canadians eligible to get money back from class action settlement for overpriced tech
By Ted Kritsonis
Class action litigation leading to a settlement of $80 million from DRAM (dynamic random access memory) manufacturers is now open to all claims in Canada, where filling out a simple form should be enough to get the minimum $20.