Category: Mobile

With ‘Project Ion’, BlackBerry wants in on the Internet of Things

By Ted Kritsonis

The Internet of Things may be a broad term, but there is no shortage of tech companies looking to grab a piece of its action, whatever it may be. Count BlackBerry among them, with its announcement of Project Ion, a vague encompassing name that promises to take a whole lot of data and disseminate it into chunks that will make sense on the other end.

iCloud Drive is Apple’s secret sauce at WWDC 2014

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Many of the significant features and revelations at this week’s WWDC (World Wide Developer’s Conference) were about Continuity of instantaneous connectivity between mobile devices, desktops and ecosystems. A lot of this happens seamlessly in the iCloud.

Investing in a Safe and Secure Canadian Internet

The implication is that we do not have such a safe secure and stable ‘Net here now – and there’s plenty of news reports and tech studies that seem to support that conclusion.
By Lee Rickwood

Apple buys Beats music and headphones businesses

By Ted Kritsonis

Confirming the rumour mill that had spinning for weeks, Apple announced today that it is acquiring Beats Electronics, bringing both the headphone and streaming music businesses into the fold at Cupertino that at $3 billion (U.S.), is the largest acquisition in Apple’s history.

5 cases to go waterproof with the iPhone

By Ted Kritsonis

As anyone who has accidentally dropped the iPhone can attest, it’s a pretty fragile device, but it can be made waterproof with the right case covering it. Choosing a case to do the job isn’t all that difficult considering the stellar options available.