What’s coming in the latest Windows Phone update
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Windows Phone 8.1, codenamed ‘blue’ is the next major update to Microsoft’s mobile OS. Here’s what we expect to see.
Category: Mobile
The biggest stories from Mobile World Congress set stage for smartphone business
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Highly regarded as the smartphone and mobile tradeshow, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona gives us a glimpse of where the industry is headed.
Filing your taxes the neat and tidy way this year
By Ted Kritsonis
The old saying goes that there are only two sure things in life — death and taxes. The April 30 tax deadline looms and it’s expected that more than 75% of Canadians will file their 2013 return electronically this year. If you count yourself among them, you have options to do it with a little less fuss, and some thought into getting organized for upcoming years.
The Future of SMS
By Christine Persaud
A decade ago, Short Messaging Service (SMS), better known as “texts,” were the only alternative we had to voice for connecting via mobile devices. Today, it’s joined by many other options. Yet people are still sending texts like wildfire.
Play with the Jabra Sport Wireless+ Stereo Headset
The buds ‘lock-on’ for the active athlete or fitness buff using the strap and or eargels; I had no issue with anything falling off during average activity, but then again, I did not wear them during my WWE grudge match!!
by Lee Rickwood
Forget Google’s Glasses – Try Space Glasses, from Canadian Inventor Steve Mann, the Father of Augmented Reality
It’s one of the most unnerving tech experiences any audience could ever have: we’re watching a noted lecturer; he’s wearing strange high-tech glasses. They’re connected to a huge video screen, on which the audience sees what he sees: an image…
Finding a good digital antenna for free over-the-air TV
By Ted Kritsonis
If you have already cut off your cable or satellite, or are thinking of doing so, a digital antenna is a nice way to bring back some of the channels you lost and not pay a single penny for them every month. Not all antennas are made equal, however, so finding the right one will require a little bit of research on your part.
Phone Calls on the Web: Ten Years On, VoIP Still Offers Reduced Rates for Business, Consumer Callers
The knock against VoIP once focused on performance and voice quality (oh, those echo-y conversations with long gaps and silent spaces), but those days are gone and things have very much improved.