Category: Mobile

Microsoft will kill Windows Live Messenger soon

By Ted Kritsonis

It was a steep rise and it has been a sharp decline for Windows Live Messenger, or MSN Messenger, as it was known in its prime, now that Microsoft will officially remove it completely and migrate existing and new users to Skype starting April 8.

NetTalk lets you port over your existing landline phone number

By Ted Kritsonis

If there’s one service that isn’t worth paying the full cost from traditional providers, it’s a landline phone number. NetTalk announced recently that users could now port their existing landlines over to a NetTalk Duo device for a flat fee and use the device as their home or business line.

3 Apps for Job Seekers

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Looking for a job? Thinking of starting a whole new career? Here are three smartphone apps designed to help your job search.

Why is Twitter capping posts at 117 characters?

  By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Brevity has been Twitter’s calling card. Forcing users to limit their Tweets to 140 characters (or less) has led to a creative and economic culture of posting. 117 characters, not so much.

Sony announces ‘slimmest tablet in the world’ with Xperia Tablet Z

Text and photos by Ted Kritsonis

Sony has unveiled the Xperia Tablet Z, now one of the thinnest and lightest 10-inch tablets on the market, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The new tablet is just 6.9mm thin and weighs only 495 grams, and will launch in Canada sometime between April and June.