How the iPad won 2011’s ‘Tablet War’
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Apple’s iPad continues to dominate the tablet space it had created a year ago despite the waves of competing tablets that hit the market hoping to challenge the leader.
Category: Mobile
TomTom’s HD Traffic service offers in-car GPS with real-time updates
By Ted Kritsonis
TomTom’s new HD Traffic service can change your route when it sees that your commuting time is about to increase because of congestion, construction or any other stoppage that leads to gridlock.
Wi-Fi in schools – the health debate continues
By Lee Rickwood
If there were only seven cell phone users in the entire world, this issue would not have the same ramifications or potential impacts.
But it seems like the goal is seven billion users – and in that light it does seem incumbent upon us to know about potential health risks, not to speculate or to wonder or to debate.
Kobo aims for a slice of the tablet market
Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Toronto-based eBook reader company Kobo has introduced the Kobo Vox which is an eBook reader with social graces and an eye on the emerging tablet market.
Update on Canada’s New Wireless Entrants
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
It has been well over a year since Wind Mobile, Mobilicity and Public Mobile started challenging the ‘big three’ in Canada. We take a look at how these new entrants are faring in the cutthroat mobile industry and what they have to offer.
Indi-anada – One of World’s Hottest Mobile Markets gets the Maple Leaf Treatment
By Lee Rickwood
Targeting one of the world’s largest markets makes perfect sense, especially for mobile product and service developers. And especially for Canadian developers, who can capitalize on cultural, historic and now official government connections between the two countries.
Adobe abandoning Flash for mobile devices opens door to HTML5
By Ted Kritsonis
Adobe’s announcement yesterday that it would no longer support Flash in mobile devices after version 11.1 is a bold move that opens the door for HTML5 as the new standard for rich web content on smartphones and tablets.
PayPal’s new functionalities expand services beyond online payments
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
PayPal started out as the payment arm of online auction dynamo eBay and evolved into an ubiquitous online payment solution. Now acquiring companies like Where, RedLaser and Milo which enhance their core business.