Fitness Gadgets gaining ground at CES 2013
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla A number of new fitness gadgets at the $70-$150 price range were making waves at the recently concluded International CES in Las Vegas.
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Ubuntu for phones brings the true desktop to mobile
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Ubuntu, one of the more popular Linux distributions on the PC, will soon be primed and ready to run on existing smartphones.
Is 9-1-1 Facing an Emergency? Calling Canadians for Input on 9-1-1 Services
There are serious issues surrounding the use of 9-1-1 services, and the technologies they use and the procedures that should be used when making an emergency call, or responding to one.
by Lee Rickwood
Tomorrow’s High Tech Toys Today – Tonight, In Fact on Discovery Channel!
Seasonal shoppers and holiday gift-givers get the chance to see some of the top tech toys in action this week, ahead of any decision they may have to make about buying a cool new gadget or gizmo.
by Lee Rickwood
HBD TXT MSG! SMS Celebrates 20 Years of Text Messaging
SMS has spawned new styles of social interaction, and new forms of linguistic abbreviation.
by Lee Rickwood
Microsoft opens first international Retail Store in Canada
Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla The new flagship Microsoft Store opens today at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto. This is the 31st such store from Microsoft and the first location outside the US.
Supercomputing Experts Predict Tech- and Gadget-based Transformation
The newest smartphones will be the size of human blood cells, and they will bring real ubiquitous connectivity and social shape-shifting unlike anything we’ve seen before.
By Lee Rickwood
A closer look at the new Wi-Fi standard: 802.11ac
By Ted Kritsonis
It’s not something you’re likely to hear too much about this holiday season, but the progression from 802.11n, or Wireless-N, the most popular Wi-Fi standard currently, to 802.11ac, or Wireless-AC, will be an ongoing development in 2013. We take a closer look at what that means for consumers.