Tag: apps

The
Poverty Hackathon: Toronto and Nairobi, November 20-22

November 10, 2015

By Yasmin Ranade
The
Poverty Hackathon is a Devs Without Borders 28-hour event that brings charitable minded developers from Toronto and Nairobi together – simultaneously – to build web and mobile applications in education, business and farming for people living in rural and impoverished areas in East Africa. The winning solution gets real exposure, and will be implemented by Free The Children in rural Kenya.

Canadian Tech Companies Combine to Deliver Live Immersive 360 6K Video

October 29, 2015

By Lee Rickwood
While multi-camera rigs can and have been used to create very similar immersive content, with this particular system, only one camera is required to capture a real-time live 360-degree experience, thanks to unique lenses and processing algorithms developed in Canada

The best new standalone health trackers

October 20, 2015

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Many smartwatches have basic activity tracking features and even integrate heart rate monitors to get a read of a user’s activity level and exertion. Smartwatches, however, have to do a lot more and need to manage apps, notifications and act as a GPS, remote control and still tell time.

Review and video: TomTom Bandit Action Camera

August 18, 2015

By Ted Kritsonis

TomTom is better known for its mapping, GPS units and sports watches, and the Bandit represents the company’s first entry into the POV action camera market. Does it have the goods to take on the best in its category?