RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook – First Impressions
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
We’ve only had RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook for less than 24 hours, we cover some of the features and capabilities of this impressive and powerful niche tablet.
Tag: Cloud Computing
Another Year of Living Dangerously: Sophisticated Cyber Attacks Increase in 2010, IBM Says
By Lee Rickwood
Criminal gangs and criminally minded individuals are becoming smarter, more ambitious and more sophisticated with tech attacks at home, at work, on the go.
Buy Canada, Eh? Google Wants Our Mobile Media Companies and Tech Patent Portfolios
By Lee Rickwood
The search engine giant has been snapping up some of the top Canadian tech assets and applications, buying up dynamic and forward-thinking companies like BumpTop, PushLife, Social Deck and more.
New Fujitsu Scanner a Truly Portable Solution
Video featuring Lee Rickwood
The ScanSnap S1100 can detect paper size, from a business card to a legal sized sheet, automatically, and as you will learn from this review and video, there is a solution for larger, oversized documents as well.
Gmail’s holiday gift for Canadians – Free calls until December 2011
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
The brilliance of Google’s move is that it already has a captive and loyal following of 170 million users. By installing the phone call plugin, all of these accounts magically turn into handsets. While the vast majority will take advantage of the free PC to landline or celfone calls there will be a significant number that will avail of the great overseas rates and this might be great long-term revenue generator for Google.
Microsoft Office 2011 for the Mac reviewed
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Speed is the biggest and most noticeable aspect of Microsoft Office for the Mac 2011. The older Excel 2008 spreadsheet application, for example, takes around 18 seconds to start up while the 2011 version gets up and running within 4 seconds. PowerPoint 2008 takes around 15 seconds compared to the newer version’s 5-second start up, the same goes for Word where the newer version simply leaves the previous one in the dust.
Google launches 3 million title cloud-based eBookstore for multiple devices
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Barnes & Noble Nook, iPad, Android devices and Sony Readers now all have access to Google’s eBookstore which has a 3 million book selection and will be an entirely cloud-based solution. Released in the US today and expected to hit Canada in the coming months, the Google eBookstore is a huge step towards the ubiquity of eBooks.
Rogers Triggers Next-Gen Mobile Apps with New Online Portal and Developer Supports
A new rapid deployment platform provides access and information for developers hoping to bring new mobile applications to market.
by Lee Rickwood