Is the feature phone making a comeback?
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Citing the need to unplug and destress plus longer battery life and simpler operation, people have converted back to a simpler, more reliable device.
Tag: mobile
QuickBooks Self-Employed mobile app prepares freelancers and small businesses for tax time
By Gadjo C. Sevilla
Intuit’s QuickBooks Self-Employed mobile app eliminates the pain points associated with financial management and helps self-employed workers easily manage their operations from anywhere as well as be ready for tax filing season.
STEM Tools Help Tomorrow’s Girls Tackle Robots, Coding and More
by Lee Rickwood
Yes, they are colourful and a little bit cutesy, but SmartGurlz robots are serious about encouraging girls to become tomorrow’s computer programmers.
How-To borrow eBooks, audiobooks and films from your public library using apps and devices
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
It’s possible to access a wide range of content without even stepping into a library, simply by using your library card number and using apps and services.
CRTC fumbles MVNO decision, gives carriers the ball
By Ted Kritsonis
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) decision to slam the door on Wi-Fi-first wireless resellers — for the second time — shows how out of step the whole wireless industry is in Canada.
Canadian Food App Turns Social Ordering into King Street Ritual
by Lee Rickwood
The app offers what it calls the Piggyback service, kind of a peer-to-peer delivery network inside of a company or office doing the ordering. If one worker is going to pick up a coffee, a co-worker can “piggyback” on that order and bring back two cups.
When You Lose Internet Service, What’s Left? RightMesh and Mesh Networking
by Lee Rickwood
RightMesh has developed powerful responses to natural disasters, economic or technical inequities, and even those threats posed by legislation seen to undermine Net Neutrality.
One week with the Apple Watch Series 3 with Cellular (as a smartphone replacement)
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
As someone who is constantly near their iPhone, the idea that I could leave it behind and still ‘be connected,’ was both scary and exciting.