What you need to know about Bluetooth music streaming
By Ted Kritsonis
Headphone jacks are slowly disappearing from smartphones, steering consumers over to Bluetooth headphones for wireless playback. Except, the codecs aren’t all created equal.
Tag: streaming
How to Safely Get Music Online
By Christine Persaud
Anyone who participated in the Napster peer-to-peer era knows all too well how the single download of a song file from an unknown source can single-handedly bring an entire computer down.
Copyright Consultations Cause Controversy in Canada
by Lee Rickwood
…[W]hile a debate about the copyright fees associated with downloading the latest tune from a successful music icon may seem self-serving if not socially irrelevant, the costs associated with getting a university degree can have much greater significance.
Nvidia Shield is the Android box you’re looking for
By Ted Kritsonis
In an era where the line between ‘pay’ TV and ‘free’ TV is constantly blurring, streaming boxes echo the volatility of the market. Android boxes are usually of the no-name variety with a fairly singular purpose, whereas the Nvidia Shield TV is much more.
Canadian App Combines Most Popular Mobile Activities: Watching, Sharing and Texting
by Lee Rickwood
In their desire to build on today’s most popular mobile activities, developers at a Canadian tech start-up are re-creating one of the oldest media experiences.
Canadian Tech Co. Supports Police Use of Microsoft Cloud Services
by Lee Rickwood
The processing power of the cloud allows for predictive prevention, in which collected data and powerful algorithms are combined to the predict places and times where crimes are most likely to occur.
Canadians will find out soon if cheaper Internet is coming
By Ted Kritsonis
If high prices for home Internet have been eating away at your budget, some relief may be on the way, depending on a recent ruling by the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to slash wholesale rates larger providers charge smaller ones.
New Tech Tools, Training Available for Digital Storytellers
by Lee Rickwood
A Canadian digital media research and production facility delivers both online and in-person training for tools used by digital storytellers, anything from annotation software to video cameras.