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  1. Rogers High Speed Internet and Home Phone
    For the last several months my iPad had been experiencing issues where it would lose WiFi. It mostly would occur when I would try to use a video app like Ignite TV, Apple TV, Netflix, Amazon, etc. However, I would also notice that it would happen when using Facebook and an RSS Newsreader...
  2. Industry News
    This week, BlackBerry announced a new feature that many users may love. Want more privacy when you send messages? Users of iOS®, Android™ and BlackBerry® smartphones can now take advantage of enhanced privacy and control features that allow them to take control over the messages and content...
  3. Smartphone/Tablet (Android, Blackberry & iOS)
    Anyone use Periscope for iOS (and now Android)? The application allows you to broadcast live video from your device. For example, we've seen people live tweet events: Protests, police action, events, etc. This application allows you to live broadcast instead. It's a Twitter app. Please...
  4. Home Automation and Security
    Although Apple introduced plans for its HomeKit home automation system at last year’s WWDC it was only revealed recently that products are finally ready to hit the market and we can probably expect an official roll-out to occur at next week’s WWDC 2015. But, even before the official roll-out...
  5. Smartphone/Tablet (Android, Blackberry & iOS)
    Years after BBM practically invented non-carrier texting, it is finally available to the vast majority of smartphones. I mentioned it to my 21 year-old, but she dismissed it...no one BBMs anymore Ironically, they failed to make it work on more than one device at a time so I ended up...
  6. Smartphone/Tablet (Android, Blackberry & iOS)
    Kickstarter ending soon for Bluetooth gamepad for iOS/Android, etc: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1703567677/icontrolpad-2-the-open-source-controller Hopefully they meet their goal, not long left. I want to try one as an XBMC remote, and of course gaming on my iOS devices. Granted...
  7. Smartphone/Tablet (Android, Blackberry & iOS)
    This basically covers any touchscreen with swipe gestures. Doh! It'll most certainly be considered a FRAND patent, but it will force a lot of royalties from Android and Windows8 OEMs.
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  8. Industry News
    Apple hit another milestone over the past weekend: more than 25 billion apps from the iTunes App Store have been downloaded. As you might expect, the world's most valuable company celebrated that achievement by awarding  a US$10,000 iTunes gift card to the user who downloaded app number...
  9. Smartphone/Tablet (Android, Blackberry & iOS)
    Pretty impressive results from Cupertino tonight, and the investment community agrees with AAPL soaring in after hours trading and reclaiming the title as the world's most valuable company from Exxon. Highlights: Including iPad, iOS is now the top mobile OS with 350M units, surpassing Android...
  10. Industry News
    According to Nielsen's most recent monthly survey of 25,000 U.S. mobile consumers, 44% of them now own a smartphone, compared to just 18% two years ago. In Canada, comScore recently estimated smartphone ownership at 40%. Young adults continue to be the leading age groups for smartphone...
  11. Industry News
    California based Netflix today release an updated version of its iPad app which features an improved user interface along with a number of performance enhancements and bug fixes. The 12.1 MB app is now available from the iTunes Canada store free of charge. Of course, a subscription to Netflix...
  12. Industry News
    Starbucks Canada has launched a free iOS application which lets Canadian customers pay for their purchases right from their iPhone. The app builds upon the mobile payment rolled out in the U.S earlier this year and the new Starbucks Rewards loyalty card program launched last month in this...
  13. Industry News
    Over 234 million Americans age 13 and older used mobile devices in the third quarter with over a third of them - 87.4 million - saying they owned a smartphones according to a recent report by comScore. The number of smartphone owners was up 12 percent from the preceding quarter. In its online...
  14. Industry News
    Global tablet computer sales are predicted to reach nearly 330 million units by 2017, up from less than 60 million units in 2011 according to a recent report by DisplaySearch. By comparison, worldwide sales of personal computers (which includes desktops, laptops and netbooks) in 2010 were 350...
  15. Industry News
    A recent report by Research2Guidance detailing the size of the Android Market has found that more than 320,000 apps are now available for download from the Android Market. The researchers estimate that, by the end of September 2011, over 500,000 apps had been initially published on the Android...
  16. Smartphone/Tablet (Android, Blackberry & iOS)
    Worldwide sales of tablet computers are on pace to reach 63.6 million units according to a recent report from Gartner. While the increase is still amazing, the numbers are down significantly from the almost 70 million in predicted sales in Gartner’s April report. The firm has significantly...
  17. Industry News
    Worldwide sales of tablet computers are on pace to reach 63.6 million units according to a recent report from Gartner. If correct, tablet sales would be up over 250 percent from 2010 sales of 17.6 million units. While the increase is still amazing, the numbers are down significantly from the...
  18. Industry News
    iHome has announced that its wireless iW1 AirPlay speaker, which lets owners wirelessly stream music from their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or iTunes over their home Wi-Fi network, to the device will go on sale next week. The iW1 also supports charging and local audio playback via USB by using...
  19. Industry News
    Four out of ten (40%) U.S. mobile users over the age 18 now have smartphones according to recent report from Nielsen. The July 2011 survey found Google's Android operating system to be the most popular smartphone operating system. Forty percent of mobile consumers (16% of all mobile users)...
  20. Video Game Consoles and PC Gaming
    iD Software is giving away its first-person iOS shooters RAGE and RAGE HD for free until next Wednesday, August 24. Both games are universal apps with RAGE HD offering enhanced graphics for Retina displays and the iPad. RAGE is a 540 MB download, while RAGE HD clocks in at 747 MB
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