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The Death of TV

By Jim Harris
January 23, 2012 5:15 AM
Categories: Gadgets Tech events Trends
TV as we know it is dying, but most people don’t perceive yet the dramatic change that is bubbling below the surface. In a stunning report released at CES, Accenture points to a wholesale collapse of traditional TV viewing. The study found that “the percentage of consumer watching broadcast or cable TV shows, movies, or videos on TV in a typical week plummeted from 71% in 2009 to 48% in 2011.”

CES 2012: Looking into the Future

By Christine Sheppard
January 20, 2012 10:30 AM
Categories: Gadgets New technologies Tech events Trends
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012 is a wrap for another year. If you didn’t go, you certainly heard ALL about it.

Imagine Digital Camera Becomes an Instant Publishing Device

By Jim Harris
January 13, 2012 8:15 AM
Categories: eHealth Gadgets Tech events
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is the largest trade show of its kind worldwide. With 140,000 attendees, all the glitz and hype it’s all too easy to miss some really interesting new products that can be game changers.

Do you own a smartphone? Really? Why the heck not?

By Peter Wolchak
January 11, 2012 12:00 PM
Categories: Gadgets Mobility Unified Communications
Would it surprise you to learn that only 30 per cent of Canadians own a smartphone? It surprised the heck out of me.

Geosocial - Perfect Storm of Mobile, Location and Social Media | Presentation by Nick Jones

What is geosocial and how does it provide ways for people to link products and services?

Mobile Computing and Digital Mapping Revolution | Presentation by Nick Jones

By Sue Ansell
December 23, 2011 6:00 AM
Categories: Business innovation Gadgets Mobility Social media Speakers Corner Trends
Why do people use mobile devices? Which ones do they use and is their use growing? Yes it is - tablet use, for one, is growing rapidly - and this offers opportunities explains Nick Jones.

Tablets equal iPads. No other tablet matters

By Peter Wolchak
November 15, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: Gadgets
A couple of months ago I test drove a representative set of tablet computers. My conclusion was that if you want a tablet, buy an iPad. ("There is no tablet war. Apple won").

Steve Jobs: not just one vision

By Peter Wolchak
October 7, 2011 10:15 AM
Categories: General Gadgets New technologies Trends
Steve Jobs died too young and with a great deal of promise unfulfilled. Since the announcement of his passing — a shock, even though we should have been prepared for it — industry watchers, partners, competitors, friends and many, like me, who never met him, have offered tributes to the man who reshaped the computer industry.

Use and Usability - Sony vs. Apple

By Alan Brookstone
September 26, 2011 6:15 AM
Categories: eHealth Gadgets
In the tablet world, the iPad is king. Sony is one of the latest entrants to the tablet market with the release of their new Tablet S, however is the new Sony product an iPad killer (or even an iPad competitor)?

Portable Device Purchase Paralysis

By Glen Farrelly
September 9, 2011 8:00 AM
Categories: Gadgets Mobility Wireless
For the past few months, I have wanted to purchase a portable computing device but have been paralyzed by an inability to determine what best to buy. I don't have the budget to buy everything, so I've been trying to decide whether to buy a tablet, e-reader, or netbook. Recently our laptop computer has been gravely ill and so this adds to my purchase dilemma.

Is Blippar's augmented reality a threat to QR codes?

By Marqui Web Marketing Blog
June 10, 2011 8:00 AM
Categories: Communications Gadgets Mobility
London, UK-based app developers Blippar will soon be launching a brilliant platform for garnering pull-based mobile response to ads by with some ultra-cool augmented reality tools.

Google Wallet: NFC's North American Beachhead

By Marqui Web Marketing Blog
May 27, 2011 7:45 AM
Categories: Gadgets Mobility
Yesterday, Google announced the launch of Google Wallet, a system that uses near-field communication devices inside of mobile phones to send payments.

Which is the Right Tablet for You?

By Alan Brookstone
May 2, 2011 10:45 AM
Categories: eHealth Gadgets
With the launch of the new BlackBerry Playbook in Canada this week, the choice of tablets for physicians just became a little broader. However, despite the more portable form factor in comparison to Apple’s iPad2, there are a number of reviews that have been highly critical of the Playbook.
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