OS update to BlackBerry Q10 now here

Only a few short weeks after the BlackBerry Q10 hit Canadian stores, an update to its operating system has already come out. Ian Hardy of Mobile Syrup reports that while the Blackberry Q10

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BlackBerry Q10 in 24ct. Gold can be yours for $2,500

If you're looking for something a little more striking than the run-of-the-mill black or white Blackberry Q10, here's something you might want to set your sights on. Embellished with gold-plate around the outside

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Extreme makeover: Windows 8 edition

Only a few people are comparing Windows 8 to the disastrous Windows Vista product cycle that is still fresh in Microsoft Corp.'s memory. But the new, touch-based operating system that radically changed the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 7th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Fongo creates new brand-friendly skins for its app

Canadian mobile telecommunications company Fongo Inc. has launched a new program that will allow its users to create customizable skins for its app. Branded as “Fongo Faces,” the program allows users to play

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 7th, 2013 Candice So

Chrome shows Web platform strength with serious productivity apps

Say what you will about Google's Chromebooks, but Google's effort to turn its Web browser into an operating system unto itself is benefiting all Chrome users - no matter what device they use.

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Tablets dead in five years? No way

“In five years, I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore.” That was BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, in an interview with the Bloomberg news service on Monday. Now, I

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 30th, 2013 Dave Webb

Facebook Home offers hyper-targeted access to mobile channel

It seems that whenever a new social media tool comes out, brands and agencies look at ways they can use it to sell more of their wares. The same can be said when

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 26th, 2013 Karim Kanji


CRM market shifting sharply to mobile devices, Gartner says

With fewer PCs being sold, businesses are quickly shifting to mobile customer relationship management (CRM) apps and away from the traditional desktop software, Alex Williams reports on TechCrunch. Gartner Research is the Stamford,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 18th, 2013 Brian Jackson


6 fresh Apple iPhone 6, iOS 7 concept designs

There hasn't been a whole lot of innovation on the product side at Apple since the original iPad. It's mostly been incremental. Aside from the iPad Mini, the most significant new iPhone product

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So if the PC is dying, what happens next?

Is the personal computer dead, as this Forbes article suggests? A 14 per cent decline in shipments year-over-year doesn't suggest a healthy market. But let's distinguish between the consumer and corporate markets. Yes,

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Mobilicity and Public Mobile join Wind in seeking buyer

All three new entrants operating wireless networks in Canada are up for sale, according to a report by Rita Trichur and Boyd Erman in The Globe and Mail today. Telus Corp. is in

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Wave launches free receipt scanner

Toronto-based SMB app developer Wave has launched a free receipt scanner app to streamline report generation for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Receipts by Wave allows iPhone users to snap picture of their receipts,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 10th, 2013 Dave Webb