Noise cancellation has become such an important feature in headphones to me that if I find myself in an airport without them, I'll probably shell out the cash to buy a new set.
Businesses must move beyond using the Internet of Things for mass marketing to harness it for targeted personalization, an industry panel concluded Wednesday. But they may have to overcome pricing, privacy, and platform
I'd like to highlight some of the startups I saw at CES 2016 and the products they had on display. As there were hundreds of startup gadgets present, the items I chose were the
Published on: January 27th, 2016
Catherine Aczel Boivie
@itbusinessca
If you're visiting a cafe or small storefront in downtown Saint John, N.B. sometime soon, don't be surprised if you receive a message to your smartphone offering to pay for your parking -
Thanks to Google Inc.'s new Eddystone protocol for Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) beacons, retailers may soon no longer need smartphone users to have an app installed before sending them a proximity-based message. Google announced
If you've even been on an airplane with a crying baby and found solace by slipping on your headphones and turning on the noise cancelling feature, you know just how great this technology
This is my last report from Consumer Electronics Show and while you may not have read my previous blogs, I'm sure you have read about the Consumer Electronics Show that just closed. It
Published on: January 13th, 2015
Catherine Aczel Boivie
@itbusinessca
Smart objects was a big theme at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Taken literally, the smart refers to a trend of objects that would not normally be outfitted with electronics suddenly
Published on: January 13th, 2015
Catherine Aczel Boivie
@itbusinessca
Greetings from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that opened today to 160,000 attendees, 3500 vendors and 6000 media. Let me state at the start of this blog, I like technology gadgets
Published on: January 8th, 2015
Catherine Aczel Boivie
@itbusinessca
Hello from the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where I attended the CES Unveiled event set out solely for the press. There were about 100 vendors exhibiting their products for about
Published on: January 7th, 2015
Catherine Aczel Boivie
@itbusinessca
We’ve all dropped in to Home Depot to pick up something for a DIY project at some point. But with the release of a new line of mobile app-enabled products, you might start
Ask consumers if you can track them in the retail environment and they might quip a phrase from Jerry Maguire in response: "Show me the money." At least that's what a PunchTab study
Just when we've started to understand the implications of wearable technology, Seattle-based Reflx Labs comes along to give us a sneak peek into the possibilities of what the next generation of wearable technology will
Published on: July 14th, 2014
Karim Kanji
@karimkanji
Both Apple's iBeacon and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices in general have become popular in the retail market during this past year, but that's only setting the stage for this new location-detecting technology's
