Category: Editorial

“We are going to keep coming back. You might get one answer today, you might get another answer later,” he says. “We’re not done until we’ve checked all the boxes.” And that really is the problem, it’s about coming back to a product after a big launch to tell your user that you got it…

The Google Chromebook Sells Out!

Oct 24, 2012

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Google’s latest iteration of ChromeOS hardware has very impressively sold-out almost as soon as it went on sale. The new hardware is attractive for a number of reasons: it’s thin, it’s light, it features a lot of the latest technology like Bluetooth 3.0, USB 3, and dual-antenna a/b/g/n wi-fi (and we know there’s a mobile-wireless…

What The Hell Just Happened At Google?

Oct 22, 2012

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If you read the actual SEC filing of Google’s third quarter you realise this entire non-event was created by bloggers who apparently had nothing better to report. SEC filings don’t make for very interesting blog posts though. So, meh. Source: SEC Via: Read Write Web Cross-posted on Schultzter’s Blog

CRTC announces Proceeding to establish a mandatory code for mobile wireless services

Oct 16, 2012

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The CRTC has just announced a Proceeding to establish a mandatory code for mobile wireless services. In theory this is a great move. In reality this is lip-service to a disillusioned and misguided public. The reality is that his will not lead to any meaningful change in Canada’s wireless landscape, because: The telcos will voluntarily…

5 iPhone Rumours You Will Hear This Month

Aug 23, 2012

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So we are apparently a month away from another iPhone announcement and the Apple Rumour Mill is in full spin. So here are some of the articles you can avoid reading until Apple actually announces something. Make sure you take your damaged device on the best iPhone back glass repair shop near you. It will…

Waxing nostalgic about keyboards

Aug 21, 2012

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When I first learned to type it was on a type writer! A manual, slam-the-keys type writer. After writing a paper on one of these things your finger muscles positively bulged and your wrists were sweating. It was a cardio work-out! Then came computers and the venerable IBM keyboards. You know the ones, that were…

Microsoft Reboots Surface Into a Serious Tablet Contender

Jun 19, 2012

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in Editorial, TECHnically

This is the new tablet that was announced by Microsoft last night. This not the crappy prototype [table](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/pixelsense/default.aspx) we all saw a few years back as CES. By the way the original table is now called NONPixelSense is In fact, the hardware is manufacturer by Microsoft. Not an OEM and not a partnership. Steve Ballmer…

Google Acquires QuickOffice, Initiates Mexican Productivity Standoff

Jun 5, 2012

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So that’s it. Google now owns Quick Office BlackBerry owns [DataViz: Docs to Go](http://9to5mac.com/2010/09/07/rim-buys-dataviz-for-blackberry-50m/) Apple writes its own: [Pages, Numbers and Keynote](http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/ipad-at-work/#edit) And MS is holding out for Windows 8 tablet for releasing [Office 15 in November](http://techland.time.com/2012/05/24/rumor-microsoft-office-coming-to-ipad-and-android-in-november/) What we have where is a Mexican Productivity Standoff… via [The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/5/3065564/google-acquires-quickoffice-productivity-suite-will-integrate-with)

BlackBerry Maintains Major Canadian Market Share, iPhone Still No1 Device

May 29, 2012

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