Get in the Loop

Getintheloop Marketing Ltd. recently launched their membership platform, Getintheloop.ca. The new website offers an exclusive members area for access to discounts in the South Okanagan on premium restaurants, golf courses, spas, resorts and wineries. Based out of Kelowna, Get in the...

3D printed guns on the horizon

As the gun control debate rages on in America a new technology is starting to hit the mainstream that could make obtaining a gun virtually as easy as downloading a file. That technology is 3D printing. Likely the biggest public advocate of 3D printed guns is 24-year-old Cody Wilson who owns...

Explain Like I'm Five: Crisis in Syria

After launching earlier this month, Reddit's original web video series dubbed "Explain Like I'm Five" has already started to generate some attention. Based on Reddit's popular sub-reddit of the same name, the first three videos released in the series cover the following...

One giant leap for doorbell tech

Meet the DoorBot, a fresh approach to a very common, yet antiquated technology. DoorBot was recently funded on the crowdfunding website Christie Street, raising over $250,000 towards the first manufacturing run of the product. After being installed where a traditional doorbell would normally...

Hockey tech developing in Penticton

Photo: Contributed Factor 9 Sports has received funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP). The funding will be used to research ice hockey skating performance using their Blur Analysis System. The project plan...

Nest: A Smart Thermostat

Photo: Contributed Founded by Tony Fadell, Nest has created a smart thermostat that learns your routine with the goal to save energy and money. The appealing design of the Nest Thermostat can be attributed in large part to Tony, who was team leader for the first 18...

Okanagan game studio seeks funding

Photo: Contributed Since Club Penguin was first released to the public in 2005 and later purchased by The Walt Disney Company in 2007, Kelowna has seen a massive expansion of jobs within the Okanagan technology community. As more technology companies begin to move...

A gadget for forgetful people

Photo: Contributed Keep track of your TV remote, your luggage or even your children. StickyNFind is a bluetooth location sticker that you can attach to almost anything you want. You simply pair the bluetooth sticker with your smartphone and use the app to detect whether...

Local tech startup hits milestone

Bananatag,a local tech startup, is off to a flying start. Launched in August 2012, the company has over fifteen thousand users and has already surpassed the one million mark for emails opened and tracked. Bananatag allows individuals to track opens and clicks on their daily emails, taking...

Canadian ad company raises $12M

Photo: Contributed Chango, a digital advertising company based in Toronto, recently raised $12M in funding in an effort to expand and legitimize itself as a serious contender in the ad retargeting space. With year over year growth of 600%, Chango is looking to charge full...

Video killed the radio star? Not so fast

  Podcastination - Podcasting for Nerds By Kelowna TV buff and podcast nerd Andrew Buckley ​Podcasts? Really? Who listens to podcasts anyway? Actually, millions of people do. Podcasting is one of the most easily obtainable forms of entertainment available today. So what...

Wait for iPhone 5 or go Android?

Photo: Contributed - Ubergizmo It’s been a very quiet time here at Tech Soup; too quiet, in fact. Tech Soup was always a popular spot here on Castanet, and one that brought about many heated arguments – especially those of the iPhone vs. Android variety. So...

Apple vs Department of Defence

Photo: Contributed April was an interesting month for the book industry. The United States Department of Justice announced that it was suing five major publishers, along with Apple, for a price-fixing scheme. As Apple launched the original iPad, they allegedly colluded...

Stop tech from complicating your life

  The 10 Essential Rules for Slowing Down and Enjoying Life More Post written by Leo Babauta of Zenhabits It’s an irony of our modern lives that while technology is continually invented that saves us time, we use that time to do more and more things, and so our...

Is Google impairing memory?

    Photo: Contributed A concept dubbed collective intelligence may trigger thoughts related to science fiction, but in a world where over 500 million smart phones were shipped last year (according to IDC) we can start to classify ourselves as part of a...

Jailbreak: Escape from Appletraz

To jailbreak or not to jailbreak? Have you heard the term ‘jailbreaking’ before? If you think it has to do with prison, you may be reading the wrong column. Jailbreaking, in the tech world, refers to the process required for removing the limitations imposed by Apple on their...

Your emails are too long

I have a confession to make: as much as I love technology and entertainment, my favorite website has nothing to do with either. In fact, the author of the site - one of the only Internet sites that I can’t live without - firmly believes that we rarely if ever need the latest...

Got iPad? Get these apps.

  Christmas is 23 days away. Depending on how you look at it, that’s either a scary thought or no big deal. Those who need to have their holiday chores done weeks in advance are probably going with the former, whereas the last minute shoppers are taking on the attitude of the...

Android may be evil: The sequel

  You can’t please everyone. I’ve always known this, but only an hour or so after last week’s column, that expression hit me firmly upside the head. More than once. My email inbox was filling up with messages rife with discontent, and many people weren’t happy...

Your Android device may be evil

I like the Android mobile operating system. I really do. Its customizability makes it a lot of fun to work with, and the open-ended concept paints a picture of a much broader, no-limit horizon that Apple’s iOS lacks. However, Android has some serious issues. Those issues became even more...