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...

iCloud a not so perfect storm

It’s been a month for everyone to get accustomed to Apple’s highly-touted iCloud service, and I finally feel like I’m in a position to make some sense of it. You probably know that it stores your calendar, notes, contacts, documents, mail, music and photos online and syncs them...

Sex and technology don't mix

Last week, CBC aired a documentary titled Facebook Follies, a close look at the part technology plays in capturing our not-so-fine moments. Once that photo has been placed on Facebook, that e-mail has been sent, that Tweet has been tweeted... it’s out there and can easily come back and...

Time to ditch your cable bill?

I was having lunch with a friend the other day and we were discussing the current slate of new shows introduced this fall TV season. For the record, only HBO’s Enlightened and Fox’s New Girl are worth adding to your personal TV schedule (please don’t tell me you like 2 Broke...

iOS 5: The good, the bad, the ugly

  It would appear that a good majority of those people who swore they wouldn’t be buying the iPhone 4S were either lying or fooling themselves. The phone sold over 4 million units in the first weekend, doubling sales of the iPhone 4 released last year. If you’re wondering...

A condom for your smartphone?

  Photo: Contributed   This week’s Blackberry fiasco has got me thinking. The first thing that comes to mind is the term ‘epic fail’, and how this is a lesson on what not to do when doing PR damage control. But then I got to thinking...

New iPhone: To buy or not to buy

The never-ending gadget lover’s dilemma rears its head next week when Apple releases its latest phone, the iPhone 4S. You say to yourself, “Do I shell out a few hundred bucks right now and commit to a 3-year cellular contract or can I afford to wait for the iPhone 5?”...