Tuesday
Jan292013

Apple now offers a 128GB iPad with Retina Display

Apple today released an update to its iPad line with a model that has 128GB of storage costing $799 for the WiFi only version and $929 for the WiFi + 4G version. The ramping up of storage capacity puts the flagship iPad in competition with Microsoft's upcoming Surface Pro tablet which will arrive next month and which has both 64GB and 128GB variants. This opens the window to a 128GB iPhone 5, which will leapfrog current smartphone capacities in the high end right now. Hit jump for the full release.

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Tuesday
Jan292013

Videotron to begin offering Google's Nexus 4 smartphone starting tomorrow

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Nexus 4, which went on sale for a few hours and was never seen or heard from again, will be carried by Videotron starting tomorrow. The release from Videotron states, "Videotron's handset lineup is expanding again! As of tomorrow, Videotron customers will be able to pick up the eagerly awaited Nexus 4 from Google, powered by the brand-new Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system and featuring cutting-edge specs. It will be offered starting at $149.95 for a 36-month contract. Way to go Videotron!

Tuesday
Jan292013

BlackBerry 10 Primer: 10 Things You Need to Know

By Gadjo Cardena Sevilla

By this time tomorrow the world will have seen its first glimpse of Research In Motion's new BlackBerry 10 OS as well as the long awaited new smartphones. This is a new era for BlackBerry and a grand gesture to prove that they can bring something to the hyper-competitive mobile and smartphone market they helped define. Here's a primer on BlackBerry 10 and what to expect.

 

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Tuesday
Jan292013

Microsoft's Office 365 launched today in downtown Toronto

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Microsoft Canada erected a huge white dome in the middle of Yonge and Dundas Square in downtown Toronto today to serve as the Microsoft Office 365 launching pad today as it intorduced the new cloud-focused version of the world's most popular integrated software suite.

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