Sunday
Oct072012

Ontario-based dev used her childhood to inspire Strut Type photo app 

Ontario-based app developer Christine Summers of Ultimate Chemistry spent part of her upbringing in a photo darkroom, watching her father, an amateur photographer, play with light effects, shutter speeds, vignettes and different types of canvases. He used what was known as the strut type accordion camera — the world’s first compact, folding camera series popularized by George Eastman in the late 19th century.

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Friday
Oct052012

Nokia Lumia 920 coming to Rogers in November 

Nokia and Rogers today announced that the Nokia Lumia 920 will be exclusively available to Rogers' customers in November, adding its name to the global list of wireless operators selling the Windows Phone 8 device. No pricing has been released.

"Rogers is proud to bring the new Nokia Lumia 920 to our customers looking for the best unified experience and to further extend our leadership as the carrier with the largest LTE superphone selection in Canada," said John Boynton of Rogers Communications. "With seamless access to entertainment, sports and business content, the Nokia Lumia 920 offers customers a world leading internet experience powered by the Rogers LTE network."

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Friday
Oct052012

Apple remembers Steve Jobs with video slideshow at Apple.com

It has been a year since Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs' passing. Apple has placed a touching video slideshow and retrospective of their iconic leader with various highlights and sound bites from various milestones in Apple's history through the years.

After the short video, a note from Apple CEO Tim Cook reads, "One of the greatest gifts Steve gave to the world is Apple. No company has ever insipired such creativity or set such high standards for itself. our values originated from Steve and his spirit will forever be the foundation at Apple. We share the great privilege and responsibility ofcarrying his legacy into the future."

Friday
Oct052012

The real TomTom app for Android devices now available on Google Play

The one true TomTom Navigation app for Android is available to download from Google Play for the first time. The new app is an addition to TomTom’s existing, highly-rated navigation app for iPhone and brings TomTom’s world-class TomTom navigation to millions more smartphone users. TomTom discusses how to tell the real from the fake after the break.

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