Tuesday
Oct102017

Canadian ArthritisHack to be hosted in honour of World Arthritis Day

In recognition of World Arthritis Day, the Arthritis Society and Hacking Health Toronto, with the support of Eli Lilly Canada, will bring together some of Canada’s brightest minds to participate in ArthritisHack, a weekend-long hackathon, to collaborate, design and produce solutions to empower people living with arthritis in all aspects of care and life.

Click to read more ...

Tuesday
Oct102017

Search Ads come to the Apple App Store in Canada

Apple announced today that Search Ads are now available to the App Store in Canada, Mexico and Switzerland, raising the total to seven countries.

Canadian developers today can create campaigns to promote their apps at the top of search results on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. Ads go live in these new markets on October 17 from 1:00 p.m. EST/ 10:00 a.m. PDT, and first time advertisers can try Search Ads for free with a $100 USD credit.

Search ads are an efficient and easy for developers of all sizes to help users discover their app on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. We launched search ads a year ago in the U.S. App Store, creating another point of discovery for developers of all sizes, while complementing a user’s search experience

Tuesday
Oct102017

IKEA to start selling products through unidentified third-party online retailers

Changing the way it has done business, IKEA is planning a different online strategy to keep up with its competitors. IKEA’s CEO Torbjörn Lööf told Financial Times that they would be partnering with a third-party online retailer to start peddling its wares on the internet. He won’t say which one but Fast Company is saying Amazon and Alibaba are prime suspects for this move. Lööf told FT that “this is the biggest development in how consumers meet IKEA since the concept was founded.”

And with the rapidly changing behaviour of shoppers, IKEA seems to understand the need to change. Lööf said, “Traditionally the whole IKEA value chain has been designed to deliver to stores. That is changing, and it is challenging a number of ways of doing business. We are fast learners and we are moving.”

Tuesday
Oct102017

Review: Huawei P10

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The most surprising smartphone of 2017 isn't made by Samsung or by Apple. It's not even the enigmatic Essential Phone or the Pixel 2.

I'm talking about the Huawei P10. This is a 5.1-inch device that's designed along the lines of the iPhone 7 (or iPhone 8). 

Click to read more ...