HP's Chromebook 14 is aimed at businesses

We already took a sneak peek at the HP Chromebook 11 (stay tuned for our full review) and now we received news from HP that their Chromebook 14 is apparently designed for business. This is an interesting twist for the Chromebooks which were initially seen as secondary surfing devices. The 14-inch Chromebooks are slightly more expensive than the sleek Chromebook 11.

"At its most basic, the Chromebook¹⁴ is a reliable, user-friendly, and secure mobile business notebook," HP explains. "But we’ve taken it a step beyond just your basic road warrior, offering your business a quick and easy gateway to the Google experience, including in-demand, business-ready Google Chrome apps like Search, Gmail, YouTube, and Google Drive. Google+ Hangouts is great for multiperson video chat, and you’ll have access to other business apps via the Chrome Web Store.

Thorsten Heins out as BlackBerry President & CEO

By Corey Herscu

(Pictured above: Now former BlackBerry President and CEO, Thorsten Heins (right) and Rogers President and CEO, Nadir Mohamed (left) at the Rogers launch of the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone)

Today did not turn out, at all, how anyone would have expected. On the morning that many anticipated Waterloo-based BlackBerry Ltd. would accept the nine-dollar-per-share Fairfax offer, something else happened: a very public corporate shakeup. On the chopping block? BlackBerry President and CEO Thorsten Heins. 

According to reports from the Globe and Mail, BlackBerry has officially axed Thorsten Heins, a few of it's directors, and will be shuffling its board a bit.

Further, after searching for months to find a suitor, BlackBerry has apparently declared that they’ve abandoned their plans to sell, specifically the $4.7-billion with Fairfax Financial, and will forge ahead in the smartphone and OS race will plans to raise $1 billion in funding.

Who saw this coming? Stay tuned for more....

via The Globe

Motorola Canada teases Moto G announcement for November 13

Looks like we will be getting news of another Motorola device by November 13. We received an email today asking us to save the date for Moto G. The Moto G is the more affordable Motorola model made under Google's supervision. Here's a link to the page. Earlier leaks specify a 4.5 inch long 1280x720 HD display a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor with 8 GB storage Front-facing camera is 1.3 megapixel with a 5 megapixel rear camera capable of 720 p recording. 

Airlines offer Wi-Fi during takeoff and landing

Photo by Kuster & Wildhaber Photography/Flickr Creative Commons

Since the FAA allowed gadget use during takeoff and landing, Wi-Fi on some airlines do not work below 10,000 feet. Those who are supplied by Gogo have antennas that are currently set up to send Wi-Fi to planes while in cruising altitude and not on the ground. The carriers include Air Canada, AirTran Airways, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, US Airlines, and Virgin America.

Meanwhile, Allegiant and Southwest Airlines use Global Eagle Entertainment’s wireless internet system that works at all altitudes.

Source: Business Insider