Thursday
May182017

BlackBerry KEYone now available for preorder in Canada through Rogers

The new BlackBerry KEYone smartphone is now available for preorder through Rogers Canada. The latest handset from TCL, who owns BlackBerrys' handset business, is an impressive business smartphone that mates the full power of Android 7.1 with BlackBerry's legendary QWERTY keyboard, a 4.5-inch scratch resistant display, 12 megapixel rear camera, 8 megapixel front facing camera, fingerprint sensor and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 Octa-Core 2.0 GHz processor, with a 64-bit Adreno 506, 650MHz GPU.

Starting at $199 CAD on a two year term, the BlackBerry KEYone is an iconic BlackBerry smartphone made for the modern user.

Click to read more ...

Thursday
May182017

UNIQLO launches collection of Nintendo UT Grand Prix winning designs 

If you're a fan of UNIQLO's UT line and an even bigger Nintendo fan take note! UNIQLO announced today that it will begin selling all 25 winning designs from its Nintendo themed UT Grand Prix 2017 design competition. 

This year's Nintendo themed contest attracted a record 16,000 entries from around the world. Participants were invited to create original T-shirt designs inspired by the gaming company's most iconic games and legendary characters such as Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, as well as Kirby, Splatoon, and of course, Pokemon. 

Click to read more ...

Thursday
May182017

Apple releases series of inspiring YouTube short films for Global Accessibility Awareness Day 

According to the World Health Organization, 1 in 7 people in the world are living with some sort of disability. As May 18th is recognized as Global Accessibility Awareness Day internationally to bring awareness of those who face challenges every day.

Apple has just released a series of powerful short films on YouTube. The beautiful and creative videos profile people from various backgrounds and ability challenges to show how tech has impacted their lives. From everyday activities to careers and building dreams, each one proves that when tech is designed for everyone, it can also inspire. Hit jump for details.

Click to read more ...

Thursday
May182017

Review: Philips Hue Smart Lighting System

 

Philips Hue turns the lightbulb completely on its head and manages to bring such a vast range of possibility in terms of lighting homes, offices, commercial spaces and any place that's in need of smart illumination.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

One of the most impressive implementations of smart appliances or IoT (Internet of Things) has been by Philips, whose Hue line of smart lightbulbs, bridges, and switches, has all but revolutionized one of the oldest and most immutable devices and made it into a connected and smart appliance.

Lightbulbs are the oldest electrical devices. They're also the dumbest. You buy the lightbulb in the wattage you need, screw it into the socket and let it work until it dies, and then gets replaced. The cycle is endless.

If you want coloured lightbulbs, you buy them in the colours you need. Each lightbulb is one colour, forever. Not anymore. Read on.

Click to read more ...