Monday
Oct292012

Review: iPod Touch (2012)

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The iPod Touch has become the Swiss knife of tech gadgets. Now with a larger screen, bigger starting storage (32GB), a workable 5 megapixel camera and all the benefits of iOS 6 (Siri, Maps, iMessage, FaceTime) the iPod Touch has truly evolved.

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Monday
Oct292012

The Apple Beat: Shakeup at Apple as Scott Forstall, John Browett to exit


Exit Stage Left - iOS honcho Scott Forstall to leave Apple in 2013By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

There's a high-level shakeup at Apple as two leading executives have been set to exit. The most surprising departure is that of Scott Forstall, VP of iOS Software,  who is the key member of Apple's software team and credited for much of iOS (and OS X before that). Forstall is part of the original group of NeXT-ers that followed Steve Jobs back to Cupertino to turn things around.

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Monday
Oct292012

Video: See Rogers' new Windows Phone 8 apps

We were at Microsoft Canada earlier today checking out the Windows 8 webcast and got a demo of the new Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 apps coming to Rogers who is also getting three exclusive WP8 handsets and a tablet. Here ae some of the more innovative apps for Rogers subscribers thinking of getting a new Windows Phone.

Monday
Oct292012

The Apple Beat: iPad mini will likely succeed by creating its own niche


Amazon's getting twitchy about the iPad mini. It ran this comparison on its websiteBy Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple did not create the iPad mini to battle Amazon's Kindle or even Google's Nexus 7, at least not in price. The new 7.9-inch tablet, which shares a lot of the specs of the iPad 2, is likely going to create its own niche while diversifying the iPad's existing user base.

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