Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 10:44AM
By Nicholas Montgomery
With a new gadget, you aren't just cool if you have one. But, if you have one that is gold plated or gold accented, then you've got some real bragging rights. In this post we'll be going over prices for a gold plated vs. a non-gold plated version of various tech gadgets and if the gold plating is worth the outrageous price.
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 9:42AM 
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Cygnett is one of our favourite new accessory makers for iOS devices. We chanced upon them at CES 2012's Showstoppers and they showed us a lot of cool stuff. The Cygnett Apollo Hybrid iPhone 4/4S case offers the protection of a polycarbonate tough case with the low profile of a form fitting rubber case.
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 9:02AM 
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
This is the most significant Windows Phone news in a while. Rogers will be offering the Nokia Lumia 710 next month for $254 outright with various pricing options for monthly plans, this is the first of three new Nokia smartphones running Windows Phone. The Lumia 800 and the LTE enabled Lumia 900 have not yet been earmarked for release in Canada.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 4:44PM 
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Apple's making money. Lots of it.
The iPhone and iPad maker posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 44.7 percent compared to 38.5 percent in the year-ago quarter.
International sales accounted for 58 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
“We’re thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Apple’s momentum is incredibly strong, and we have some amazing new products in the pipeline.”
Apple sold 37.04 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads and 5.3 million Macs during the quarter, increases of 154 percent, 111 percent, and 26 percent from last year. That's 4.4 iPhones every second for 14 weeks which is staggering considering that the iPhone 4S is only now starting to be made available to some markets such as China.
“We are very happy to have generated over $17.5 billion in cash flow from operations during the December quarter,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead to the second fiscal quarter of 2012, which will span 13 weeks, we expect revenue of about $32.5 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share of about $8.50.”
