Canadian technology assists special needs passengers in Paris Metro

THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT: CANADIAN TECHNOLOGY ASSISTS PARIS METRO PASSENGERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Paris Metro passengers have a new way to navigate the transit system in the palm of their hand. Developed expressly to assist passengers with special needs, the Mobile Transit Companion, a made-in-Canada mobile application, uses context-aware self-adaptive computing to deliver live, customized data to passengers en route.

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Next@Norton 2010 - Smartphones, Facebook and reputations all need protection

“With the Norton 2011 release, we’re determined to continue delivering the fastest and most effective security suite on the market,” said Jens Meggers, vice president of engineering, for Norton products. “

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

PALO ALTO: The recently concluded Next@Norton event in Symantec’s world headquarters in Palo Alto brought together Norton executives, engineers and product managers with tech journalists to highlight the company’s products and initiatives for 2010, most specially their work on cloud, social media, smartphone and Internet connected non-PC devices.

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Panasonic's betting big on full HD 3D Home Entertainment

Panasonic Canada invites Canadians to enter a new era of immersive visual entertainment with the launch of its top-of-the-line Full HD 3D¹ VIERA VT25 Series Plasma televisions and fully-featured 3D Blu-ray Disc player.

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Apple announces iPhone 4, comes to Canada in July

Updated on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 10:15AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple CEO Steve Jobs took to the stage today  to start off the yearly WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference)  and warmed things up by announcing iPhone 4. The latest Apple smartphone,  has a new glass and aluminum enclosure, a highly improved 3.5 inch screen witha new 960x640 resolution, 326 pixels per inch (wow!), the same Apple A4 processor that ships on iPads and a front facing camera for FaceTime video calls over WiFi and eventually 3G.

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