Entries in Canada (1845)

Thursday
Apr022015

Withings' Activité Pop is now on sale in Best Buy as well as on Withings.com

One of the classier and less obtrusive wearable health-trackers in the market is the Withings Activité Pop which is now on sale in Best Buy Stores as well as on Withings.com.

Following up the stylish Withings Activité watch, Activité Pop converges fashion and mobile technology and is available in 3 distinctive “Pop chic” colors (Azure, Shark Grey, and Sand) and can be purchased for a retail price of US $149.95.

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Thursday
Apr022015

Apple Watch strikes a pose on the cover of Canada's Flare magazine

TV ads for Apple Watch have started to appear in Canadian primetime TV and the latest issue of Canadian fashion and lifestyle magazine Flare has the Apple Watch Sport variant of watch on the cover with an accompanying 15 Things you Can Do with your Apple Watch article. It seems we can expect all things Apple Watch to surface to the mainstream as the April 24th launch date nears.

Source: AppleInsider

Wednesday
Apr012015

Review: Samsung Galaxy S6

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla 

If it were a music album, the Samsung Galaxy S6 would be a compilation. A ‘best of’ effort that brings a few new features, but mostly touches on various aspects that customers already love.

Each year, smartphone makers are expected to push out significant updates to their marquee models. The competition-driven market demands an increase in specs, better performance, improved features and new designs and materials. 

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Tuesday
Mar312015

IBM investing $3 Billion to develop Internet of Things business

Image by Sean Gallup/Getty Images

IBM announced the formation of a new business unit inside the company, dedicated to accelerating its leadership in the Internet of Things (IoT).

IBM estimates that 90 percent of all data generated by devices like smartphones, tablets, connected vehicles and appliances is never analyzed or acted upon. As much as 60 percent of this data begins to lose value within milliseconds of being generated. To address this challenge, IBM will announce plans to develop new industry-specific cloud data services, IoT developer tools and expanded ecosystem partnerships. 

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