Entries in Canada (1844)

Friday
Feb212014

Huawei's 7-inch MediaPad X1 leaks, looks to mix it up in the tablet category

Huawei's got a lot planned for Mobile World Congress and this 7-inch MediaPad X1, which was leaked by A Chinese Weibo site, shows us what looks like a really large phablet. Specs are said to include a1.6GHz HiSilicon 910 CPU, 2GB of RAM, 16 GB memory, a 1,920 x 1,200 display and a 6,000 mAh battery and it looks like voice capability is onboard. Huawei is gearing up for a huge showing of devices this year. Hopefully some of these devices will come to Canada.

Thursday
Feb202014

Leaked renders show what HTC's 'All New One' will look like

Leaked renders of what is expected to be HTC's newest flagship smartphone and successor to its sterling HTC One smartphone have emerged. We're seeing gray, gold and silver variants of a new and improved HTC One (now called All New One) which is expected to feature on-screen buttons, dual-rear cameras and not much more is known about the device at this time. Could this be one of the big announcements at HTC's March 25 event?

Source: @Evleaks

Wednesday
Feb192014

76 per cent of Canadian youth admit they hide online activities from parents

McAfee Canada released the findings from the company’s 2014 Digital Deception in Canada study, which examines the online habits and interests of preteens, teens and young adults. It finds that when it comes to spending time on the Internet, Canadian youth between the ages of 10 and 23 are viewing content and engaging in behaviour that they choose to hide from their parents in a variety of ways.

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Tuesday
Feb182014

Video: All Hands on Tech checks out Chromebox for Meetings

Chromebox for Meetings is a great pivot on Chrome OS powered devices that, while generally cheaper than real PCs, are limited by the need to be online all the time. Chromebox for Meetings evolves the idea of a dumb-terminal running a cloud OS into a teleconferencing solution for SMB's and startups as well as any company looking for a more affordable teleconferencing solution. Our friends from All Hands on Tech break it down for us.