The Apple Beat: iPhone design in focus

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Not to take anything away from the iPhone 5, but I like the iPhone 4 and 4S design better. While blockier and heavier than its successor, the iPhone 4S just feels so perfectly balanced yet substantial. The feel of front and black glass panels separated by an aluminum band is truly unlike anything you've ever felt in your hand before. The iPhone 4 and 4S design was also something that no other company would dare copy, it was just too distinctive and iconic to steal from.

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Google to open its own Retail Stores by end of 2013

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

In an inevitable move, search giant Google has indicated its desire to enter into the commercial retail store space by opening its first store in the UK last year.

A move that many see as the beginning of a series of Google Store openings in the US and Europe. A lot has changed in the past few years and Google now sells a variety of devices such as its Nexus smartphones and tablets, various Chromebook models and even the Chromebox PC and even Nexus Q audio devices. Google is also working on its smart glasses initiative. 9to5Google explains that Google will open a series of stores by the end of 2013 (it is already testing the concept in a fee UK locations called Chromezone stores). 

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Rogers president and CEO Nadir Mohamed stepping down in 2014

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Rogers Communications announced that Nadir Mohamed, who serves as president and CEO, will be stepping down in January 14, 2014.

Mohamed, who recently launched the BlackBerry Z10 with Thorsten Heins, has been with Rogers since 2000. Taking the post of president of Rogers Wireless in 2001, Mohamed spearheaded many of Rogers' innovations in mobile as well as the shift to 3G and later on 4G-LTE technologies. Mohamed was appointed to succeed founder Ted Rogers in 2009. He is a communications industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience.

"Nadir is a highly regarded executive who has delivered strong results and substantial value for more than a decade," said Alan Horn, the chairman of the board of Rogers Communications Inc.

Review: BlackBerry Transform Shell for BlackBerry Z10

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The BlackBerry Transform Shell for the BlackBerry Z10 offers basic protection for the back and the corners of the new BB10 smartphone while building in the convenience of transforming into a built-in stand. Let's see how it fits in.

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