Adobe's Creative Cloud and its evolving software rental model

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Adobe is one of the world's biggest software companies and since last year has been pushing a new product distribution and maintenance service through its Creative Cloud initiative. 

With Creative Cloud, most if not all of Adobe's major software products are available via subscription. Users pay a monthly  fee to access applications which are managed remotely on Adobe's server's. The upside to this model is that users never have to worry about updating software since the cloud will offer up the latest versions, fixes and updates.

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Canadians rejoice! Gogo to offer onboard WiFi on airlines

Passengers flying in, out and around Canada are about to get more connected. It looks like we are finally catching up with the US in term of inflight WiFi thanks to Industry Canada and Gogo. Hit jump for the press release.

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Facebook's new digs to be designed by starchitect Gehry

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Facebook is signing up no less than Frank Gehry to design its new campus. The social network is looking to expand its current  campus, formerly the HQ of Sun Microsystems in Menlo Park, California. The new development is an expansion and will be an enormous one room, open-concept warehouse designed  for Facebooks engineers who make up most of its 3500 staff.

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HP launches Spectre XT Ultrabook, starts at $999

In order to celebrate the launch of the Spectre XT Ultrabook, HP Canada held a Wine Pairing event yesterday at the well hidden VIntage Conservatory at 100 Lombard St.,Toronto. The new Spectre is a slimmed down version of the original Spectre. That first Spectre was suited top to bottom in Gorilla Glass but the Spectre XT, which retails for a $999 starting price, is mostly aluminum. Sporting Intel Core i5 processors, an 8-hour battery life and as thin as 14.5 mm and starting at only 3.07 lbs, it is one of the more portable Ultrabooks we've seen to date.