Gadjo's Father's Day Gift Guide 2016

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla 

There’s a lot of choice for tech and lifestyle Father’s Day presents in the market this year. With health and fitness becoming more popular plus technology reaching unprecedented peaks with the latest smartphones, notebooks and tablets, there’s much to consider. 

As a father, here are some gift Ideas that will certainly delight me and I think many other fathers will agree. You can also check out Sonya's Father's Day Gift Guide 2016 for some more stellar ideas.

Click to read more ...

Samsung announces latest fitness wearables Gear Fit2 and Gear IconX

Samsung is releasing a new generation of fitness wearables. The Samsung Gear Fit2 and the Samsung Gear IconX. The Gear Fit2 and IconX provide Canadians with greater control over their fitness goals through new features such as precise tracking technology and a standalone music player to offer users the optimal fitness experience.

The Gear Fit2 features an embedded GPS and heart rate monitor (HRM) that offer accurate and robust fitness tracking and measurement no matter the activity, while providing instant feedback on the workout. And all new to the wearables category, is Gear IconX. These truly cord-free earbuds have a built-in activity tracker, heart rate monitor and music player to offer you an untethered workout. Pricing has not yet been announced. Hit jump for specs and availability.

Click to read more ...

OnePlus 3 now available for preorder, no invitations needed

OnePlus has just made the OnePlus 3 available for sale and no longer requires the asinine invitation gimmick it has been using these past years to maintain an air of exclusivity.

The OnePlus 3 has some jaw dropping specs starting with a powerful multi-core Snapdragon 820 processor, 6GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage for a device costing CAD $ 519.00. OnePlus 3 also promises their Dash Charge feature will give a day's worth of battery in a 30 minute charge. You also get a 5.5-inch AMOLED display with a full HF 1080p resolution, Dual-SIM capability and OxygenOS on tap. This is definitely a smartphone for enthusiasts and at a very reasonable price.

Apple's free Swift Playgrounds iPad app can empower future programmers

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

One of the announcements made at yesterday's WWDC keynote was the Swift Playgrounds iPad app. As Apple explains it, "Swift Playgrounds is a revolutionary new app for iPad that makes learning Swift interactive and fun. Solve puzzles to master the basics using Swift — a powerful programming language created by Apple and used by the pros to build many of today’s most popular apps."

Geared towards children but with enough content to delight users of all ages, the app gamifies programming and allows users to code on one part of the screen and run their program on the other, giving them instant and real-time access to their programs. Coming as a free download this fall, Swift Playgrounds looks like an empowering app and great place for anyone to get into the mindset of coding Swift for future success in the app economy.