Review: BlackBerry Classic

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The combination of a touch screen for quick navigation, the touchpad for granular control and editing, as well as the keyboard make using the BlackBerry Classic a pleasure if messaging and typing are what you do most on your smartphone.

BlackBerry Bold fans rejoice! BlackBerry has resurrected the experience, QWERTY-keyboard and legendary “toolbelt,” which has the phone calling buttons as well as the trackpad that made the Bold 9900 the darling of CEOs in boardrooms everywhere as well as the messaging mavens’ tool of choice.

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SourceCode: Year of hacks continues with PSN and Microsoft's Xbox Live compromised

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

After the massive celebrity photo leak, the Sony hack and now this, Internet services and systems suddenly feel less secure and more vulnerable than ever. The industry really needs to work together to change this perception.

2014 looks to be come one of the most infamous years in terms of high-profile hacks. We've had our share of massive outages and with a few days away from the New Year, a group of hackers called Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for service outages for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One users during Christmas Day. 

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The Apple Beat: Apple's Year in Review

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

2014 was a momentous one for Apple. The company ramped up its leadership with a number of of key personnel, made its biggest ever acquisition with Beats and showed they were ready to compete in the supersized-smartphone  and wearables space by releasing the iPhone 6 Plus as well as previewing the Apple Watch. 

It was definitely CEO Tim Cook’s landmark year as Apple leader, the Apple Watch was the first new product category he launched and the event and succeeding hype and interest over the Apple Watch and what it can offer was notable. 

Apple also updated most of its product lines. It introduced a game changing 27-inch iMac that offers an industry leading 5K display, the first for a desktop (or commercially available monitor) anywhere. 

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Olympus OM-D E-M5 is on Boxing Day sale for 40% off

Online Boxing day sales are well on their way. One of the good deals that caught our eye is the weather sealed Olympus OM-D E-M5 Body in Black or Silver for CAD $599.99, which is 40 per cent off the original price and a savings of $400.00. Featuring one of the fastest Auto-focus systems in the market, a blazing 9 frame per second shooting speed and the ability to use a wide selection lenses. Check it out here.