Canada included in MasterCard global hackathon

MasterCard today announced the MasterCard Masters of Code competition. The intense, 10-city hackathon series will traverse the globe – from Sydney to Silicon Valley including Canada – to find the master artisans of our day: developers.

“We encourage developers from around the world to participate in our Masters of Code competition and use the power of MasterCard through our APIs to create the next generation of commerce applications globally”

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Review: Dyson Hot + Cool Fan and heater

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Once in a while a product comes along and completely solves a problem so efficiently that you wonder why you tried to get along without it for so long. Dyson’s Hot + Cool Fan is such a product. a year-round game changer.

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BlackBerry playing to its strengths with Boeing secure phone collaboration

Boeing is creating a super secure and self-destructing smartphone with BlackBerrys help. Called "Black", the device is being developed in conjunction with the resurgent Waterloo, On smartphone maker. BlackBerry president and CEO John Chen said "we're pleased to announce that Boeing is collaborating with BlackBerry to provide a secure mobile solution for Android devices utilizing our BES 12 platform."

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Hands On: BlackBerry Classic

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose - The BlackBerry Classic takes us back to the future

Text and Photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

BlackBerry didn't just get the band together for a farewell tour for their diminishing but rabid fanbase. The company commited substantial manpower and engineering into bringing to life a modern BlackBerry smartphone that's replete with the familiar, reliable and almost quirky feature set that users loved four of five years ago.

There's great power in nostalgia. Just ask carmarkers like VW, Mini, Fiat and even Ford, which relentlessly and successfully peddle newfangled and modernized versions of their iconic and best-selling products from yesteryear.

At first glance, many might dismiss the BlackBerry Classic as the smartphone equivalent of a "New Beetle", a new product that's riding on the reputation and the popularity of BlackBerrys iconic Bold line but which has very little in common with its famous predecessor. The truth is, there's much more to the BlackBerry Classic than meets the eye.

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