Roam Mobility launches new 4G LTE network for Canadians travelling to the US

Canada may be slowing down for summer holidays, but today Roam Mobility announces its new 4G LTE Network for Canadian travellers to the USA. Starting July 7, Roam Mobility customers can experience blazing-fast 4G LTE data speeds, with improved coverage across the USA. Hurrah!

Roam Mobility’s 4G LTE Network launches in the most popular destinations in the USA and across the nation, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas, Seattle, Atlanta, Miami, and many others.

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TimmyMe app brings location search, nutritional info and mobile payments to Windows Phone

Windows Phone 8 users can now enjoy the ability to quickly find the nearest Tim Hortons location. They can check the varied menu of goodies, peruse nutritional information and even pay for their double-doubles and donuts right from their Lumia devices. The TimmyMe app for Windows doesn't just find up to 20 nearby locations, it can inform users on amenities such as drive thru, Tim Card, Mobile payment, and Wi-Fi availabilities within that restaurant. For mobile payments, you can load up to five Tim Hortons prepaid cards on your smartphone so you never run out of coffee or baked goods.

Review: Parrot Asteroid SMART

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla 

The advent of the connected car is upon us. Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Open Automotive Alliance are both major platforms that integrate existing smartphone technology with in-car entertainment, navigation, Internet access and even applications.

While Apple and Google’s play for motoring meets mobile is only starting to take shape, Parrot’s been a long time proponent of melding smartphone technology and apps with existing cars. I had the opportunity to exchange my 2003 VW Jetta’s stock sound system (an 8 speaker setup with a 200w Monsoon amplifier) with the latest Parrot Asteroid Smart.

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Audi, Mazda, Jeep, Chrysler and Alfa Romeo rally behind Apple's CarPlay connected platform

The connected car platform wars are heating up. Audi, Mazda, Jeep, Chrysler, Fiat and Alfa Romeo have joined the growing list of Apple CarPlay partners whose upcoming models will offer the ability for users to plug in their iPhones and control various functions and apps right from their car's touchscreen or via Siri.

Many of these manufacturers and sub-brands are also part of Google's Open Automotive Alliance which means the type of smartphone you own may be a big determining factor on the next car you buy. CarPlay has 31 partners so far and companies like Pioneer and Alpine are creating CarPlay head units for those of us with older cars but who want the latest tech. Check out our video demo of Apple's CarPlay on the sexy $300,000 Ferrari FF.

Source: Apple