Tim Horton's offers scan-to-pay option for guests with the TimmyMe App

Grabbing a quick coffee and tasty meal at Tim Hortons just got easier as the company today announced the launch of mobile barcode payments at restaurants across Canada and the United States. iOS versions of the app make use of Apple's PassBook technology.

The barcode technology provides a secure, quick and easy scan-to-pay option at participating Tim Hortons once a prepaid Tim Card is registered on the company’s popular TimmyMe App.

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Now may be a good time to change your eBay password

eBay has been hacked in what many called a historic breach with 145 million user records taken by hackers. This breach happened three months ago and we're only hearing about it now. User passwords were among the many bits of information taken so every eBay buyer and seller should go in and change their password to make sure thaty they are safe from further invasion. 

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TELUS to invest more than $1.1 billion across Ontario through 2016

TELUS is looking to invest $1.1 billion in new infrastructure and wireless technology across Ontario through 2016.

TELUS will invest $500 million across the province in 2014, the final year of a three-year plan unveiled in 2012, and today committed to spending another $600 million throughout 2015 and 2016 to provide critical fibre optic communications links to business clients, advanced healthcare solutions to consumers, expanded cloud computing data centre solutions, and to bring the world’s fastest wireless technology to more Ontario communities.

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Apple Beat: The Enduring, Elusive, MacBook Air

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

When the first MacBook Air was released in 2008, it was an expensive and somewhat impractical subportable notebook that pushed the boundaries of thinness and portability above all else. It wasn’t very powerful, battery life was so-so and the lack of I/O limited its appeal.

It did introduce unibody construction to the mainstream, later on SSD (Solid State Drives) and changed the way Apple built its hardware from that point onwards.

Six years on, the MacBook Air has evolved into a versatile, powerful all-day computer and possibly the most popular Apple portable ever made. During yesterday’s Microsoft Surface Pro 3 reveal in New York, the Redmond Giant’s executives poked barbs at the MacBook Air as a representative of “The Laptop,” their own product, the third generation Surface tablet, being touted as more than just a hybrid device but a replacement for laptops.

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