With all the talk of tariffs and Canadians boycotting American goods, it got me thinking about how US-centric our technological lives are. I wondered, for those not resident in America, if it would be possible to live a tech life… Read More
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OnePlus Apps – Clipt, TagHost, WellPaper
OnePlus are well-known for their successful range of smartphones but what’s less well known is that they have a small but growing collection of handy Android apps – Clipt, TagHost and WellPaper – produced by their software development team, OneLab… Read More
The Mobile App Gap
There’s a distinct lack of high quality, sophisticated paid commercial mobile apps for both iOS and Android. Is the computer desktop inherently more valuable to the end user than mobile platform computing?
The Future of Mobile Computing
Mobile devices, specifically large screen smartphones, have made significant inroads into the computing spaces traditionally held by full-sized desktop and laptop computers. This incursion can best be measured by personal usage shifts. In my own case, I find myself making… Read More
Apps and Android Fragmentation
When it comes to developing for Google’s favourite operating system, Android fragmentation is often bandied around as an issue for app developers. But how bad is it really and what’s the impact? Fortunately you don’t have to make do with… Read More
Safe Games for Kids by Toca Boca at The Gadget Show
As a a parent with a tablet-loving daughter, I’m always worried that she’s either playing inappropriate games or else building up whopping a credit card bill via in-app purchases. Being tech-savvy, I can easily rectify the latter by controlling the… Read More
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The Apple M7 Co-Processor: What it Is, What it Does
Last time I had to deal with co-processors was in the 90’s when I put in a 386SX/DX combo into a PC. Technically, co-processors are in your computer still – just as one chip. However, Apple has separated the processors… Read More