For $99 consumers can buy one of Apple’s newly designed Airport Express routers. The perfect router to pack in your bag for a trip, the new Airport Express expands considerably on the older models and offers great flexibility for users. When I pack my bag for trips, there are a few gadgets that are must-haves. [...]
The Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K760 is the latest in a long line of great keyboards produced by Logitech over the years. Designed for Macs, this small form factor keyboard features a solar panel that recharges the onboard Lithium-ion battery using the ambient light in the room, and the ability to sync via Bluetooth to [...]
Here I am, sitting out at the cabin – in the rain – again (or is it still?). There’s been so much rain I can’t remember which is it; but one of the benefits from all the rain we’ve been getting in my part of the world is that Lovie and I get a chance [...]
There are more and more devices available that will let iPhone/iPad/iPod users utilize AirPlay to allow users to play the content on their iDevice wirelessly. But what if you’re one of the millions of users in North America who have a Windows phone, or an Android phone? There are ways to stream audio to these [...]
This article was written by Roland Renner, Ottawa-based consultant in telecommunications, broadcasting and Intelligent Transportation Systems. He is author of Rebuilding the Last Mile, published by the Frontier Centre, fcpp.org. Rebuilding the Last Mile Canada can no longer be smug about its international ranking in the telecom sector. Once highly touted as a world [...]
From the vapid and vacuous to the profound and tragic, the social web proved its mettle this week in the face of the disastrous Haitian earthquake. The catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake decimated the impoverished Caribbean island, snuffing out tens of thousands of lives while toppling infrastructure. Miraculously, what seemed to stay up were pockets of [...]
Witec Alberta invited me to speak at one of their regular networking breakfasts this past week, alongside Lee McArthur, Product Manager at Kryos. Lee briefed the room on BlackBerry application platforms, choices and rollout. One of those choices for rapid application development and deployment is Kryos Velocity. I concentrated my remarks on how resource-starved tech [...]
This morning I had the great pleasure of hearing three excellent speakers present at a breakfast session put on by WiTec Alberta, the provincial association focused on supporting the Wireless & Telecom industry. Stephen King, CEO of mob4hire.com; Roger Morrison, President of dTechs Electrical Profile Management; and Henry Kutarna, Southern AB Manager at Alberta Deal [...]
