The Humble Bundle is not getting any more modest. In fact, its offerings are becoming more mainstream every time we revisit it. This is likely because the developers associated with the project see how many of them sell, and the good publicity doesn’t hurt, either. This time around, Humble Bundle is offering six Android-only games [...]
What does one need in a wireless hotspot? A couple of years ago, a touchscreen-enabled LCD would be pretty far down the list, but that’s exactly what you get in a 2013 version of a MiFi. The Novatel Wireless MiFi 2 is available on Bell for $49.95 on a 2-year term and $199.95 outright; Flex [...]
Microsoft’s annual developer conference, BUILD, is slated to be much earlier this year than last: June 26-28 in San Francisco. The company is rapidly iterating on its various Windows ecosystems, including updates to Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Phone. The conference was held in November last year (which we attended in Seattle), where Microsoft [...]
Minuum, the one-dimensional keyboard replacement for smartphones, tablets and, eventually, everything else, has broached its stretch goal of $60,000 in just seven days. Its initial IndieGogo goal of $10,000 was reached in a single day, and the momentum has not stopped since the announcement. Part of the appeal of Minuum is its ubiquity: aside from [...]
Do WIND, Mobilicity and Videotron subscribers finally have an iPhone to call their own? Sort of, not really, no. Depends on who you ask. Before we get to that, however, let’s back up. For months now, following its impending merger with MetroPCS, T-Mobile has been teasing the rollout of an LTE network, the last of [...]
The Nokia Lumia 920 is a best-in-breed phone running an OS that still needs a lot of love. Slowly but surely, Microsoft is informing Nokia’s decisions and vice versa, and the two companies are creating a hardware and software ecosystem that can rival any big name in smartphones today. Since the Lumia 920 sports wireless [...]
SwiftKey recently updated its Play Store app to version 4.0 after an extended beta period. It also introduced the popular Flow input method, which allows users to glide between letters instead of tapping them individually. But, as with any major software update, bugs will find their way to the surface when millions of users begin [...]
Sony’s embattled Xperia Tablet S was one of our favourite slates of 2012, but it never received the recognition it deserved. Part of the onus should be on Sony, which failed to recognize a flaw in the product’s casing before production, increasing the possibility of water ingress on a device that was supposed to be [...]
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of traveling to Boston for a family function. While I knew I wouldn’t be working, I wanted to carry a phone with me (as I always do on business trips) that would perform all of the requisite functions for work and play. Traditionally, I’ve carried a Nexus device [...]
Google+ has received another big update for iOS and Android devices, the former introducing Snapseed-based image editing. Both apps have been given a cleaner, easily-readable stream redesign, which puts more information front and centre; you no longer have to tap on a post to see the crux of the content. Both apps have seen the [...]