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iPad + Velcro Takes To The Sky

iPad + Velcro Takes To The Sky

A while back someone found this quirky page on the Apple website showing one possible use for an iPad. Apple...

Facebook Gains Facial Recognition

Facebook Gains Facial Recognition

As if Facebook wasn't surrounded by enough privacy concerns already, new facial recognition technology is being added to ease the...

Microsoft Unleashes The Archivist

Microsoft Unleashes The Archivist

Microsoft's MIX online lab actually contains some pretty cool stuff. Take The Archivist, for example. Microsoft's newest MIX online project...

Early Images and News About Windows 8 Leaks

Early Images and News About Windows 8 Leaks

Microsoft has been bragging recently, but deep down its still hurt and offended that some of you prefer Apple toys....

Google Alters Its Approach To China After Beijing Complains

Google Alters Its Approach To China After Beijing Complains

For those of you following the Google Vs. China melodrama, you know the internet giant is doing its best to...

Lists For The Masses By The Masses

Lists For The Masses By The Masses

Lists are everywhere on the Internet and everyone seems to have an opinion about how the items are ranked therein...

The Plot Thickens as ‘The Social Network’ Releases Teaser

The Plot Thickens as ‘The Social Network’ Releases Teaser

You've certainly been waiting for this, haven't you? Back in the day (the 20th, to be exact), I, like so...

“Google Me” Creating Some “Buzz”

“Google Me” Creating Some “Buzz”

Remember when Google created Buzz to compete with Twitter and Facebook and um, other social tools? Remember how it basically...

Will A Software Update Fix The iPhone Reception Problem?

Will A Software Update Fix The iPhone Reception Problem?

Word on the street (at least where AT&T reception can be received) is that a software fix might be coming...

Find Out How Insignificant You Are On The Web!

Find Out How Insignificant You Are On The Web!

Who doesn’t want to compare their own Internet impact with their friend’s footprint? Your digital footprint will only be like...

World Cup Cuts Through Previous Twitter Record

World Cup Cuts Through Previous Twitter Record

I live in downtown Toronto, which, when last I researched the matter, is statistically the most ethnically diverse city in...

Why the YouTube-Viacom Judgement Is A (Small) Victory For Law and Culture

Why the YouTube-Viacom Judgement Is A (Small) Victory For Law and Culture

Many of you will no doubt remember the heady, early days of YouTube. The promising new site that simplified video...

Imagining A World Without Google

Imagining A World Without Google

Google. It is unquestionably one of the most well-known companies in the world. It has empowered everyday people with information...

Multiple Google Accounts? Relief May Be On The Way

Multiple Google Accounts? Relief May Be On The Way

I've written about the problems with maintaining Google accounts before. A lot. Sometimes on my bedroom wall, late at night...

Facebook For iPhone Gets Bumped To 3.1.3

Facebook For iPhone Gets Bumped To 3.1.3

If you have a pulse, you're probably a member of Facebook. If you're on Facebook and own an iPhone you're...

Finally: The Truth About The iPad

Finally: The Truth About The iPad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HHLNQ3BZEA Or at least a cynical, funny look at the iPad. Apple takes themselves way too seriously, leaving themselves wide...

Lost Your iPhone? Apple Wants To Rub Your Nose In It

Lost Your iPhone? Apple Wants To Rub Your Nose In It

Nothing smarts like losing your shiny, brand spanking new iPhone. You worked and saved to earn the money to buy...

Getty Images Gets Mobile

Getty Images Gets Mobile

Online stock media giant Getty Images is going mobile at last. The Getty Images iPad app is now available on...

Will Google’s Chrome OS Run Mac, Windows Apps? Maybe…

Will Google’s Chrome OS Run Mac, Windows Apps? Maybe…

We all recall Steve Ballmer’s famed ‘Monkeyboy’ chant as he ran round a stage yelling, “Developers, developers, developers,” and despite...

Apple Aptly Announces Apple Store App

Apple Aptly Announces Apple Store App

In what is quickly becoming an extremely Apple-centric day, Apple has announced its own app to browse its online store.With...