The Pebble team posted an update yesterday that mentioned that over 500 custom watch faces had been submitted to a new site, My Pebble Faces, that you can now install on the Pebble watch that I reviewed a while back. It’s great to see the real benefits of this kind of device starting to bear…
After recording her podcast (talking about 3d printing), I have a chat with Gillian Shaw of the Vancouver Sun in this latest episode of Tekeh. We talk about how we initially got interested in technology, what excites people that write about technology all the time and discuss the notion of a digital detox and disconnecting…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Samsung Galaxy S4: Samsung is set to unveil the latest version of their wildly popular Galaxy smartphone, the S4 on May 3rd. Smaller and lighter than the previous model, with a beautiful, larger screen thanks to a smaller bezel, the S4 is…
Episode 3 of my Tekeh podcast has me chatting with Canadian tech pioneer and broadcaster, Steve Dotto. We sat down in a little cafe in Kerrisdale with a latte to record the episode. We talked about the origins of his television career, the impact of change on our need for new technology and a bunch…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Port Coquitlam gets Canada’s first Digital Classroom: Last week, Samsung Canada unveiled their pilot program, “Samsung Class”, the first digitally connected classroom in Canada. Using 31 Galaxy Tab 10″ tablets, a 65″ digital e-Board and custom software, the program at Riverside Secondary…
Epsiode 002 of Tekeh has Duane Storey, co-founder of BraveNewCode joining me on his birthday to talk about WordPress development, clients that don’t pay, being an entrepreneur, travelling the world, the challenges of staying connected, moving away from DSLR based photography and the fine art of making beer. Listen to this episode here or at…
I recently had the chance to check out a prototype model of Sony’s new Xperia ZL Android smartphone. It was an overview of their soon to be released smartphone and I’ll have a review unit soon to put it through it’s paces. But what I did see, was pretty impressive.
I’m happy to announce that a podcast project I’ve been wanting to do for a while has finally come to fruition. Earlier this week I recorded the first episode of TekEh which is my technology podcast with a Canadian spin…get it? Tek, eh? What can I say, you make do with the domain names that…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Turn Your iPhone Into A Satellite Phone: A new product from Thuraya called the SatSleeve allows you to turn your iPhone 4/4S/5 into a global satellite phone. You simply slide your iPhone into the sleeve and it connects to the Thuraya network…
Most people ask me, upon returning, what was the one ‘big’ thing you saw this year. The last few years have been full of big applications that blew up due to the influx of savvy tech folks in Austin to get exposed to them. This year felt different though…definitely there was no shortage of street teams shoving t-shirts and branded swag in my face for various online services but the obvious vibe I noticed was that it was the “Year of Hardware”.