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BlogsRumour Mill
Good mornin’ y’all. It’s the end of the week and that, of course, means it’s time to round up the best or most outlandish...
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BlogsAdvice from an Apple Tech: the right tools for the job
If there’s one thing you learn about any kind of repair, it’s this: there’s always the right tool for the job — and a better way to go about...
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BlogsLiving on the edge, where broadband doesn’t reach
If you live in a city, you take a lot for granted. Not just access to stores, culture and public transportation, but also access to internet and mobile...
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BlogsOne flap down: four other apps we’d like to see join Flappy Bird in oblivion
Flappy Bird has flapped its way into its final obstacle. The simple side-scrolling game, in which you guide a bird through a series of pipes by tapping...
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BlogsHow smartphones can reshape the way we pay
Target, Nieman-Marcus, Michaels. Lately, it seems that a week doesn’t go by without some major US retailer being forced to inform customers that...
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Blogs 1Rumour Mill
On New Year’s Eve, it will be 40 years since Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined the blues band, Fleetwood Mac… which not only proves...
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BlogsA developer’s week working from the iPad
During the second half of December, Toronto – which I call home – suffered one of the harshest ice storms on record, knocking out our electricity...
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BlogsFAQ: the Microsoft leadership change
Microsoft’s new CEO Satya Nadella has taken charge, but that’s not the only thing new with the company’s power structure. Here are...
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BlogsWhy a health-focused iWatch won’t kill smartwatches like the iPod killed audio players
When 9to5Mac reported on Friday that an app code-named Healthbook will be a cornerstone of iOS 8 and the rumoured upcoming iWatch, you could almost...
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BlogsEleven sure signs you’ve been hacked
In today’s threatscape, antivirus software provides little peace of mind. In fact, anti-malware scanners on the whole are horrifically inaccurate,...
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BlogsCurved smartphones: just a gimmick, or the next big thing?
Smartphones can’t get any bigger. Talking on today’s 5in-plus models borders on trying to hold a small tablet up to the side of your head. So...
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BlogsCould your TV really spam you?
Refrigerators might hold spam to keep it cold in the meat bin. But in the Internet of Things (IoT) world, can fridges connected to the web blast malicious...
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Blogs 1Rumour Mill
Gird your loins, pull your socks up and lend us your shell-likes, it’s Friday and that can only mean one thing. It’s Rumour Mill time. And for...
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BlogsiOS versus Android: which is more secure?
With millions of new iOS and Android devices pouring into the enterprise every quarter, it’s important to know just how much risk these devices...
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BlogsThe Mac at 30: the next 30 years
For 30 years now, we’ve lived with the Mac, through the good, the bad, and even the ugly. But as we celebrate this momentous anniversary, I find...
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BlogsThe accidental Mac user
In 1990, I was a cub reporter at a small daily newspaper in south-west Florida, and someone brought in a Macintosh computer to the editorial department....
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BlogsMac and Windows compatibility through the decades
I’ve always been an agnostic in the religious wars between Mac and PC. Reaching across the aisle separating Steve Jobs from Bill Gates hasn’t...
