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Marie Aspiazu, Digital Freedom Update
| Big Telecom's proposed low data plans are a slap in the face. If the CRTC thinks that this is the solution to wireless affordability that Canada is hungry for, it has clearly not been listening. |
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Wayne MacPhail
| It used to be the case folks thought laptops would become more and more like tablets. Now, though, Microsoft, Apple and Google seem to be betting on the opposite future. |
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Wayne MacPhail
| The advent of wearable technology like smartwatches has ushered in what's been called "glance journalism." Newsrooms are beginning to give special attention to the glance. |
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Wayne MacPhail
| Easy, mobile, live and social video streaming is a remarkable tool for journalists or anyone who can say, "I was there, you weren't. This is what I saw." |
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Wayne MacPhail
| How would you like your reality: virtual or augmented? You'll be choosing sides soon. There are projects in the works which promise to change the world as we experience it. |
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Wayne MacPhail
| The transmitted haptic sensations available in the upcoming Apple Watch bring, literally, high touch to high tech. And they open the door to some fascinating futures. |
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Wayne MacPhail
| After months of speculation, Apple's Watch is finally on the catwalk and ready for its closeup. Although Apple has always been about elegance, now it's about elegance, fashion and actions. |
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Wayne MacPhail
| Microsoft is suffering on the PC and hardware side, and Apple's in bed with arch-rival IBM. What's going on in this topsy-turvy world? |
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Wayne MacPhail
| How might Apple envision an iWatch? It would need to be the same kind of product the Macintosh, the iPod and the iPhone were -- category changers. |
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Wayne MacPhail
| Phones the size of Pop Tarts or single-serving styrofoam trays seem to be everywhere these days. Are phablets the ideal mobile computer for a generation that talks with their thumbs? |
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Wayne MacPhail
| This week the battle of the smartwatches began in earnest. Google announced Google Wear and Motorola took the wraps off the Moto 360, a stylish round smartwatch that tastefully mixes tech and fashion. |
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Wayne MacPhail
| What makes some organizations nimble, agile and open to cultural, technological and paradigm shifts, and others systemically incapable of the first step towards an admitted future? |