Tech Blog

Hard to believe, but I think so. The iPhone and iPod Touch are amazing devices...with one obvious deficiency. Read more...

If you haven't yet played 2D Boy's astonishing, Independent Games Festival award-winning game World of Goo , now is a good time to pick it up, as it's available from the developer directly for a donation, to celebrate the game being one year old. Read more...

Not too long ago I had the opportunity to interview Lil Poison - The Youngest Professional Video Gamer in the World. It has to be one of the most memorable interviews I've done yet -- he's so lovable and such a fun kid to hang around. Not only that, but he's skilled at Halo, and by skilled I mean he's one of the best Halo gamers in the entire world. Read more...

With the Canadian video game industry heating up it's perfect timing that the 5th annual Vortex Competition has officially kicked off amidst all this momentum. What exactly is the Vortex Competition you say? I'm glad you asked, let's take a look. Read more...

The NPD group has just released a new study, The Canadian Video Game Purchase process, which reveals that 40 per cent of Canadian video game buyers have purchased a game on impulse in the past six months "despite the recent recession." I have to be honest and say that as I write about games I tend to think long and hard about which games I'm going to spend money on - both professionally and personally - but this study has a lot to think about. Read more...

Is it too early to say I've started planning my Christmas wish list? I mean it's after Thanksgiving and the commercials have already started. The egg nog has been in grocery stores for a week and the decorations have been at the bulk stores since August. So it's not too early, is it? Christmas season is book season and many new social media and business books have been generating talk across the internets this fall. Read more...

The iPhone was never just a phone. It has always been more. After using it for just a few days I quickly understood the power of the "Jesus Phone." When we live with our data in the cloud, all we need is a clean and easy interface to get into that cloud. The iPhone is the most efficient way to get online and get things done. Whether you want to use it to track a run, level a frame or track your stocks - you've seen the commercial, there's an app for that. Read more...

Ok, Thanksgiving is over and we are now in the long period between turkey-day and Christmas. In case you'd not noticed, various PR and Marketing agencies have ramped up their efforts on behalf of the manufacturers they represent to gain your attention for the upcoming holiday season. What's a shopper to do??! Read more...

Google is starting to ruin the small surprises in life. Sure, the goal to index all the information in the world is a noble and valuable effort, but when all the secrets of the world are accessible with a keyboard, it removes some of the mystery for discovering them on your own. Read more...

Or, how I spent my Thanksgiving holiday Monday. Read on, and find out how good tech can sometimes turn into a turkey. Read more...

Just two weeks ago I was hailing Foursquare as a tool greater than Google. Today, I deleted it from the influential front page of apps on my iPhone. While I still maintain that Foursquare is a great tourist application to get location based advice and insight, the local angle of Foursquare becomes boring very quickly. Read more...

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I certainly hope you're not spending your time on the computer, unless you're looking for help cooking the perfect turkey. Technology to the rescue! Here are some great online resources for you to roast the perfect poultry for dinner. Read more...

Video games have reached a maturity where there's enough of a history that people can't resist plundering it again and again, with many old franchises returning (in may cases welcome, in some, not so much). However, I have to remark that I'm absolutely astonished that Konami have announced that its classic Genesis title, Rocket Knight Adventures , is to be given a new sequel. Read more...

Google Maps gain two new features. Rogers gains two new competitors. Microsoft makes two office apps free...sort of. Read more...