Google Stadia Is Still a Work in Progress
Google wanted to get into the gaming market with a bang by entering uncharted territory: a console free gaming system. It was bye, bye, $400 consoles, and hello to cross-platform gaming on any device that can run Google Chrome. This highly anticipated, new streaming gaming service, Google Stadia, had its soft launch mid-November and received …. Read More
Disney+ Offers Entertainment You Won’t Find Elsewhere
Disney has decided to challenge the streaming service domination of Netflix and Amazon Prime, with a new streaming service called Disney+. Sign-ups in the first week alone were 10 million. This streaming service features TV and movie content from Walt Disney Studios and Walt Disney Television, which includes Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic …. Read More
Google’s Purchase of Fitbit is a Win-Win
Google is now investing more in the wearable technology market space by buying Fitbit, for an all-cash deal of $2.1 billion dollars. Here’s why it is a good investment: Google Showed Interest in Wearable Technology Prior to Buying Fitbit Google already made an operating system for smartwatches, Wear OS. The hardware for Wear OS is …. Read More
Tech News That Caused Waves in 2019: Fake News, Privacy, and China
As we near the end of a decade, we can look back at where we wondered what technology would be like in the future and compare it to what really happened. The constant drive for innovating technology surrounding entertainment, the cloud, data privacy, fake news, transportation, and much else has both provided us with convenient …. Read More
2020’s Best Drone Companies and Their Models
The drone industry has seen a popularity boom since 2015 when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced hundreds of exceptions for company drone use. This pushed drones into commercial use and created a regulatory framework for everyday consumers to add their names to a drone registry. Drone companies and manufacturers took this opportunity to create …. Read More
Mobile Banking Technology is Always Improving
Sixty-eight percent of Canadians do most of their banking digitally because banking technology has never been easier to use, more convenient or more secure. Banks take every step to protect user information, so that you can bank with confidence. In addition to bank technology to protect your information, you can bank safely online by following …. Read More
Is a Google Fitbit Smartwatch in the Works in 2020?
When Google bought Fitbit this November, the wearable tech industry game monumentally changed. With the power of a big tech company like Google, Fitbit can finally introduce a smartwatch that can compete against the other big tech companies like Apple and Samsung. And Google, which has struggled to make its own competitor smartwatch, can use …. Read More
Five of the Best Lifestyle Apps
The best lifestyle apps are usually the most popular apps, because they work! Here are our choices for the five best lifestyle apps: 1. Fitbit 28 million consumers a month can’t be wrong! This app debuted in 2015 and remains number 1 in the health category of free downloads. The app collects basic heart-rate data, …. Read More
Where Health and Fitness Meets Tech: The Fitbit
Before 2007, the idea of a “smartwatch” sounded foreign. But when the creators of Fitbit opened the wearable tech industry, it offered an alternative to dieting and exercising, a method that takes trial and error to get into the right routine. This new fitness method uses technology to monitor your body’s physical activity and produce …. Read More
The Latest in Amazon News
There is always something new and interesting happening at Amazon! Here are three of the latest stories in Amazon news: Amazon New Location Amazon is trying a new store format, and is opening a grocery store. This new brand of grocery store will be opening in Woodland Hills, a neighbourhood in Los Angeles, California in …. Read More