Electric Carmakers Agree To Single Charging Standard

Seven Major Names Agree To Use One Kind Of Charger Across All Their Electric Vehicles, Solving One Big Problem Of Adoption
By on Friday, 14. October 2011

There have been a lot of problems involved in convincing people to get behind the wheel of electric cars, but now, thanks to a recent move by some very big names, one lesser problem is about to be removed from the rotation. Seven different electric carmakers have come forward and [...]

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Spotify Music Service Clears 250,000 Paying Subscribers In The United States

Reports Say That The Spotify Streaming Music Service Has Over A Quarter Million People Paying For Music Streaming
By on Friday, 14. October 2011

Interesting news for those of you who like to get your audio on the Internet and try to do so in a legal fashion that doesn’t break the bank–turns out the online music streaming service Spotify has cleared the quarter million mark in paying subscribers, bringing their ranks up to [...]

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Samsung ChatON Messenger App Now Available In The Android Market

Samsung ChatON Messaging App Comes Available For Android, Notes iOS & BlackBerry Support As Coming "Soon"
By on Friday, 14. October 2011

Samsung originally announced their ChatON mobile messaging app back at the end of August during the IFA conference in Berlin. And well, the app is now available for those sporting an Android device.

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Motorola Makes It Official: Announces The Xoom Family Edition Tablet

Motorola Xoom Family Edition Tablet Announced, Will Be Available Exclusively With Best Buy Beginning October 16th
By on Friday, 14. October 2011

We have seen some rumors and leaks and even an early sighting of the Motorola Xoom Family Edition tablet, however the good news as of today — Motorola has made it all official and dropped the good word by way of press release. That being said, while it is always [...]

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iPad 3 Now In Production, Says Reports

Reports Emerge Suggesting That Apple's Next Big Tablet Is Currently In Production Stages, Backlog Building In Advance Of Orders According To Analyst Reports
By on Friday, 14. October 2011

We all pretty much knew it was only a matter of time until we started hearing more about the iPad 3. It was a foregone conclusion from the rollout of the iPad 2 that we were going to start hearing about this stuff, and now, the reports are coming in. [...]

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AT&T Tips The Jawbone UP Fitness Bracelet As Coming Soon

Nothing Yet In Terms Of A Specific Release Date Or Price, But AT&T Has Posted A Coming Soon Style Listing For The Jawbone UP Fitness Bracelet
By on Friday, 14. October 2011

Jawbone announced the UP fitness bracelet way back in mid-July and since then things seem to have gotten rather quiet. At the time they did offer some details in terms of what the bracelet would be able to offer you, however there was nothing in terms of a price and [...]

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iPhone 4S Image Stabilization System Shown Off In Head-To-Head Comparison Video

Video Emerges Showing Off The Capability Of The iPhone 4S' Image Stabilization System
By on Friday, 14. October 2011

So, admittedly, what a lot of people are paying attention to these days in terms of features on the iPhone 4S is a sweet little program by the name of Siri, who’s been getting a whole lot of face time. But the iPhone 4S is quite a bit more than [...]

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Telus Now Offering 6GB / $30 Per Month Data Plan

Telus Announces Two New Limited Time Promotions, A 6GB Per Month Data Plan & A $70 Per Month Calling/Messaging/Data Plan
By on Friday, 14. October 2011

Those who happen to be in the market for a new data plan or a new calling, messaging and data combo plan and are either current customers of, or willing to become customers or Telus may want to listen up for a moment. It looks like Telus has recently launched [...]

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Geeks Corner, How I Use Google Services With My iPhone

Apple Released iOS 5 This Week & It Reminded Me Just How Crazy My Gmail, Google Calendar & Contacts Set-Up Actually Is
By on Friday, 14. October 2011

Another week has passed which means I have another Geeks Corner column ready for you. Fortunately for my checking account I was able to go a full week without any new purchases, though there is still an iPhone 4S that will be ordered once my current contract ends with Verizon [...]

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Instacast Podcast App Updated For iOS 5 With Support For iCloud

Instacast App Gets An iOS 5 Update, Brings Synchronization Between Devices Using iCloud
By on Friday, 14. October 2011

Those sporting an iOS device, whether it be an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch have probably noticed an overwhelming amount of apps being updated lately. The reason here is the release of iOS 5 and while some of the updates mention nothing more than something along the lines of a [...]

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