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Apple finally succumbed to investors' calls and started producing trash versions of the iPhone, such as the iPhone c and the iPhone s, this has, of course allowed it to make good sales but albeit with a much lower margin than before. Not too bad - but, on...

Due to the nature of my job, I deal with many hosting companies - and every year I cancel about 2 accounts, and let me tell you this, it's never a pleasurable experience. In fact, every time I cancel an account something happens: Nobody gets back to...

I remember when I was a little kid - my only dream was to have an Amiga computer. I used to dream about it everyday - every single day! I had a Commodore 64 that I really loved but what I really wanted was an Amiga. I wanted it because it had, by far, the...

October 17, 2013 | In: Technology

256 GB Isn’t Enough!

While shopping for a laptop, I noticed a trend in many companies: they are using small-sized hard disks on their high end machines. These companies include Sony, Lenovo, Toshiba, and the likes... Samsung even has 128 GB hard disks on its high end...

The best laptop that I have used, by far, is the Vaio Z. That laptop tolerates shocks resulting from 6-feet drops, is very fast, is very reliable, and, is one of the few laptops out there that are made in Japan (and trust me, there is a huge difference in...

I settled in Canada (Montreal) back in 2005 - the first thing I installed in my apartment was a high speed internet connection from Bell, a major nationwide internet provider. Back then I had 5 Mbps download speed and 1 Mbps upload speed with unlimited...

I live in downtown Montreal - my place is just a few blocks away from Apple's main store in Montreal (I don't know whether there's another retail store on the island) and nearly every week, I walk by the store at least 3 times... I remember that a...

In case you don't know - WhatsApp is the mobile app that has literally killed SMS (and MMS) - especially international SMS (which traffic has been reduced by 80% to 90% according to conservative reports because of WhatsApp). WhatsApp also made the...

"Let's make an iWatch, no let's give crazy dividends, or maybe we should create low cost iPhones, or perhaps we should lower the prices for all iPhones across the board? You know what, let's do all that, and see if the stock goes up again." The above,...

The publicly traded company Best Buy, has decided, all of a sudden, to close my favorite Futureshop. It was the one in the Pepsi Forum west of Montreal's downtown. I usually go there every week there to see what's new when it comes to technology - but...

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