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“THE GEKITSUIOH GAME – Doodle War” at FITC 2011

May 17, 2011May 18, 2011 Doug Groves AR game, augmented reality game, Coconoe Inc., Doodle War, event, FITC, FITC 2011, GEKITSUIOH GAME, interview, video1 Comment

Back in the days before smartphones were everywhere, high school students had a lot less options to kill time during a spare period or two. Some would actually go to the library to do their homework but most, depending on the proclivities of their particular clique, were either out by the football field smoking or hanging in the cafeteria playing cards and paper drawn spaceship games (the RPG set usually hung out in the library in my high school).

Samsung Galaxy Tab giveaway on Rogers RedBoard Biz – 1 day left!

May 11, 2011May 15, 2011 drsquid Android, business, contest, Galaxy, google, Redboard, Redboard Biz, Rogers, Samsung, Tab, tablet3 Comments

Rogers has really been promoting the business version of their Redboard blog – the Biz blog, which is “dedicated to helping Canadian businesses get a competitive advantage with business tools and providing the know-how to get the most value from them”. To help promote the new @RogersBiz Twitter account they are having a contest to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet. All you have to do is go to the blog here, and in the comments, in 100 words or less, let Rogers know “how technology has changed your…

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer TF101 hands-on

May 10, 2011May 12, 2011 Doug Groves Android, Android 3.0, Asus, dock, Eee, Eee Pad, hands-on, Honeycomb, IPS, multitouch, tablet, TF101, Transformer, video, XOOM vs Transformer6 Comments

Although the Eee Pad Transformer is a difficult tablet to come by, what with it being back ordered just about everywhere, Alex managed to get some hands on time with it recently. In particular, he takes a good look at how the optional keyboard/battery attachment works, which brings Honeycomb dangerously close to netbook territory.

It Gets Thinner: The PaperPhone

May 4, 2011May 15, 2011 Pete Chapman flexible display, Human Media Lab, Mobile, PaperPhone0 comment

It’s called the PaperPhone and its creator Roel Vertegaal, the director of Queen’s University Human Media Lab, says, “This computer looks, feels and operates like a small sheet of interactive paper. You interact with it by bending it into a cell phone, flipping the corner to turn pages, or writing on it with a pen.” Dr. Vertegaal will present his “paper” computer on May 10 at 2 pm at the Association of Computing Machinery’s CHI 2011 (Computer Human Interaction) conference in Vancouver. Here are two videos from an article at…

ASUS Eee Slate EP121 review

April 28, 2011April 29, 2011 Doug Groves Asus, Asus review, Core i5, EEE Slate, EP 121, EP121, Intel, multitouch, Photoshop, review, Sketchbook Pro, stylus, Wacom, Windows 7, Windows tablet4 Comments

Eschewing the more common convertible notebook design and going full on slate with both multitouch and Wacom digitizer is something new for Asus and the PC industry in general. It’s clear that such decisions are driven more by the consumer market that convertible makes have been targeting in the past. We had a couple of weeks to put the EP121 through its paces, and have come away suitably impressed.

Playstation Network still down, personal information ‘compromised’

April 26, 2011May 15, 2011 Doug Groves Playstation Blog, Playstation Network, PS3, PSN, security5 Comments

Last Wednesday Sony took both the Playstation Network and Qriocity offline after an external intrusion, taking them a couple of day sto communicate this with the public. It’s now the following Tuesday, bringing the outage to day six, with little official word until now. In an update to the Playstation Blog, Sony has confirmed that there has been a “compromise of personal information”.

Motorola XOOM hands-on video, now available at Telus

April 19, 2011April 26, 2011 drsquid Android, Android 3.0, google, hands-on, Honeycomb, Motorola, Motorola Xoom, slate, tablet, Telus, video, Xoom1 Comment

On April 7th Motorola announced that the XOOM Android 3.0 tablet was available in Canada. Future Shop had jumped the gun a bit and started selling them the day before so instead of waiting for a review unit to be sent, I rushed out to buy it right away. I had hoped that I would be able to get some hands-on videos posted soon after. Sadly, due to Real Life™ this was not to be.

BlackBerry PlayBook hits retailers tomorrow

April 18, 2011May 15, 2011 Doug Groves 7 inch tablet, Blackberry, Mobile, PlayBook, QNX, RIM, tablet2 Comments

After a long wait, RIM is finally launching its BlackBerry PlayBook across Canada tomorrow, and can be found at all the usual suspects, as well as less tech oriented retailers such as Sears. The latter went so far as to put out a press release suggesting that they would be the best way to buy RIMs 7 inch tablet running the new QNX based OS, offering a “15 day no hassle” return policy.

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Adobe and the mobile revolution: tablets, napkins, and the creative process

April 11, 2011April 13, 2011 Danny X Adobe, Android, Apple, BlackBerry PlayBook, CS5, CS5.5, iOS, iPad, Photoshop, tablet3 Comments

It’s been a busy month for Adobe so far. Hot on the heels of the recent preview of Photoshop on the iPad, Adobe has today released the official Photoshop Touch SDK for tablet devices. The fact that Adobe has decided to release an SDK is exciting, since it strongly indicates that not only are we a step closer to a full-featured Photopshop app for tablets, but also full Photoshop integration into the core builds of third-party applications. From the press release: The Photoshop Touch SDK and a new scripting engine…

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Valve ARG suggests GlaDOS is still alive

April 8, 2011April 9, 2011 Danny X Aperture science, GlaDOS, Portal, Portal 2, Steam, the cake is a lie, Valve0 comment

Man I love Valve. I mean besides creating one of the best online ecosystems available to gamers in Steam, offering up arguably the best value for gaming maybe ever in Orange Box, and gracing the world with one of, if not the, most unique, entertaining, and challenging puzzle games ever in Portal, they just seem like really, really fun dudes. Take a look at last year’s promo material for the launch of Steam on OSX, particularly the Half Life 2 release. It’s that kind of tongue-in-cheek satirical slant Valve seems…

Toshiba launches new ultra-portable R800 series notebooks

April 7, 2011April 8, 2011 drsquid canada, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Intel, Laptop, launch, Microsoft, notebook, Portégé, Sandy Bridge, SSD, Tecra, Toshiba, ultra-portable, Windows 714 Comments

Toshiba has now joined the Intel Sandy Bridge processor bandwagon, after it fell by the wayside for a while due to Intel’s little chipset boo-boo earlier this year. The new R800 series is an update to both the ultra-portable Portege series, and the thin and light Tecra series business class notebooks. While business class machines are usually only available direct, or through business to business resellers, and tend to cost a little more, you do get much better machines. The build quality is designed to take a few more knocks,…

Google Maps 5.3 for Android is fascinating slash creepy

April 6, 2011April 7, 2011 Doug Groves Android, app, google, Google Maps, Google Places, Location History, Mobile7 Comments

Google has added a new Location History feature to its Google Maps 5.3 for Android. The Location History feature is an opt-in decision, and once you do you’ll be treated to a personal dashboard that will give you all kinds of stats like Distance Traveled, Hours At Work, Hours At Home, and weekly averages. With its ability to rate locations using the Google Places feature, it also appears to be laying the groundwork to compete with FourSquare, Facebook Places and other location based services such as Yelp.