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Why Google should be looking over its shoulder

T ype "Vancouver restaurants" into Google and the world's most popular search engine will show you about 15 million results and 40,000 reviews. But what if you just want one or two? As Google Inc. ends its first decade of existence atop the online ...

From OMAR EL AKKAD, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Twitter Inc,  Ken Auletta,  New Yorker Magazine

Who's running Kindle's wireless? Looks a lot like Rogers

W e've been covering the Kindle quite a bit here lately (including a story on its launch in Canada and a review of the device ). The device finally came to Canada this week, and while Amazon executives said they were very excited about bringing the ...

From OMAR EL AKKAD, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wikipedia,  Forrester Research, Inc.

Thrustmaster T-Fitness Pro

T he Thrustmaster T-Fitness Pro Pack is marketed as a sort of elaborate add-on to the Wii Fit, with a whole bunch of separate items stuffed into one package. There's a bag for carrying the Wii Fit balance board, a foam-rubber yoga mat to make those ...

From OMAR EL AKKAD, Globe and Mail,  15 Nov 2009

Finis Swimp3

L istening to music underwater is a very weird sensation. With most MP3 players, it's also impossible. Enter the Finis Swimp3. The first version of this music-player came out about four years ago, and the newest version arrives this fall. Capacity has ...

From OMAR EL AKKAD, Globe and Mail,  15 Nov 2009

Timex Ironman Road Trainer

T he Timex Ironman line of watches has been around for some time now, and these days you can get everything from a simple training watch to a GPS-enabled, data-gathering behemoth. One of the best aspects of the Ironman line is how varied it is – at the ...

From OMAR EL AKKAD, Globe and Mail,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Garmin Ltd.

Review: Squeezebox Radio's local limits make it a tough sell

I magine you buy a Honda Civic – a perfectly reasonable car. But the day you go pick it up from the dealer, you notice there are no headrests. You ask the dealer why this is the case and she tells you it has something to do with the company that owns ...

From OMAR EL AKKAD, Globe and Mail,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Logitech,  Honda,  Flickr,  Facebook Inc.,  Nintendo

Art-on-canvas company stretches its concept

W hen DNA 11 started up in 2005, the company hoped to capitalize on the Internet's power to deliver on-demand custom products. In that respect, the Ottawa-based startup succeeded. Indeed, its product line might even be a little too custom: Users send in ...

From OMAR EL AKKAD, Globe and Mail,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Apple, Inc.,  Facebook Inc.

Rogers braces for new wireless rivals

H aving the exclusive rights to the hottest smart phone on the market has been great for Rogers Communications Inc. But the telecom and cable giant's third-quarter profit numbers, which shattered Bay Street's expectations, come on the eve of a seismic ...

From OMAR EL AKKAD, Globe and Mail,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Rogers Communications,  Apple, Inc.

A little venture capital goes a long way

T ECHNOLOGY REPORTER When BlackBerry Partners Fund invested in a mobile game developer called SocialDeck, they decided to think small. Instead of the millions of dollars venture capital firms used to throw at promising technology industry startups, the ...

From OMAR EL AKKAD, Globe and Mail,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Skype

Startup makes Internet buzz its business

O ne of the Internet's greatest strengths is also what makes it so difficult to navigate: There is so much of it. The number of websites in the world is said to range in the hundreds of millions, a number that is increasing rapidly. Even search giants ...

From OMAR EL AKKAD, Globe and Mail,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Google Inc.,  Yahoo!,  Central Intelligence Agency

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