There are countless factors to take into consideration when crafting the perfect password, but after the Heartbleed scare, it’s worth taking every precaution available in order to protect your private data. One of the most reliable password management apps we’ve ever used, 1Password, finally has a release date for Android after months of beta testing. Android users — you’ll be safer than ever starting on June 10th.
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January 8th, 2009. On this day, in the midst of the usual noise that surrounds the year’s most extravagant electronics show, Palm debuted the Pre. Outside of its radical software, the most notable hardware feature was one that truly was ahead of its time… years ahead, in fact. The phone supported wireless charging, with the Touchstone charger ushering in the idea well before most anyone else was even thinking about it.
Half a decade has passed, and we’re still waiting for wireless charging to matter.
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Apple’s plan to buy up Beats has left many analysts scratching their heads and wondering why Tim Cook and the crew at Cupertino are spending $3.2 billion to acquire an audio hardware and software company. Writing over at Techpinions, Jackdaw analyst Jan Dawson explains that many people are worried that the Beats deal might be a sign that Apple has started to listen too much to the outside noise from Wall Street investors demanding that it make flashy, aggressive moves to reignite its growth.
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One of the greatest annoyances in our technology-filled world is the constant need to charge our phones, tablets, computers and cameras. Just about everything we carry around with us could die after a few hours, which is why wireless charging might be the next big innovation in the tech sector. MIT Technology Review was recently visited by George Holmes, the VP of sales and marketing at Energous, to test the company’s wireless charging technology — WattUp.
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After recent reports that Ontario is looking to liquidate its holdings in automaker General Motors, the outlook continues to look grim for GM Canada these days. After keeping a close eye on the ever-evolving General Motors recall scandal in the United States, our government’s Transport Minister, Lisa Raitt, is now pushing for an investigation into when GM Canada knew about the massive ignition switch problem and the necessary recall.
“Having seen what has developed in the United States I’ve gone back to my officials to go back to GM Canada and ask them when did they find out. Did they find out at the same time as GM in the U.S. told the world or did they know earlier than that?” said Raitt to Reuters in a conference call. If the Canadian arm of the company knew about the problem before the recall and didn’t do anything, it could be in severe violation of our nation’s laws. Raitt was clear that the investigation into GM Canada must be completed first, before she would decide to prosecute the company.
However, we can add this onto the pile of official investigations into GM. Multiple US agencies are already looking into it, and the fines are mounting as well. The business is already facing a $35 million payment to the US government for delaying the ignition switch recall and also receiving more oversight from the feds. In addition to that, the company already has about US$10 billion in 79 switch-related lawsuits to deal with. Click here to watch the latest report and several other videos on the widespread recall scandal.
Canadian government investigating whether GM Canada delayed recalls on purpose
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The success of the PlayStation 4 cannot be understated. After capitalizing on Microsoft’s PR blunders with the Xbox One, Sony took charge of the new generation of gaming and never looked back. Sales have been outstanding, indie developers are rushing to get their games on the PlayStation Store and this week, CEO Kaz Hirai announced at a corporate strategy meeting that the brand new console is already profitable.
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Long before the iPhone came along and shifted consumer interest away from dedicated digital music players, there existed a small, chunky Apple device called an “iPod.” The device was best known for its nifty click wheel and the shocking amount of music it could store on its hard disk drive — that’s right, old iPods actually used HDD storage — but the iPod also shipped with a fun little game called “Music Quiz.” Now, fellow dinosaurs can relive the iPod era with a new iPhone app that was just released this past week.
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Now that we’ve seen more than our fair share of iPhone 6 mockups, it’s nice that we now might finally be getting to see pictures of actual iPhone 6 parts. Nowhereelse.fr has posted a new leaked picture that purportedly shows the iPhone 6’s LCD backlight panel for the first time and it’s supposedly from the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 model.
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Samsung has tried to cut down on its “feature spam” problem by introducing only a handful of new features to its new devices that it thinks will really enhance the user experience. SamMobile’s sources claim that Samsung is planning to add four features to the Galaxy Note 4 that could definitely improve its functionality over its earlier smartphones, all without overwhelming users with spammy apps that they’ll never use.
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What is the cheapest new car in Canada? Well, with a starting price of just $9,998 the lowest priced car you can buy is officially the all-new 2015 Nissan Micra. Slotting in just below the current Versa hatchback in terms of both size and price, the 2015 Micra has quickly created a strong wallet-friendly buzz across Canada since its Montreal debut earlier this year.
The 2015 Micra-machine was created specifically for Canada, as it can only be found (and bought) in Canadian Nissan dealerships, meaning the Franco-Japanese hatchback is clearly not intended for sale in the American market – Sorry Yanks.
So after taking the title of lowest priced car in Canada (cheapest car does kinda sound mean), we decided to pack our bags and take a test drive with the 2015 Nissan Micra and where better than the tight and twisty streets of Montreal, Quebec. We’ve been looking forward to zipping about town in this bargain-priced hatchback to see what less than $10,000 can really buy you these days… READ FULL REVIEW
2015 Nissan Micra, the cheapest new car in Canada
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