App Reviews: Game Your Video, Foodspotting, & Bats! Furry Fliers
Simple movie-editing is the focus this week on Moore In the Morning where I review an app that makes adding effects and cuts to your home movies as easy as playing Super Mario Bros. I also explore an update to foodie favourite and GPS restaurant guide Foodspotting plus an interactive iPad bedtime book for kids…... Read More
Highlights From The Canadian Toy & Hobby Fair 2012
For Studio 12 this week I paid a visit to the Canadian Toy & Hobby Fair, an annual industry-only event designed to give local and smaller toy makers a chance to show their wares to retailers before they head down to the larger Toy Fair in New York in February. I went in search of... Read More
App Reviews: NHL Hardest Shot, GymPact, & Band Of The Day
Hockey is at the centre of my weekly app reviews on Moore in the Morning on Newstalk 1010 as well as an innovative take on the swear jar for those of you needing some extra motivation to go to the gym, and a music calendar hopes to expand your vocabulary in Pop, Indie Rock, and... Read More
Private Matters: Google’s New Policy & Facebook’s Forced Timeline
This week on the Aaron Rand Show we discussed two interesting changes in our online world. First we have Google replacing the privacy policy used to manage the information we offer up to the company when we use their services and second, Facebook has announced that all of their users will have to adopt their... Read More
App Reviews: Video Guides, Perfect Photos, And Free Education
This week on Moore In The Morning we explore a magic touch in photography that will help you create the perfect family photos, a new video guide that will connect you to clips that match your own taste, and encourage you to explore the free courses, studies, and lectures now offered by top schools. Groupshot... Read More
What’s The Cool Tablet Stand You Use On App Central?
We get this question all the time. The Luxa2 H4 Mobile Holder is my personal stand on the show. And it’s awesome. It has a solid-aluminum base with a 360 degree hinge plus a system of rubber grips and a silicon pad to hold your tablet in place. When we were creating the show I... Read More
App Reviews: Deal Hunting, Music Discoveries, And Fritz Lang For Kids
Here’s my latest app reviews from Newstalk 1010. You can listen in every Monday at 6:45 am on the Moore in the Morning Show or, if you’re a Night Owl like me feel free to check back here for all the details after. This week I look at apps for finding bargains, discovering new music,... Read More
Talking To Your Television – The Rise Of Voice Recognition In the Living Room
It’s frustrating when you can’t find the remote, especially on a weekend when you simply want to be lazy. In an effort to be thinner than televisions have been in recent years, the new models set for 2012 are now sporting thinner bezels, some nearly invisible, suggesting it’ll be hard to find the old fashioned... Read More
App Reviews: A Little Guitar Magic, A Winter Alarm, And The Afterlife
This week on Moore In The Morning on Newstalk 1010 I take a look at the latest apps, an interesting mix of clever games and useful utilities. Winter Wake-Up iPhone/Android Free Here we have an alarm clock combined with a weather forecast. The idea is simple, as the alarm clock prepares to go off it... Read More
One Of The Great Tech Revolutions, Sadly The Last Kodak Moment Approaches
What began as conjecture from the Wall Street Journal this week is now a certainty. Photography great Kodak will be seeking to file bankruptcy protection as it continues the process of selling off its valuable patents, the lifeblood of any tech company, in order to resolve its affairs. In reaction the company’s stocks have plummeted,... Read More
Sharks, Movies, And Oreo Cookies With Richard Crouse
For a nice little change I’ll be discussing my love of movies and all things strange this weekend on Newstalk 1010‘s Entertainment Extra. The weekly movie show has an “Extra extra” section in which film critic Richard Crouse leads an irreverent chat on a number of amusing anecdotes. This week he’ll touch on the merits... Read More
Kid-Tested Interviews, A Look At The LeapPad Tablet
One of the most popular reports I did for Studio 12 last year was this interview with a group of kids testing out the LeapPad tablet, an educational “iPad for kids” from Leapfrog. While I can tell you if the device is well made and how it’s features can compare to similar gadgets, it’s more... Read More
Cord Cutting Trend To Reach 200,000 Canadian Homes This Year
Are you still paying for cable or satellite? A number of Canadians are choosing to watch their favourite shows online instead. CTV News Channel had me on this week to help work out a new industry report that suggests that 100,000 Canadian homes have already “cut the cord” while another 100,000 are expected to do... Read More
New Year’s iPhone Alarm Clock Glitch Returns For Some
If the alarm clock on your iPod Touch or iPhone failed to go off this week you’re not alone. CJAD Radiotells me that one of their staff was late to work this morning for this reason and when I spoke to her, the answer seemed obvious. It had been a really long time since she... Read More
Happy New Gadgets On Studio 12
With all the holiday gifts, the New Year tends to mean new gadgets for many so I’m devoting this week’s Gearing Up on Studio 12 (every Tuesday at 5:30 pm) to offering some basic tips to take care of your shiny new toys. Battery life tends to be an area where many people run into... Read More
Voices From The Past – 3D Scanning Used To Recover Lost Vinyl
From my weekly tech conversation on CJAD 800 radio, every Friday night at 8:20 pm with host Aaron Rand. I have a deep love for books, movies, and music and so I never get tired of hearing about magical efforts to use new technology to brings works long thought lost back from the dead. Thanks... Read More
New Episodes Of App Central Coming January 10th
If the information I have from the network is still good, our brief pause for the holidays (where we ran some repeats) will be over starting Tuesday, January 10th. We’re about half way through Season Two of the series so far with many surprises still to come (including yours truly running away to join the... Read More