Category Consumer technology

• Tech round-up for September 21: Siri mispronounces Streisand, NPR cancels comments, how Canadians can return their Note 7, NHL17 simulates World Cup of Hockey

  This week, take to the ice with NHL17 from EA Sports. Plus, why NPR is getting rid of comments on its website, and correcting Siri’s pronunciation without needing to call Tim Cook (I’m looking at you, Barbra Streisand). But first, how Canadians can replace their Note 7 before it melts down.

  Posted 21 September 2016, 13:30, Author Blaine Kyllo

• Tech round-up for September 14: Sony reveals two new PlayStation 4 models, how to catch Apple's Music Festival, Morgan movie trailer created by AI, optical illusion demonstrates our perceptual limits

  This week, an optical illusion posted on Facebook shows the limits of human visual perception, Apple’s Music Festival kicks off next week in London, but you can watch it from anywhere, and IBM’s artificial intelligence is smart enough to make a movie trailer. But first, Sony’s got two new PlayStation 4s on the horizon.

  Posted 14 September 2016, 13:30, Author Blaine Kyllo

• Tech round-up for September 7: Samsung stumbles, Apple kills the headphone jack in iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus and announces new Apple Watch

  This week, a rundown of everything we learned from Apple today. But first, Samsung is in the lurch with a recall of its flagship handset, the Galaxy Note 7.

  Posted 7 September 2016, 13:30, Author Blaine Kyllo

• Tech round-up for August 31: iPads, Surface tablets, and more back to school tech, educational apps like The Elements are amazing, Xbox One S is sleek

  This week, my take on the new Xbox One S hardware from Microsoft, some tech that’s great for back to school, and some apps to support learning.

  Posted 31 August 2016, 13:30, Author Blaine Kyllo

• CKNW Tonight, August 24: #dyson, #360eyerobot, #derekdrouin, #nytimes

  Last night on CKNW, host Ian Power and Blaine Kyllo talked about Sony’s new Research Award program that is giving out annual grants for up to $150,000 to North American universities, what makes Derek Drouin a gold-medal winning high jumper, and Dyson’s new vacuum, which happens to be a robot.

  Posted 25 August 2016, 01:28, Author Blaine Kyllo

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