Hands-on with Huawei’s newest products (and they’re not phones)
Huawei unveiled a bunch of new products at its launch event in Vienna, including smartwatches, wireless earbuds and monitors. Smartphones previously drove the company’s Canadian presence, so the lack of…
Samsung unpacks new foldable phones, earbuds and smartwatches
Samsung made a splash this summer by unveiling several new devices, as it doubles down on foldable smartphones and wearables going forward. The devices themselves aren’t especially surprising, considering all…
Fitbit announces new stylish health & wellness tracker
Fitbit, the company that makes all those fitness trackers announced another tracker yesterday, but there’s a little more to this particular one. It’s called Fitbit Luxe. Fitbit calls it a…
Tech Talk: The Latest Fitness Trackers
This week on Global BC’s Morning News, Mike Agerbo shared some new fitness trackers from Garmin and Fitbit along with some tech news. More details on the products Mike mentioned:…
The Latest on WatchOS 7 from WWDC 2020
It’s the week of WWDC and Apple’s keynote today touched on many aspects of their ecosystem. This post will focus on what’s new for Apple Watch wearers with the unveiling…
Does your pet need its own version of a Fit Bit?
As a society we have become very conscious about keeping our selves healthy and in shape. Technology has helped this by providing heart monitors, smart watches and all sorts of…
Tech Talk: Father’s Day Gifts
This week, on Global BC’s Noon News Hour, Mike Agerbo shared some tech gifts that you still have time to order before Father’s Day. Here are the products Mike mentioned…
Beautiful Tech Gadgets for Health and Beauty
Everyone wants to look and feel their best. But, most importantly, they want those looks and feelings quickly. That’s why on Global News Tech Talk today, Mike and Sonia discover…
Family Gadgets for Fitness and Entertainment
On this Wednesday’s edition of Global News Tech Talk, AJ Vickery gets activated to show off some cool smart gadgets for both kids and parents. For the kids, we have…
Focals By North : Next Generation Smart Glasses
The future is here – Notifications from your phone, right in front of your eye, that only you can see in a pair of glasses. They are called Focals by…
Oh Canada! What Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference Means For Canadians
Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC2019) is an exciting time for developers, but they’re not the only ones paying attention. Apple users tune in, too, because this show is part…
3 Wellness Gadgets to Help You Breathe Easier
Health and wellness tech is a hot theme in 2019 and the devices are becoming ever more accessible. You may be familiar with tech for healthy eating, sleep hygiene, or…
Hit it: AirPods 2, Hey Siri, and a Personal Touch
What do the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad, and Apple Watch all have in common? Tech journalists were wrong about every single one of them as they’ve gone on from…
Tech for Travel: Organized, Hydrated, and Translated
Our team is in Paris for the launch of the Huawei P30 and Huawei P30 Pro this week, so Kris Stoyanova brought items that every traveller or professional on the…
Wearables: Implantable Tech
Some wearable tech seems like science fiction (and is often inspired by it) but is available to use today. Implantables are exactly what you’d think: a type of “wearable” technology…
Wearables: Glasses
Navigating our world with just a smartphone has its limitations. Going beyond that, smart glasses is one path to our augmented reality future. Pushing notifications to a display you wear…
The Future of Smart Clothing
Wearable technology is much more than fitness tracking and aesthetically pleasing subwoofers, it can also include clothing! On this week’s Tech Talk, Mike Agerbo chats about the Revival Hoodie, Vessi…
Wearables: Smart Clothing
As manufacturers create new devices and sensors that can be integrated into our clothing, the types of activities that can be tracked increases. This allows for better data gathering and…
Wearable Tech: The Embr Wave, Misfit Shine 2, and Basslet
Wearable technology is becoming more popular as we become more connected. Wearable jewelry is typically produced to look like jewelry, but these wearables usually have a complex weave of batteries…
Wearables: Jewelry
As sensors and microprocessors get smaller and we move away from one device to do everything (like our smartphones), designers are coming up with more creative ways of helping us…
Get Upright with this Posture Correction Wearable
Get Upright by Rav Lekh Ravind Lekh, Art Director of Agency Blink GetConnected saw the Upright posture training device at CES 2019, so we brought it in and asked if…