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Category: Gadget

USB-C : One Port to Rule Them All!

July 16, 2019 Luc Beaulieu

One of the great thing I liked about Apple lighting port (when it came out) was the versatility and reversibility of the connector. As I

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Christmas Gift – The Perfect Backpack

December 21, 2018 Luc Beaulieu

About 2.5 years ago, I decided in was time to part ways with my humongous, generic black computer/gear backpack for something a little more professional,

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Wallet compatible micro-pens: writing on the go

March 22, 2015 Luc Beaulieu

One of the problem with going digital is that something you get stuck with a need to jot down notes or drawing but you do

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Smart Watch, Apple Watch, regular watch, no watch…

March 9, 2015 Luc Beaulieu

So the Apple Watch is now out. I like technology and gadget. The iPod, iPhone and iPad all made sense to me. Apple Watch could

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Smartphones: when bigger is too big!

January 14, 2015 Luc Beaulieu

In general, the only people who still think they want a 4-inch iPhone are those who do not yet own a 4.7-inch iPhone 6 or

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64bits A7/A8 chips: the biggest smartphone technological innovation over the last two years

October 4, 2014 Luc Beaulieu

For some peoples, trivial increase in screen size is what they call innovation. Of course, it is the first things you see but unless there is

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Taking a clear stance on digital privacy…

September 27, 2014 Luc Beaulieu

A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you’re not the customer. You’re the product.

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5 years and still going!

September 12, 2014 Luc Beaulieu

While the frenzy is going on today for the iPhone 6, our venerable 3GS is still functioning perfectly after its 5th “birthday”! A small break

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Roam Mobility: a cell phone solution for Canadian traveling to the USA!

June 15, 2014 Luc Beaulieu

In Canada, we are stuck with some of the worst (read most expensive) cell phone plans of the OCDE countries (see also Michael Geist Blog). Things

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3D printing, the ultimate gadget for grown-up kids

March 11, 2014 Luc Beaulieu

“Tea. Earl Grey. Hot” — Picard in ST:TNG …Oops in the title, I meant serious scientists, of course 😉 The first time I saw a 3D

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Smartphone camera can be used as a radiation monitor

January 18, 2014 Luc Beaulieu

Your smartphone is closer to a Star Trek tricorder than you may think! Smartphones have really become portable, and wearable, computing devices. They can process

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An hour, 10$ and a smartphone = 175x digital microscope

November 26, 2013 Luc Beaulieu

This is a very nice weekend project either for yourself or with kids! As a bonus, this will let you performed digital capture (photo 😉

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Apple A7 chip and iOS 7 thorough reviews available…

September 18, 2013 Luc Beaulieu

For those of you following the tech world, in particular computers, the announcement of the A7 64 bits SoC probably got a WOW out of

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On the go…

November 17, 2012 Luc Beaulieu

On the go… Here is a few tools I really appreciate to carry with me on the go: iPad: I do all of my reading

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Father’s day gadget: from iPhone to tricorder

June 16, 2012 Luc Beaulieu

If like me you grew up with the original Star-Trek and following suites, you must have some point thought that the coolest gadget of all

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