Get “inPulsive” with Allerta’s New Smartwatch

You've heard of smartphones, now meet the smartwatch. Ontario-based mobile solution company Allerta has made the official announcement that the inPulse Bluetooth watch for BlackBerry smartphone is now available for pre-order. Its being billed as the first wristwatch to work with the popular mobile. The watch isn't a phone per se, since it doesn't allow you to make calls. It's more of a Blackberry accessory, alerting users to incoming calls, emails, and the like. So when the phone rings, you'll still have to whip out the old cellie to answer the call.

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Apple Proves a Mouse Can Be Magic

Apple has done it again. Amidst today's announcements of updated iMacs and Macbooks, it was a mouse that stole the show. From being a top trending topic on Twitter to the approximately 651 articles to date, Apple's new Magic Mouse has the techies buzzing and with good reason. Totally wireless and cool to look at, Magic Mouse is the first mouse to use Apple's new Multi-Touch Technology.

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TechStyles of the Rich and Famous Part Deux

Okay so last week, I discussed some of the ostentatiously awesome gadgets some of our favorite celebrities are rocking and believe it or not, there are still more blinged out tech trinkets to be found out there. So I had to pay the subject a visit at least one more time. Last article, I did some celebrity name dropping in regards to Robin Leech-worthy gadgets. But just like technology, the next week promises to roll out something bigger and better making your shiny-new device suddenly obsolete.

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CES 2009

Well I’m all packed up and ready to go to Vegas to cover the largest show about technology and gadgets on the planet – CES 2009, happening next week! I’m going hardcore “backpack journalist” style, a let’s double check my list: iPhone, CHECK! MacBookPro, CHECK! Livescribe Pulse Pen, CHECK! Flip Mino HD, CHECK! Verizon evdo and [...]

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Weekly Money Trail- 08/01/2008

Cisco Systems has agreed to acquire software company Pure Networks for $120 million in cash as the networking giant expands its consumer product portfolio. This is Cisco’s first acquisition of a venture-backed company since it announced in November that it would acquire Securent, a provider of policy management software, for $100 million in cash. Cisco, which [...]

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The Weekly Money Trail- July 13, 2008

Bellevue, Investors Brings Alerts.com Back To Life A few years ago, investors poured more than $18 million into Alerts.com, a developer of software that alerted users when content changed on high-traffic Web sites. http://www.alerts.com

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Avoid traffic tickets & enjoy clear convo with new blutetooth headset

(image courtesy of Acquire Magazine) In case you’ve been asleep at the wheel, recently California and Washington states have jumped on the bandwagon of states enforcing hands-free cellphone laws. Other metropolitian areas like Washington D.C., New York and New Jersey are also places where it’s illegal and you will be fined for talking on the celly while driving unless [...]

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ZeeVee TV helps make HD easy with “Localcasting”

Start Up ZeeTV is not just another media box, or set top box maker. The start-up company just announced a box that will allow users to broadcast high-def web video and other computer content to any HDTV in the house.

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