Jeffery Simpson

Augmented reality gets a boost from wave of new apps

Augmented-reality technology is turning your handheld device into an information source on everything from subway systems to the stars.

iPad proves to be fine reading device with amazing battery life

It’s a step toward computers that aren’t designed to be easy for us to learn how to use them, but that are designed to be easy to use.

Comic book industry shouldn’t wait much longer to embrace digital age

The problem is that, as much as I and other comic book readers might want to buy all their comics digitally, it’s not going to happen anytime soon.

Tech

Cataloguing software keeps collections neat

Cataloguing software isn’t exactly a bestseller, but it’s useful for people whose media libraries are growing.

Book Features

Comic publishers sketchy on digital future

While Web comics similar to those found in newspapers have been around for years, digital comics are still in their early days.

Tech

Twitter's now a dating tool

Social-media services like Twitter and Facebook are opening up new avenues through which people can make on-line connections.

Tech

Tech stuff to take them back to the future

Nothing reminds one of the relentless march of time like an annual tech gift guide.

With Shortcovers, Indigo charts different course than Amazon, Barnes & Noble

Unlike other e-book moves by print-book retailers, Indigo is not selling its own device but instead making books available on smartphones, computers, and Sony’s e-book readers.

Tech

Amazon's international Kindle e-book reader works wonderfully, even in Canada

When Amazon released its Kindle with U.S. & International Wireless, a worldwide version of its previously U.S.-only e-book reader, there was a great deal of disappointment...