Samsung’s new Galaxy S6 Edge+ is bigger and smarter – The Verge
Everything else about the look and feel of the S6 Edge+ is remarkably similar. The glass body is ringed by metal, with volume buttons on the left and a sleep / power button on the right. There’s a headphone jack and speaker on the bottom…
Vancouver’s high-tech hurdle: Attracting top-level talent – The Globe and Mail
From left: Version One Ventures CEO and founder Boris Wertz, BuildDirect president and CEO Jeff Booth, Vision Critical founder and president of corporate innovation Andrew Reid, Hootsuite CEO and founder Ryan Holmes, Shoes.com chairman and co-founder Roger Hardy, Plentyoffish CEO and founder Markus Frind, and…
The end of China’s ban on video game consoles won’t change anything – Quartz
This week, China said it will lift a ban on selling video game consoles and games in the country, the latest in a series of rules aimed at loosening restrictions on sales. But despite the nice-sounding sentiment that China is opening up, the fact is…
Wolff: In digital media’s youth crusade, career paths are fuzzy – USA TODAY
Michael Wolff, USA TODAY 7:02 p.m. EDT July 12, 2015 The news media, like most businesses built on craft and culture, have largely worked as an apprentice system. Younger people learned skills and language from older people. A good media job would have been judged…
Fling vs. Cast and Airplay: Amazon.com, Inc. Takes on Google and Apple – Tech News Today
Streaming content from mobile devices to TVs wirelessly is becoming a big thing, with Google and Apple already in the market with their Chromecast and Airplay respectively. In fact Google is already rumored to be working on a successor to the original Chromecast. Now, Amazon…