Caribbean based Online streaming service iVu TV launches
Exciting times are ahead as the Caribbean now has it’s own online streaming service. The new service called iVu TV was officially launched today and is a Jamaican-based online TV network aiming to provide premium Caribbean video content from regional networks and independent producers, streaming TV shows, movies & webisodes to computers via the web and eventually tablets,...
Digital JAM 2.0 Mobile Apps Competition
The Government of Jamaica in partnership with the World Bank and private sector operators in the local ICT sector invites applications from Jamaican software developers and digital artists to participate in the Digital Jam 2.0 Mobile Apps Competition. Conceived as an integral part of a 3-day Business Development and Marketplace event to be held at the Jamaica Conference Centre...
“Project Glass” by Google – Augmented Reality Glasses for the masses
Google has unveiled “Project Glass” a long rumored project that incorporates a headsup display in a pair og glasses that uses various Google products to assist a person thoughout everyday activities from checking the weather, to buying things online, to sending emails, to traffic alerts, even accessing indoor or outdoor maps. Technology advances such as this is the reason...
How to use CPU-Z to Identify Processors
If you are like me, you probably follow a lot of the news in the Processor world with a fervour of a horseracing fanatic. The minute the latest Processor that comes out, you are all over its specs. But what under the hood of your machine? Is there a way to know without opening the cover and blowing past PC dust bunnies? Turns out there are two (2) rather simple ways to determine...
Digicel Introduces One Rate Calling for $8.99 in Jamaica
Digicel shocked the Living Daylights out of virtually everyone when they announced on Friday March 2nd 2012AD that they would be introducing a significantly lowered Cross Network Calling Rate of JA$8.99 for Prepaid Callers, which Digicel refers to as DigiFlex. Yes, folks, there is indeed news more shocking than Digicel’s initially announcement that they were going to shut down...
PS Vita – Great Hardware prospects for a mobile phone
Preorders for the PS Vita, the successor of the hugely popular Platstation Portable have already begun as the Vita officially hits stores in Australia, Europe, Latin and North America on February 22 2011. The PS Vita first announced June 6, 2011 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) officially launched in Japan and other parts of Asia on December 17, 2011. The device sold...
Solamon Energy Corporation to build Caribbean’s Largest Solar Plant – Jamaica to get a Green Energy Boost
Folks, looks like I spoke to soon yet again! In my earlier this year entitled Digicel Jamaica’s Alternative Energy Future – Increased Electricity Bills and Energy Sector Opportunities collide I predicted that Digicel would go into Alternative Energy as they were already holders of the title of “Greenest Building in the Caribbean”. Alas, it appears that all Digicel was really...
ScotiaBank’s VISA Debit Card – Jamaica’s Online E-Commerce Renaissance
Last year Christmas 2011AD must have left many a Jamaican in the New Year 2012AD dry as a bone, a financial state often expressed in the phrase “Tamarind Season”. With Ben Johnson Day aka the day before payday coming up on Thursday 26th January 2012AD, many a monthly salaried employee may be broke because they overspent on their Debit Card – or should I says Scotia VISA Debit...
Best of Geezam.com from 2011
Geezam.com was started in December 2009. Two years later the website has grown and evolved into one of the main Caribbean based technology blogs. 2011 was a good year for Geezam.com in which the team was expanded and though a more refined posting schedule the readership has increased. 2012 is looking like a year that will see a lot of activity in the technology sphere and Geezam.com...
StumbleUpon gets New Features and Complete Makeover
Lost in the sea of recent redesigns and announcements in the tech world from the likes of Amazon, Google, Nokia, Fourquare and so many others it seems that many (myself included) have missed the news that StumbleUpon has come out with a complete new look and feel to it’s website and service. What is StumbleUpon? For those who don’t know StumbleUpon is a social networking...
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Google Chrome now in Beta for Android
Google Chrome has been steadily climbing the browser charts since it was first released in 2008, it recently overtook Firefox as the world’s second most popular browser. It still has some ways…
Microsoft Flight Simulator goes Freemium – Phoenix takes Flight in the Spring of 2012
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The Apple iPhone as a Remote – The R2-D2 Effect of Orbotic’s Sphero Robotic Ball
As the title says, the Apple iPhone can be a remote control for a host of some really cool electronic toys or gaming add-ons. Some of which may seem pointless…
Nikon announces D800 and D800E HD-SLR
Today, imaging leader Nikon Inc. announced the highly anticipated D800 HD-SLR, engineered to provide extreme resolution, astounding image quality and valuable video features optimized for professional still and multimedia photographers…
The Real Netbook Killers: My Impressions of Acer Aspire Timelinex Series
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How to Legally Activate installed Microsoft Products – Office 2010’s in the Lost and Found
Have you every installed a copy of a Microsoft program but found the program crippled due to your lack of a Product Key to fully activate the product? This must…
PS Vita – Great Hardware prospects for a mobile phone
Preorders for the PS Vita, the successor of the hugely popular Platstation Portable have already begun as the Vita officially hits stores in Australia, Europe, Latin and North America on…
Nielsen declares Apple iPhone 4S cut into Android Sales
The New Year starts off with a bang as analyst Nielsen has declared that the Apple iPhone 4S that sports the Siri Voice Assistant have indeed made a difference, cutting…
Solamon Energy Corporation to build Caribbean’s Largest Solar Plant – Jamaica to get a Green Energy Boost
Folks, looks like I spoke to soon yet again! In my earlier this year entitled Digicel Jamaica’s Alternative Energy Future – Increased Electricity Bills and Energy Sector Opportunities collide I…
Chrome 16 beats Firefox and IE8 –Mozilla going Mobile and Cloud OS on Smartphones, Tablets and UltraBoooks
Ever since this bit of news relating to Google Chrome beating out Mozilla Firefox to become No.2 in the race to beat IE6 (Internet Explorer) on December 1st 2011AD in Kelroy’s…
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