Blog Posts by Tori Floyd

Ever thought to yourself, "gee, as a Canadian, I sure do pay a ridiculous amount of money for the Internet I'm getting"? If so, it appears that the Chief Content Officer of Netflix agrees with you.

Ted Sarandos of Netflix made a bold statement about the broadband caps imposed on customers by Canadian ISPs:

"It's almost a human rights violation what they're charging for Internet in Canada," said Sarandos during the Merrill Lynch Media, Communications and Entertainment conference in L.A. earlier this week, GigaOM reports.

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Sarandos was talking about companies in Canada getting charged for exceeding their monthly caps, some of which begin at 15 GB a month. For users who access services like Netflix, that amount is a tiny drop in the download bucket.

Later in the week, Sarandos said that Netflix's business could be better in Canada if broadband access didn't have low caps and high fees for exceeding them:

Peter Lougheed/CPPeter Lougheed, former longtime premier of Alberta, is reported to have passed away at the age of 84.

Postmedia reports that Lougheed passed away in the hospital that bears his name on September 13.

According to Metro News Edmonton, Lougheed's family announced his passing in a statement to the press late in the evening:

"It is with great sadness that the family of The Honourable E. Peter Lougheed, the tenth Premier of the Province of Alberta, announce that he passed away peacefully today from natural causes in Calgary, Alberta. He was 84 years of age."

Lougheed leaves behind a wife, four children and seven grandchildren.

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Reports of Lougheed entering hospital for an undisclosed heart condition surfaced earlier this week.

The family says they will be holding a private service, and plans for a public memorial will be announced later.

During his career, the Calgary lawyer

Nintendo has finally revealed all the key things that we've been wondering about its new Wii U system, like the oft-speculated launch date and price.

In a press event in New York and streamed live online, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime announced that the Wii U gaming system would be coming to stores on Sunday, November 18.

Two different configurations will be available for the Wii U system: the "basic" console, which comes in white, and includes 8 GB of storage, a game pad, AC adapters for both, sensor bar and HDMI cable. The "deluxe" console comes in black, and includes all the same components of the basic plus a boost to 32GB of storage, a game pad charging cradle, a stand for both the game pad and console, Nintendo's Nintendoland game (announced at E3) and enrolment in Nintendo's digital point promotion, which earns the user points every time they digitally download a game. Fils-Aime says that these points can be used to purchase content from the Nintendo digital

As expected, the highly-anticipated iPhone 5 was unveiled at Apple's event on Sept. 12. But it was far from the only eye-opening debut made by the tech giant during the presentation. Apple also announced some significant changes to its musical offerings — including the iPod Nano, the iPod Touch and iTunes for both mobile and desktops — as well as a major overhaul of its iconic headphones.

iTunes

Apple's Senior Vice President of Internet software and services, Eddy Cue, took to the stage for the big unveiling of Apple's new iTunes software. Cue demonstrated a new store interface for both mobile devices, highlighting that 60 per cent of Apple's iTunes downloads comes via mobile. The new interface shows a big carousel at the top, whether you're browsing movies, television shows or music. The same general interface will also be used on the desktop version of the iTunes store, too.

The iTunes library for desktop has received a facelift, now showing a user's albums in a more simplified grid

Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook takes the stage after the introduction of the iPhone 5.One year after releasing the iPhone 4S, Apple has our rapt attention once more as it rolls out its newest iteration of the world's most popular smartphone.

The long-awaited iPhone 5 was announced at an event on Sept. 12 by Apple SVP Phil Schiller. Canadians will be able to pre-order the device starting this Friday (Sept. 14) and the iPhone 5 will start shipping on Sept. 21 (so get out your lawn chairs and tents, people).

Rising from the centre of the stage like some sort of mythical object at the unveiling, the device was made entirely of glass and aluminum, looking like many of the leaked pictures that the public saw ahead of the big reveal.

"It is an absolute jewel. It is the most beautiful product we have ever made, bar none," Schiller said, as quoted in Engadget's liveblog.

The new iPhone 5 is the world's thinnest smartphone, according to Schiller. It weighs 112 grams, which is 20 per cent lighter than the iPhone 4S.

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An enthusiastic pizza joint owner in Fort Pierce, Florida is getting some major attention on the restaurant review website Yelp. And let's just say the reviews are pretty mixed.

After giving the President of the United States a bear hug during a campaign stop, Scott Van Nuzer and his restaurant, Big Apple Pizza, began getting lots of buzz online. You can see Van Nuzer's now-famous embrace here:

What had many surprised at the move was Van Duzer's political leanings: the pizzeria owner identifies as a Republican. Van Duzer's crossing of party lines to give Obama a hug clearly did not sit well with certain Republicans, who have now taken to Big Apple Pizza's Yelp page to express their dissatisfaction, Good Morning America reports. As a result, Van Duzer's rating on the popular restaurant review site has fluctuated wildly over past day.

At first, the reviews pouring in were all negative 1-star (out of 5) reviews, commenting almost entirely on Van Duzer's political stance instead of the

Danica Patrick (L) and Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons sign papers to finalize her full transition to NASCAR.A member of well-known hacker group Anonymous is claiming responsibility for taking down the world's largest domain registrar and one of the world's biggest web hosts, GoDaddy, this afternoon.

Earlier today, GoDaddy.com was unavailable, as was any website hosted by GoDaddy, Mashable reports. Any websites whose domain name is hosted with GoDaddy were also affected, it appears, even if the website itself is hosted elsewhere.

Some customers also reported issues with GoDaddy's email accounts and GoDaddy phone service, TechCrunch reports.

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The individual claiming responsibility for the impact on GoDaddy service is AnonymousOwn3r, who Mashable says is the security leader of the hacker group. AnonymousOwn3r makes two things clear: he wants people to know that he acted alone and not with other members of Anonymous, and he's not trying to hide the fact that he was the one behind the attack, retweeting those who are

Take one look at Google Play's ever-expanding marketplace and see that there is an overwhelming amount of choice when it comes to Android games.

If you don't have a smartphone or a tablet to play those games on, though, you might be out of luck. Or so you may think.

Anyone looking to play some Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja without a smartphone as a prerequisite is now in luck: there is a growing number of options for people who want access to all the games on the Android platform in the form of dedicated Android gaming devices. Here's a look at some of those options:

MG

Currently being funded on Kickstarter, the MG is targeted at parents who want to let their kids play Android games without having to hand over their smartphones all the time. The device has very few buttons, instead focusing on the most important part, the four-inch touch screen. It comes built-in with all the hardware needed for most casual games, Engadget explains, including a gyroscope, compass and accelerometer, and