Simon Cohen, Author at VentureBeat

Simon is one of Canada’s most experienced Consumer Tech voices. He created Sync.ca, an award-winning Canadian technology blog which had an audience of over 500,000 monthly visitors. He has appeared as a guest numerous times on national TV and radio programmes, including Canada AM, Sync Up (a weekly segment on CTV News Channel) and App Central. He is currently an independent writer and editor contributing to various publications, but you can always find his thoughts and musings on his blog at excitable.ca. Follow him: @ActuallySimon

Review

Simon Cohen

New Apple TV beats Roku at its own game

Locus Pocus can track all your Bluetooth devices — and other people’s, too

Alcatel One Touch Idol 3 review

Improved search, voice recognition keep the latest Roku 3 on top of the set-top market

Alcatel OneTouch SmartWatch looks smart for the price

Roku adds voice recognition and improves its search capabilities

Neptune’s Duo will put your whole world on your wrist

Sony’s new hi-res audio Walkman appeals to cultured senses, like a fine wine (review)

Pinć turns your iPhone into a portable VR headset… no controller required

Rocki Play: The wireless music streamer for a Sonos experience on the cheap (review)

Sonos sues Denon, alleging wireless speaker patent infringement

The smart-lighting race: How Belkin’s WeMo aims to outsmart Philips Hue (review)

BlackBerry's Passport will win fans — but mostly among the faithful (review)

A wireless speaker showdown: Denon's HEOS vs. Sonos (review)

The only thing missing from Tile, the Bluetooth tracking gadget, is more users (review)

Nuance Dragon Dictate 4 is nearly word perfect (review)

Gilmo wants to solve the password problem with a dedicated device

Noke is a Bluetooth padlock you unlock with your phone

Electric Imp scores $15M to broaden Internet of things' reach

Toronto becomes Bitcoin ‘BTM capital of the world’

Why you can no longer trust any USB device plugged into your PC

Amazon-style product ratings to hit Google Shopping modules

FreedomPop brings free voice and data plans to tablets

For Samsung, the future shape of smartwatches is round

Apple gives MacBook Pro with Retina more power, more memory

Square launches IFTTT channel, lets your transactions trigger almost anything

Google may win the contract to turn NYC pay phones into free Wi-Fi hotspots

2015 Toyota Sienna gives drivers a built-in megaphone. Kids, you've been warned

Listening to the crowd proves a slippery slope for Soap

Facebook is hoping new Mentions app is a Twitter-killer

The GoGlove puts music control in the palm of your hand

Google dumps porn from its ads

Facebook’s little social experiment got you bummed out? Get over it

Tastemade takes $25M & promises to fill your feed with food videos in return

PocketScan wants to put a scanner in your pocket for $99

Glance is a Kickstarter project that turns any watch into a smartwatch

Why I can’t wait to ride Harley-Davidson’s heretical electric motorcycle

This ‘personal mobility device’ would make Professor X drool. Just don't call it a wheelchair

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