Archives for November 2011

Review: Kudos Mobile Credit Card Acceptance Kit

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Let’s face it; we live in a plastic society. When buying goods or services or even making donations today, it’s pretty much expected that the merchant or organization would accept credit cards. If you don’t you might just lose the sale.

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Check Out Opena, iPhone case with bottle opener

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I guess Aussies really like their beer and their iPhones, so from the land down under comes a 2-in-1 iPhone case with a slide-out integrated stainless steel opener for your bottle of beer, or any bottled beverage for that fact.

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Win a Toshiba Thrive 10” Tablet

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I’m sure you’ve been thinking about it for a while, but isn’t it time to try a tablet? You know you want to!

So once again, CanoeTech Blog has teamed up with Toshiba Canada to give you, our faithful readers, an incredible opportunity to win a new and exciting Toshiba Thrive 10” Tablet.

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iTwin: Easy secure file sharing; no cloud necessary

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We all have days where the seemingly simply act of transferring a file can make us crazy. Have you ever looked for a really quick, painless and secure way to retrieve or play files on a remote computer without having to configure a Virtual Private Network (VPN) or use cloud sharing options like Dropbox?

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Smart phones and cupcakes rated “E” for everyone

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Whether the cupcake was invented before or after the year 1800 is probably still up for debate. Fast-forward two centuries and the real question today becomes whether or not decorating these timeless tasty delectables is less of a challenge than mastering today’s technology.

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Fire sale on BlackBerry PlayBook?

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While searching for upcoming Black Friday deals in Canada, I came across numerous mentions of the 16GB Blackberry PlayBook with Wi-Fi being offered below $200 at Staples stores in the US. After doing a little more digging, I found that they are being advertised on Walmart Canada’s website for an an even lower price, $198.

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Apple iOS 5.0.1 update gets mixed welcome

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Apple has recently unveiled its first update to Apple iOS 5 since it rolled out the game changing new iOS a little over a month ago. The software update, version 5.0.1, contains a series of improvements and other bug fixes including:

–  Bugs affecting battery life,

–  Bugs affecting Documents in the Cloud,

–  Improved voice recognition for users using dictation (Australia only),

–  Adding multitasking gestures for iPad (original model).

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National Geographic’s 7 Billion – an app for that!

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On October 31, 2011, the population of the Earth surpassed the 7 billion mark. And while that number continues to grow some of the resources on Earth are renewable but many are not. What are the implications of our growing population? What opportunities does it bring? What are the challenges?  These are just some of the things you can find out about in National Geographic Society’s: 7 Billion. It’s a FREE app, for a limited time only, sponsored by DuPont and released to coincide with the achievement of the latest world population milestone.

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iPad 2 Gold History Edition a cool $8 Million

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If you thought you just bought the top of the line iPad 2, you may just have to rethink that, unless you have the iPad 2 Gold History Edition. It’s uniquely handcrafted and designed by this elite luxury UK designer Stuart Hughes, who considers himself the pioneer of luxurious useful gadgets.

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GarageBand 1.1 now universal across all iOS devices

Garageband appGood news for GarageBand lovers. Apple has rolled out version 1.1 that features a number of welcomed enhancements, but best of all, GarageBand is now a universal app, which means that you can now run it on your compatible iPhone or iPod touch as well as your iPad.

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