Archives for March 2013

World’s largest interactive multitouch display installation

VirtualReefPicture a Virtual Reef, towering a full two-stories across a 46-foot wall. It’s running an app that offers an almost life-like interactive immersive marine life experience, where you can discover more about any animal you choose simply by touching it on the screen. Amazing, no?

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QuarkXPress 9.5.1 Update is Now Available

QXP9135x113Quark has just released it’s latest update – QuarkXPress 9.5.1 and it’s a free update for all QuarkXPress 9 users.

The update includes added support for App Studio and Windows 8 support.

Some of the new features include: 

Smaller File Sizes — HTML5 file sizes now optimized.

Font Embedding — your design, your font choice which includes embedding of any TrueType or OpenType fonts in HTML5 output.
 
Horizontal Scroll Zones — now you can create Vertical and Horizontal Scroll Zones. Your readers can consume the same content without having to move between pages.
QuarkXPress 9.5.1 is available now for download.
(For users of versions other than Version 9, you can upgrade from any version for $349.00.

Linksys brand lives on after Belkin acquisition

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Belkin announced Friday that they have finally completed the acquisition of Linksys from Cisco and has decided that rather than absorbing the product into Belkin’s existing brand, Linksys will be managed and maintained as a separate portfolio.

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Papal Conclave inspired apps for iOS

3StrikesPopeAs the white smoke emerges from the chimneys of the Sistine Chapel and all eyes are on the Vatican as the election of a new Pope, the successor to Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI is on the minds of many, here are a few iOS apps that for lack of a better term are “Papal Inspired”.

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Toddy Gear Screenster a solution for smudges

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Having trouble keeping the touch screen on your iPhone, iPad or any touch screen device clean and free from smudges and fingerprints? If you do, wouldn’t it be nice if someone, perhaps a friend, could keep them clean for you? Well a smudge free screen is possible, with a new little creation, the Screenster by Toddy Gear.

Read full article at G4TV Canada

NetTALK Duo Wi-Fi St. Patrick’s Day giveaway

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Back in February, here at CanoeTech Blog, we had an opportunity to review theNetTALK Duo Wi-Fi VOIP system as an alternative to a traditional landline. Now, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, we’re going to see if you have the luck of the Irish as you, our readers, get an opportunity to win one for yourself or your favourite leprechaun.

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Marvel Comics servers jammed offering 700+ free #1 issues

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If you’re a fan of comics, then you’ll be excited to know that for a very limited time, Marvel Comics in an unprecedented reader initiative is making available over 700 of their #1 issues free for download without any cost or obligation. But you’d better hurry it’s only for a a very short while and Marvel’s servers are already jammed up.

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Telus, Rogers and Bell slash iPhone 5 pricing

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Rogers Offering

If you’re looking for an iPhone 5, now might be a great time to consider one. As rumours of the iPhone 5S and even an iPhone mini continue to circulate, Canada’s three major telcos are offering lowering pricing on the iPhone 5 models with a term plan only, with prices on the 16GB models being made available for under $100 or even free for a refurbished unit with one provider.

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Say goodbye to TweetDeck for iOS, Android and AIR

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Coming this May, you won’t be able to get any further updates to iOS, Android or Adobe AIR version of TweetDeck. This Twitter tracking tool, used to track multiple accounts and even multiple topics in real time will be removed from whichever app store they are currently in.

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Review Razer OUROBOROS ambidextrous wireless gaming mouse

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Any way we can improve game play is a good thing, especially for those of us who struggle to keep up with the pros. One way, of course, is to use a better mouse. We’ve seen a number of them over the years, but the folks at Razer are trying to take it to the next level with the Ouroboros Elite Gaming Mouse .

So let’s review it.   MORE AT G4TV Canada