Greg Gazin

Say the Same Thing App Store’s 50 Billionth Download

May 18, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

SaySameThing

Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio, got more than he bargained for on Wednesday, when he downloaded Say the Same Thing by Space Inch, a free app from Apple’s App Store. That download was the App Store’s 50 billionth. And these are unique downloads and do not include updates or re-downloads. To commemorate this achievement, Ashmore receives a $10,000 App Store gift card.

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HEY EVERYONE!

The awesome sound of the NCredible NTunes is available at WIRELESSWAVE stores across Canada. For a limited time, they’re FREE with the activation of select handsets on the Rogers network, so come on down and check them out!

Filed Under: Apple, Apps Alive, Canoe Technology, GadgetGreg, Gaming, In the news · Tagged With: Apple, Apps, Canada, milestone

Review: Dyson DC51 Animal vacuum is small yet mighty

May 13, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

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Okay, saying your vacuum cleaner sucks sounds cliché, but at the end of the day that’s what you really want it to do. For me, a vacuum is a common household gadget that spends most of its life in a dark closet and in my case, probably more than it should, but when an opportunity arose to test-drive and review theDyson DC 51 Animal, I couldn’t wait.

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Filed Under: Canoe Technology, GadgetGreg, Hands On, Product review · Tagged With: Dyson, home appliances

Stash waterproof pocket shorts keeps cellphones dry

May 11, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

StashShorts

We like to take our cell phones everywhere we go, but what happens when we go to places like the beach? We can’t take them into the water and we’re likely uncomfortable to leave them behind unattended. So Salt Lake City based Stash Incorporated has come up with a brilliant idea to create waterproof pocket shorts.

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Filed Under: accessories, Canoe Technology, GadgetGreg, In the news, New Product, Signs of the Times, What the? · Tagged With: high tech clothing, stash

Review: Seidio OBEX waterproof case for iPhone 5

May 9, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

Seidio OBEX waterproof case for iPhone 5

At first glance the Seidio OBEX waterproof case for iPhone 5 doesn’t look like much. However, if you use your precious device in an environment where it can easily be subject to things like mud, water, dust, sand or anything that could potentially destroy your prize possession then this case, as vanilla as it may seem, could literally save your backside.

Seidio OBEX is designed for protection and functionality more so than fashion. It absorbs shock in two ways; first by the material it’s made of – a combination of Polycarbonate and Thermoplastic Polyurethane – and second, by the curvature in the build that dissipates the force of the impact across the body of the case rather than at its point of impact, softening the blow. In fact, in independent testing, it exceeds MIL-STD-810G a military standard for drop protection when dropped from 4 feet at multiple angles. READ FULL ARTICLE AT G4TV CANADA

Filed Under: accessories, Apple, G4 TechTV Canada, GadgetGreg, Going Mobile, Hands On, New Product, Product review · Tagged With: Gadgets, iPhone Accessories

$10K App Store Card awaits 50 billionth downloader

May 9, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

Apple 50Billion

At the time of writing there have been over 49.58 billion downloads from the Apple App Store and a new milestone of 50 billion downloads is just around the corner. Once again, to thank their customers, Apple is offering up a US$10,000 App Store Card for the person who downloads the 50 billionth app.

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Filed Under: Apple, Apps Alive, Canoe Technology, GadgetGreg, In the news · Tagged With: app store, Apple, milestone

Bluetooth speakers models Escape from Earth spaceship

May 6, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

Toshiba TYSP1 Carbon

Toshiba is one of the latest brands to get into the portable mini Bluetooth speaker/speakerphone arena. Arriving on May 15^th not quite in time for Mother’s Day, is a couple of brand new models suitable to boost your listening pleasure from your Bluetooth enabled devices.

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Filed Under: accessories, Audio, Canoe Technology, GadgetGreg, In the news, New Product · Tagged With: accessories, bluetooth, speakers

Check out Extreme Toshiba field testing with Matt and Jamie

May 1, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

toshiba steam

I always get a kick out of extreme anything – whether it is extreme sports, extreme makeovers or extreme ridiculousness. Of course being the gadget guy, when I came across Toshiba’s extreme attempt at this genre, I couldn’t wait to share it with you. Furthermore, I thought something light to follow the last day of tax season would release a little stress that some of us may have had.

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Filed Under: Canoe Technology, GadgetGreg, Humor, laptops, What the? · Tagged With: humour, Toshiba, YouTube

BundleHunt Spring bundle including Camtasia for Mac

April 30, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

If you’re been looking for a reason to buy that piece of software, here one plus 8 more.

BundleHunt’s Spring Bundle, the ultimate app Collection includes $69o worth of software for your Mac for only $49.99. I know that I have been thinking of getting into Camtasia for Mac which runs just under $100, so picking up the bundle for half of that already helps it pay for itself.

It’s on for a limited time as the offer expires May 10, 2013. Visit the Spring Bundle Hunt Website

Camtasia - Screen Recording and Editting

Toolbox for Pages - Collection of templates and illustrations

Internet Security - Virus Barrier & Nwet Barrier 2012

TextSoap 7 for people that work with text

Logo Design Studio - Logo design software

Concealer - Hide and secure files, folders and more

DiskAid - iPhone, iPad and iPod Music file transfer

Train SimpleCourses - Get certified Adobe Training

Sketcher - Hand-made drawings and colourful oil paintings

Filed Under: GadgetGreg, In the news, Special Offers · Tagged With: Bundle Hunt, Camtasia, Mac

So What’s Best – The iPhone, iPad, or iPad Mini?

April 29, 2013 by Greg Gazin · 1 Comment

iPhone, iPad, or iPad Mini

So you’re thinking of getting a new iDevice and which one should you get. Kevin Achtzener from YoureMakingme.com asked me over and interviewed me on just that topic, where we have a quick look at all three, focussing on the new iPad mini. Check out the interview below and as well, please visit Kevin’s site for his take on our conversation. You can find it by visiting: YoureMakingMe.com

Filed Under: Apple, GadgetGreg, Product review · Tagged With: iPad, iPhone, Kevin Achtener

Talk Dock brings back that retro feeling

April 26, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

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Headsets, earbuds speakerphones are all great, but watching That 70’s Show or seeing retro in vogue, sometimes makes you yearn for yesteryear. But while the evolution of technology might make turning back the hands of time unlikely, we seem to come across gadgets that almost take us there.

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