Spooktacular apps, books and tunes for Halloween

djIt’s that spooky time of year again when you can use your iOS device to help yourself to some digitally delectable tricks and treats, but there are just way to many to cover them all in one post. So here’s just a sliver of some of the spooky and scary selections you can download to your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch for this Halloween.

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Canoe Tech: Review Apple Magic Trackpad

magictrackpadWhy should only newer MacBook users with their new built-in track pad be able to take advantage of all the new multi-touch gestures available with Mac OS X Lion?  Well then answer is, they shouldn’t and they don’t.  Now anyone has those capabilities with Apple’s Magic Trackpad, the first multi-touch track pad available for Macintosh.

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Canoe Tech: Think & Grow Rich comic book debuts for iPhone

ThinkGrowFor anyone that has ever been interested in creating wealth, Napolean Hill’s book – “Think and Grow Rich,” certainly has to be one of the top books on their reading list.  This classic has sold over 30 million copies to date and is still as relevant today as it was when it was first published in 1937. And now this best seller is available on the iOS platform, not as a book, but in a comic book style format.

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People lined up overnight for iPhone 4S

michaiphoneThe magic of the iPhone continues, as people like Misha Hlebnicov, 17, are still willing to line up over night to be one of the first to get their hand on the new iPhone 4S. Despite the critics who were disappointed that the new model was not an iPhone 5, pre-orders of over 1 million units in the first 24 hours seemed to tell the tale and the long queue at the Apple Store at Southgate Mall in Edmonton are proof positive that the iPhone 4S is yet another winner.

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iPhone 4S pre-orders will quiet critics

ETimthumb Php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww Troymedia Com%2Fwp Content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F10%2Fiphone 4sDMONTON, AB, Oct. 11, 2011/Troy Media/ – While Apple fanboys applauded the unveiling of the iPhone 4S last week at the Apple Fall event in Cupertino, California, some critics and analysts seemed underwhelmed with the successor of the iPhone 4. They saw it as soft, safe and mundane and somewhat of a disappointment, expecting a new radically design-changed Phone 5. And if there were going to be another iPhone 4, it would be a stripped down version of the current model, possibly for the prepaid phone market… READ MORE at TROYMEDIA

iPod nano & touch updates announced at Apple Event

Apple has a tradition of typically having a music event each Fall and while we thought it might be a miss this year as all eyes and ears seemed to be

nano2011focusing on the pending iPhone announcement, there was in fact news on the iPodfront.There were no substantial redesigns, but there were some enhancements, colour changes and price adjustments that are well worth noting.

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Thanksgiving Inspired Apps

Vintage Turkey Cards

At this time of year, there’s nothing that makes me want to chuckle or gobble-gobble more than seeing a dressed-up turkey. Now I don’t mean one with all the trimmings. Well I do, but on my dining room table, not my iPad.  READ MORE AT CANOE TECHNOLOGY BLOG

 

How Greg’s life was changed by Steve Jobs – Edmonton Journal

gregsteveJournalAfter hearing about how Steve Job’s had changed my life, I was contacted by the Edmonton Journal, who wanted to talk to Edmontonians who were in this same boat.  The article published on line and in print is called  How Apple’s Steve Jobs changed one mans’s life.

 

Steve Jobs leaves a legacy of changed lives

greg_gazin and steve jobs

October 5th, 2011 will truly go down as a sad day in history. It’s a day when the world lost an incredible human being, a creative mind and an inspiration to the world. We lost a person whose creations and actions have not only revolutionized an industry, but also impacted the lives of many people around the world along the way, including me.

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No iPhone 5, but iPhone 4S here October 14th

Iphone4sBlackWhiteWhen Apple announced its fall event, they said, “Let’s talk iPhone.” Many of us anticipated the announcement of the iPhone 5, but it was over 50 minutes into the presentation before any discussion of a new iPhone of any sort was muttered. But when the dust settled, a new iPhone emerged–the iPhone 4S.

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