Let’s talk iPhone – Apple special Event, October 4th


When Apple announced their special fall event, there was little additional information given. Now that’s typical of

letstalkiphoneApple where the cat is never let out of the bag ahead of time. The shroud of secrecy certainly makes for ongoing wild speculation and the plethora of predictions continue to keep the rumour mills churning feverishly. I still think it’s pretty clever how they manage to do that every time and create a buzz- but I digress.

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1st Canadian Apple Premium Reseller opens in Guelph

jumpplusThere’s a new class of Apple Reseller that is about to find itself on the Canadian frontier. It’s called an Apple Premium Reseller and the first one, Jump+, located in Guelph, Ontario, will open its doors, this Saturday, September 24th, 2011.

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Mac OS Lion little known Wi-Fi diagnostic tool

WIFIDiagsWelcomeEver wonder how good your Wi-Fi signal really is? You can look at the signal strength indicator on the top right-hand side of your Mac’s display on the top section of your iPad iPhone or iPod touch, but to those bars really tell the whole story? Well I’m sure you’re not surprised, there’s an application for that–at least for the Mac.

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Getting screenshots from an Apple iOS device

iPhone4ScreenShotTo get a screenshot from your Mac, it’s been the same way for years. You simply use one of a few keyboard shortcuts that typically involve using Shift-Command-3, Shift-Command-4 or a few variations thereof depending on your desired results. You could also use the Grab application amongst many others, for the same task.  But with the lack of a physical keyboard on an Apple iOS device, ever wonder how you can do on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch?

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Steve Jobs bows out gracefully as Apple CEO

steve jobs sep 2010

While Apple product announcements and rollouts are almost always shrouded in secrecy causing the rumor mill to constantly remain intensively active, one thing is for sure; there was no secret about the challenging health of Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

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It’s Mac to School time, folks!

Well, it’s that time again when Summer is nearing an end and it’s time to get back to school, or

MactoSchoolrather Mac to School. And if you’re ready to deck out your dorm with new Apple gear, now is a great time to do it, before school starts. Now getting a jump-start to avoid the rush is certainly never a bad idea, but there are a few more good compelling reasons to act, especially up you are looking at upgrading existing equipment.

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Greg talks about BlackBerry vs iPhone on QR77, 630CHED

CHQR LogoQR77 caught wind of my Troy Media article on Apple iMessage being a wake-up call for BlackBerry and asked me to chime in on The Rob Breakenridge show on Friday Evening, June 10th at 10:30PM.   You can listen to the podcast here: It will likely only be there for a week or two.   http://emedia.qr77.com/Podcasts/1022/robbreakenridgepodcastjune10-4.mp3

Apple iMessage a real wake-up call for BlackBerry

SAN FRANCISCO, June 10, 2011/ Troy Media/ – At the opening keynote of the World Wide Developer, Conference in San Francisco earlier this week, Apple previewed iOS 5, its latest update to the operating system that runs on iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.  READ FULL ARTICLE AT TROYMEDIA

Apple iOS 5 jam-packed with 200+ new features

Since it was preannounced, no one was surprised at WWDC 2011 when Scott Forstall, Apple SVP iOS Software, took us through a preview of Apple iOS 5, slated for release this fall. However, what we didn’t expect was the extensive list of over 200 new features that could potentially make your iOS device the only one you’ll actually need and maybe even encourage you to get a second one.

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Apple WOWS WWDC 2011 Audience with Mac OS X Lion

As Steve Jobs took the stage to kick off the opening keynote for the 2011 Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco, California, the capacity audience welcomed Apple’s CEO with a great roar of appreciation.  And while some thought we might see a new or updated piece of hardware come about, Jobs, Phil Schiller, SVP Worldwide Product Marketing, Craig Federighi, VP OS X Software and Scott Forstall, SVP iOS Software, kept the audience extremely engaged talking strictly about software.

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