Review: Orb Audio Booster System

 

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There is certainly no shortage of speakers and sound systems on the market. However, sometimes you want just a little more sound-oomph for your computer or television, but not necessarily interested in a massive, full blown, annoy-the-neighbours surround sound system. Yet at the same time you want something with a little style and class with a decent sound. The Orb Audio Booster System fits this mold.

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Control almost any App’s volume with SoundBunny

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You’re in the middle of recording a podcast and that wretched e-mail alert interrupts you. Or maybe today’s the day you have your tunes cranked up and you’re waiting for a message to come in and you don’t want to be disturbed.  READ FULL ARTICLE AT G4Canada

Win a $10K iTunes gift card in 25 billionth app countdown

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When the App Store was unveiled to the world in July 2008, it only took 2 1/2 years for the App Store to reach 10 Billion downloads and with a current pace of 1 Billion per month less than 11 months later, it’s ready to reach yet another significant milestone – 25 Billion. And once again to commemorate this incredible feat, Apple has launched the “Countdown to 25 Billion Apps” a world-wide promotion in which one lucky person will be eligible to receive an iTunes Gift Card valued at US$10,000 if they are the one to download the 25 billionth app.

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Review: Volcano mobile speaker by Orig Audio

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When we think of speakers, we typically think square boxy and big and not usually very practical for use on the road. Enter the Volcano, by Orig Audio, a little pocket portable speaker that quite literally erupts with sound when you turn it on. Read more…AT CANOE TECH BLOG

Free iTunes 5-song festive holiday pack

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After buying all your holiday gifts, isn’t it nice to know you can actually get something for free? Now there is always the old adage of you get what you pay for, but here, this is certainly not the case.

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iNuke Boom world’s loudest iPod dock $29,999

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Are you looking for an iPod dock, a very big iPod dock, a very big and loud iPod Dock? If you do you’ll have to wait for CES 2012 in January, when Behringer will unveil iNuke Boom, an iPod and iPhone dock, that scream out 10,000 watts of power. I’m sure; you’ll swear that it was on steroids.

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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

Olympus LS-7 Linear PCM Recorder

The death of audio has once again been exaggerated. Olympus Canada Inc. has added yet another model, the Olympus LS-7 Linear PCM Recorder to its line of sleek shiny metal Linear PCM recorders that give users the ability to get better than CD quality sound in a pocket-sized hand-held device.

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AirTurn Bluetooth BT105 a real page turner

The iPad is a great device on which to read books and for musicians, it’s also an ideal place from which to read music from, unless of course you need to keep both hands on your instrument at the same time. But AirTurn Inc., a company from Boulder Colorado, has come up with a solution to make page turning hands-free.  READ MORE AT CANOE TECH

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The Beatles on iTunes, YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!

After years of speculation and negotiation, The Beatles catalog finally arrives on Apple iTunes. You can purchase the 13 original studio albums, 3 compilation albums, individual tracks or the entire or the entire box set.   READ THE FULL STORY AT  CANOETECH

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