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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Hands on Review: Samsung Galaxy Mini

 

 

If you are going to carry a phone around, there’s almost no reason why it should not be a smartphone. For the one time you might need that extra functionality, having one in your pocket, purse or on your hip may make that decision all worthwhile.

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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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A QR Code tells a much bigger story than a barcode

TroyMedia QR Code

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a QR Code can be worth tens of thousands or maybe even more. You may be asking what a QR Code is. Think of it as a high-density barcode, which is something we encounter everywhere in everyday life, on consumer goods, packaging, freight, business forms and even the test tubes from blood samples.  READ FULL ARTICLE at TROYMEDIA 

 

Coffee car grinds up Guinness world speed record

CoffeeCarI’ve had coffee that’s been referred to as “premium” and “super-hi-test”, but this is nothing like that. A car powered on coffee, the same fuel that powers us up every morning, has recently broken a world land-speed record for a car running on organic waste, by cruising at an average speed of 66.5MPH (107 km/h), crushing the old record of 47MPH (75.6 km/h), previously set by a US car.

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Frogger 3D hops onto the Nintendo 3DS

Frogger logo 30th Ann_2011 FINAL

Just in time to celebrate its 30th anniversary, Frogger is back, this time in a whole new dimension, in 3D for the Nintendo 3DS. You can enjoy this timeless classic game, by Konami Digital Entertainment, but on an all-new platform. It’s been updated with new graphics and all new twists and perils that take advantage of the tight controls on the 3DS and give you the ultimate challenge – in 3D.
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