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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

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

$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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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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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

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Apple Worldwide Developers Conference set for June 10-14

April 24, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

It might be a little late in coming but Apple has officially announced the dates for their 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference or WWDC MMXIII as it’s being referred to. WWDC is set to kick off June 10th and will run until June 14th at the usual place, Moscone West in San Francisco.

The five-day event usually kicks off with an opening keynote from the CEO, Tim Cook and sometimes there are even some new product announcements. The rest of the week, features over 100 technical sessions and hands on labs presented by over 1000 Apple engineers. Read MORE at CANOE TECH BLOG

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Free coin counters at TD Canada Trust

April 21, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

TD Coin Counter

If you’re like me and tons of other Canadians, you probably have jars full of coins lying around the house. Now it’s not like you’ve won 6/49 and the coins are purely incidental, it’s probably that you can never get around to sorting your coins, rolling them up and then taking them to the bank. However if you’re a customer of TD Canada Trust, they’ve just made that green armchair just a little more comfy rolling out a new service, pardon the pun, making rolling up a thing of the past.

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Filed Under: Business, Canoe Technology, GadgetGreg, In the news · Tagged With: banking, Canada

Hey Canada, got cheque? Deposit anywhere

April 16, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

Since many of us have opted to do online banking, having to run to the bank to physically deposit a cheque is actually quite a pain. So now, for the first time in Canada, members at select credit unions will be able to deposit cheques directly into their account. No matter where members are, they can use the camera on their iOS devices through Deposit Anywhere, a system for remote deposit capture provided by Central 1.

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Get a slice for your unwanted device

April 5, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

Pepperoni Pizza

If you have a gadget that you’re ready to toss you might be happy to know that if you live in Regina, Winnipeg or Ontario, for a limited time, that worthless handheld device just might be worth a pepperoni slice.

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World’s largest interactive multitouch display installation

March 29, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

VirtualReef Picture a Virtual Reef, towering a full two-stories across a 46-foot wall. It’s running an app that offers an almost life-like interactive immersive marine life experience, where you can discover more about any animal you choose simply by touching it on the screen. Amazing, no?