"Gadget" Greg Gazin Demystifies Tech & Life in a useful, fun & practical way!
Headsets, earbuds speakerphones are all great, but watching That 70’s Show or seeing retro in vogue, sometimes makes you yearn for yesteryear. But while the evolution of technology might make turning back the hands of time unlikely, we seem to come across gadgets that almost take us there.
Read more…AT CANOE TECH BLOG
EDMONTON, AB, April 25, 2013/ Troy Media/ – The Starship Enterprise probably has a fully integrated climate control system that’s out of this world, but if Captain Jean-Luc Picard needed a personal device for his ready room, it might likely be the The Dyson Hot + Cool bladeless heater fan.
This new model, dubbed the Dyson AM-05, is a futuristic looking home appliance that is both a fan and a heater, but it will leave you wondering where the fan blades are. The answer is simple: there aren’t any. READ FULL ARTICLE at TROY MEDIA
EDMONTON, AB, April 4, 2013/ Troy Media/ – While many things have gone wireless, we’re still using wires for connectivity. And while we usually have our charger and data cables handy, when it comes to audio sometimes we fall short in handling the situation.
So IK Multimedia has come up with iLine Mobile Music Cable Kit, a bundle of six high end cables with a handy case that you can throw into your kit bag along with your laptop, tablet, smartphone or MP3 player to cover a wide range of audio-cabling needs. READ MORE AT TROY MEDIA
Having trouble keeping the touch screen on your iPhone, iPad or any touch screen device clean and free from smudges and fingerprints? If you do, wouldn’t it be nice if someone, perhaps a friend, could keep them clean for you? Well a smudge free screen is possible, with a new little creation, the Screenster by Toddy Gear.
While the focus seems to be on how smart phone cameras will replace point and shoot models, it never ceases to amaze me how many more features and how much power and precision is being incorporated into portable point and shoot cameras. While some of the advanced models are not necessarily small, you can still fit them into your pocket.
Read more… AT CANOE TECH BLOG
To better your traveling experience, Southern California based ECBC has announced a forthcoming collection of rolling garment, back-pack and duffle bags that are designed to get you quicker through security and take advantage of today’s technology.
Read more…AT CANOE TECH BLOG
I guess timing is everything. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, or so it appears, UK-based Vertu, the maker of designer and luxury smartphones has unveiled the Vertu Ti, an Android-based smartphone with a starting price tag that might make you shake your head. Now it’s not diamond encrusted that costs almost as much as a house, but it could set you back almost as much as a stripped-down entry-level compact car.
Read more…AT CANOE TECH BLOG
Just in time for Jimi Hendrix’s 70th birthday, had he been still alive, IK Multimedia, in collaboration with Authentic Hendrix, LLC, has rolled out the AmpliTube® Jimi Hendrix™ Anniversary Collection, a rebirth of its renowned AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix™ software for Mac and PC. Officially licensed, it features true replica models of genuine Hendrix gear. The updated set provides users with even more options for tapping into Jimi’s legendary sonic artistry.
The new collection runs within the AmpliTube Custom Shop app, which can be used as a DAW plug-in or as a standalone application, featuring a built-in 4-track recorder and speed-trainer. You can get the entire collection or purchase à la carte from the Custom Shop. The new gear was modeled using IK’s state-of-the-art modeling technology, resulting in remarkably authentic representations of the original units.
The collection expands the acclaimed AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix™ gear lineup of 4 amps, 7 cabinets, 5 microphones, 10 stomps and 4 rack effects, with 3 new amp models and a classic tape echo. Combined, there are 34 pieces of must-have vintage guitar and bass equipment, all of which have helped define the history of rock and modern music.
The full version of AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix™ Anniversary Collection is available for $99.99 U.S. Previous users of AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix™ and AmpliTube 3 are eligible for a special upgrade price of only $39.99 U.S. for a limited time. Each of the new models will also be available individually inside the AmpliTube Custom Shop.
For more info visit IK’s Multimedia’s Jimi Hendrix product page.
Being accustomed to using an iPad, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to leave the iPad at home and take along the iPad mini. I wanted to see if it would live up to my expectations and the claim by “Sir” Jonathan Ive, Apple’s senior vice president of Industrial Design, that the iPad Mini is a “concentration and not a reduction of the original”.
Read more…AT CANOE TECH BLOG
EDMONTON, AB, Feb. 1, 2013/ Troy Media/ – The great thing about technology is that there’s never a shortage of new and exciting things, and sometimes not-so-new and not-so-exciting things, to test, to talk and write about.
Of course, the challenge we all have is keeping up – to be able to wade through the flurry of emails, announcements, press releases and phone calls and faxes. Yes faxes!
But as I scanned through the hundred or more of this morning’s emails, the one with the subject line “BlackBerry Super Bowl Commercial Still Image” caught my attention.
Of course, the big news this week was the release of the long-awaited and much-anticipated BlackBerry 10, along with the rebranding of Canada’s once-darling Research in Motion.
But back to the email from Research in Motion’s, now BlackBerry’s, corporate communications manager. It read:
Hi – (notice the non-personal touch)
As you may know, coming out of the launch of BlackBerry 10 this week, BlackBerry will be featured in Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday for the first time ever. This unique execution will be part of a broad marketing campaign about the totally re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry. As part of this activity, we are sharing a still image of the Super Bowl commercial with our social channels – including 30 millions fans on Facebook and Twitter – to draw them into a conversation about BlackBerry 10 during this highly social event. We’d like to provide you with this still in case you’re interested in sharing it with your readers, and we encourage you to watch our full commercial on Sunday.
I looked at the still image and I was baffled. I thought to myself, “what?” I know it’s from the commercial, but how can I share this with my readers? I don’t get it. There’s no oomph, there’s no wow, and I thought this wouldn’t pique anyone’s interest. I even responded back to the sender with similar comments.
I jumped over to Facebook and Twitter and found that others had offered similar reactions. I added my comments to the social media cause and returned to my daily perusing and purging of today’s Inbox.
But here’s the thing.
I couldn’t get that picture out of my mind. It wasn’t my curiosity or interest about what it meant, but rather why the company, which was likely spending $4 million or more on a 30 second ad in Super Bowl XLVII this coming Sunday, would send out what appeared to be a dull, boring nondescript photograph.
It bugged me so, that I decided to write about it.
Congratulations BlackBerry, you succeeded in getting me to share your pitch and your image with my readers, maybe not exactly in a way you might have thought, but, nonetheless, mission accomplished!
Super Bowl XLVII kicks off Sunday, February 3rd at 6:30PM E.T., live from New Orleans.
Greg Gazin is a Tech Columnist, Small Business and Technology Speaker and Senior Editor at Troy Media. He can be reached at Gadgetguy.CA on Twitter @gadgetgreg or you can find him on Empire Avenue at(e)GADGET1.
This article is FREE to use on your websites or in your publications. However, Troy Media, with a link to its web site, MUST be credited.
Also available via AMAZON
