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EDMONTON, AB, / Troy Media/ – If 19th century University of Vienna Mathematics Professor and inventor Joseph Petzval were alive today, I wonder how surprised he’d be to see how far camera technology has advanced. But I’d really like to witness the look on his face if he knew that a lens he created in 1840 was getting a new lease on life almost two centuries later. Read More at Troy Media.
If you’re looking at picking up a new iPhone at an Apple Store across Canada and get it activated in-store on the Rogers or Fido network today, you won’t be able to do so. This comes just one day after Rogers moved from three-year plans to the new shorter two-year plans.
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A new Kickstarter project designed to bring a legendary 19th century camera lens back to life has already got a real boost, having raised $1.13 million U.S. in just over a week. The kicker, pardon the pun, is that the funders were originally looking for backers to pledge $100,000, an amount that they reached within a matter of a few hours. And with already over 2,700 backers, it certainly sounds like there’s a new demand for this oldie but goodie technology.
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I’ve heard of 3D printers being used to create tiny little plastic replacement parts for cars, but Auckland New Zealand’s Ivan Sentch has something on a much grander scale in mind. He’s got his sites set on 3D-printing a full-scale car and planning on doing it with a desktop 3D printer.
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Superheroes have been around for a while and with the exponential growth and interest in events like ComicCon, it’s interesting to see what kind of financial impact comics have had since the early days of the 1st Superman comic.
The interesting and informative infographic, features 10 of the best-recorded financial triumphs of our childhood ( and adulthood heroes. (did you know that in 1946, comic books sales surpassed that of regular books — eliciting outrage?). Click more to see an infographic.
Apple has hit another milestone yet again. This time it’s for podcasts, surpassing 1 Billion Podcast Subscriptions.
The iTunes Podcast directory has over 250,000 podcasts in over 100 languages and available in over 155 countries. There are also more than 8 million episodes of audio, video, enhanced audio and documents are available to listen to or download.
Podcasts are available with the Podcasts app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or on Apple TV, Mac or PC.
To mark the milestone, iTunes, is highlighting a selection of the most popular podcasts, as well as a collection of captivating new shows.
As far as I can remember, major theatrical releases first went out to the big screen and the high-priced popcorn-eating crowd. Then, they eventually were pressed to DVD and or Blu-ray disc, for purchase or rental as well as through video on demand, iTunes and then perhaps Netflix and other on-line services. However, for Gosling’s latest flick, this is not the case.
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You could toss that empty 750mL rum bottle into the trash, return it to the depot and get your quarter back or you could really be environmentally friendly and turn it into a funky little USB desk lamp. This can easily be made possible with the Satechi Touch USB LED Bottle Lamp.
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Every Canada Day we see a sea of red Maple Leafs adorning every conceivable place, including people’s body parts. But what some of you may not know is that not only are a number of standard Apple products available in red, but that those products have a very special and significant meaning.
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EDMONTON, AB, Jun 30, 2013/ Troy Media/ – This Canada Day, expect to see people, places and things, the entire country really, covered in red. Why?
Because while the colour is most associated with Canada, given our flag and the Maple Leaf, it’s also the organizational colour of a charity and a trademark called (RED)™, whose name was inspired by the fact the colour is also recognized as a colour for emergency.
The (RED)™ project is the brainchild of U2 lead singer Bono and Bobby Shriver, American activist, politician, attorney and member of the Kennedy family. According to the organization, it was conceived in the spring of 2006 as a way of engaging the consumer and the private sector, predominately the world’s “most iconic” brands and identifiable organizations, in the fight against AIDS.
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