Apple iMessage a real wake-up call for BlackBerry

SAN FRANCISCO, June 10, 2011/ Troy Media/ – At the opening keynote of the World Wide Developer, Conference in San Francisco earlier this week, Apple previewed iOS 5, its latest update to the operating system that runs on iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.  READ FULL ARTICLE AT TROYMEDIA

A Cure for Inflation? Apple has an “App for That”

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TROY MEDIA, TORONTO, ON, Mar. 25, 2011/ Troy Media/- There seems to be no end in sight for rising commodity prices. With a barrel of oil once again skyrocketing north of $100 and gold setting new records on its way to $1500 per ounce, it won’t be long before we really start seeing significant price increases in the staples we buy every day.

So it’s nice to know that Apple has an “app for that”.

Hacker sounds alarm for wireless security

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By Greg Gazin
Writer, Troy Media

EDMONTON, AB, Dec. 7, 2009/ Troy Media/ — Brad Haines is a hacker at heart.  He spends his nights finding new ways to subvert technology to do things it was never meant to do. But he spends his days advising clients how to keep those very things from happening to their computer systems.   READ COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE!

Cost-effective event planning made easy

Published in The Edmontonians

EDMONTON, AB, August 27, 2009/Troy Media/ — Trust the organized mind of a chartered accountant, with an appreciation for the capacity of customized software, to come up with the answer.

Dave BodnarchukDave Bodnarchuk, a BComm grad from the University of Alberta, saw an opportunity: to provide not-for-profits with a reasonably-priced, easy-to-use product that would help them streamline their event planning, from issuing invitations, to tracking RSVPs, to doing online registrations.

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Virtual Reality Trains Next Generation Workers

Published in the June edition of The Edmontonians

By Greg Gazin
Writer
Troy Media Corporation
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EDMONTON, AB, July 1, 2009/Troy Media/ — It was six years ago, over a jug, or two, of Alexander Keith’s Ale, that business partners Terry Smith and Kevin McNulty started discussing the abysmal state of training in the resources industry.

“These injuries can’t continue,” Smith said. McNulty, a safety consultant in the oil and gas sector who had spent much of his working life in the mining industry, added that the problems went beyond injuries. He was referring to the 1992 Westray Coal Mine disaster in Plymouth, Nova Scotia which resulted in the deaths of 26 miners. MORE

Blogging for Fame and Fortune – Book Review

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While blogging has been around for a few years, and some believe it may already be passé, there are, still, currently over 50 millions blogs in cyberspace, with more being added every minute. …. More  Read Full Article at Troy Media