"Gadget" Greg Gazin Demystifies Tech & Life in a useful, fun & practical way!
The incredible musician, songwriter and lead singer from the legendary rock group Queen would
have been 65 years old today, September 5th, 2011, if he had not passed away in late 1991, at age 45. To commemorate this special day, a Google Doodle was created in his honour.
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After being one of the last holdouts, the Province of Alberta’s Distracted Driving Legislation, Bill 16 goes into effect September 1st, 2011. And like many other provincial jurisdictions have done, the law limits what you can do behind the wheel. But the new law goes way beyond that, making it one of the toughest laws Alberta’s drivers will be facing.
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While Apple product announcements and rollouts are almost always shrouded in secrecy causing the rumor mill to constantly remain intensively active, one thing is for sure; there was no secret about the challenging health of Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
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Well, it’s that time again when Summer is nearing an end and it’s time to get back to school, or
rather Mac to School. And if you’re ready to deck out your dorm with new Apple gear, now is a great time to do it, before school starts. Now getting a jump-start to avoid the rush is certainly never a bad idea, but there are a few more good compelling reasons to act, especially up you are looking at upgrading existing equipment.
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Since when is the world’s first printed anything considered something novel and progressive in t
oday’s world of wireless devices, apps, e-book readers and the trend towards everything green? Well it seems that a Washington DC-based technology group, The Cool Blue Company LLC , think so. The Social Media Monthly, their magazine dedicated to the exploration of social media and its evolving technologies, has added a printed format.
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Being The Gadget Guy, I’m usually one of those types of people who really enjoy the latest and greatest bells and whistles that any gadget has to offer. Recently however, I had an opportunity to test drive the Aluratek Libre PRO e-Book Reader. Now it doesn’t fit in the ultimate category, ie; it doesn’t have all the toys that one might expect like Wi-Fi, a colour display or a touchscreen, yet it does have a photo viewer and a built-in mp3 player you can listen to through the headphone jack while you’re reading. Quite frankly, I found myself pleasantly surprised with the experience.
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Here’s a device that can be handy for most drivers. It’s called the Yada Rearview Mirror Backup Camera and Speakerphone. And while the name is certainly quite a mouthful, it can do all those things, once you actually install it in your car.
QR77 caught wind of my Troy Media article on Apple iMessage being a wake-up call for BlackBerry and asked me to chime in on The Rob Breakenridge show on Friday Evening, June 10th at 10:30PM. You can listen to the podcast here: It will likely only be there for a week or two. http://emedia.qr77.com/Podcasts/1022/robbreakenridgepodcastjune10-4.mp3
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
Since it was preannounced, no one was surprised at WWDC 2011 when Scott Forstall, Apple SVP iOS Software, took us through a preview of Apple iOS 5, slated for release this fall. However, what we didn’t expect was the extensive list of over 200 new features that could potentially make your iOS device the only one you’ll actually need and maybe even encourage you to get a second one.
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