"Gadget" Greg Gazin Demystifies Tech & Life in a useful, fun & practical way!
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”.
Steve Jobs called 2011 the Year of the Tablet, but right now, it’s more like the Season of the Tablet. With the highly anticipated iPad 2 is finally hitting stores today in Canada and with the Motorola Xoom and the BlackBerry PlayBook right on its coattails, we’re going hands-on to see if the “totally redesigned” iPad 2 lives up to its expectations.
Read more… FULL ARTICLE AND REVIEW AT CANOE TECH BLOG
While it’s now officially Spring – although you wouldn’t know it by the amount of snow on my front lawn, the fresh new season brings to Canada a new crop major announcements and a new breed of tablets that will soon be among us.
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Back in December we introduced you to Paperless by Mariner software, an application that really allows you to get all those bits of paper on your desk, in your pocket, glove box, briefcase and purse into a useful electronic format.
If you’re like most people, before you download or buy an app from the iTunes or Mac App Store, chances are you’ve likely checked out the ratings of the current version, previous versions, if applicable and read a number of the user reviews. But what you might not know is that if you looked at the same App from the store in a different country, you may get a whole different story which may or may not affect your decision to hit the buy button.
The death of audio has once again been exaggerated. Olympus Canada Inc. has added yet another model, the Olympus LS-7 Linear PCM Recorder to its line of sleek shiny metal Linear PCM recorders that give users the ability to get better than CD quality sound in a pocket-sized hand-held device.
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While you can buy an iPhone through any of Canada’s major carriers, Telus Bell and Rogers (Fido too), in the US, your choices are limited to one – AT&T. But that’s going to change. At an announcement made in the Big Apple earlier this morning, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook and Dan Mead, Verizon’s CEO announced that the iPhone 4 will be available through Verizon starting February 10th. READ FULL ARTICLE AT CANOE TECH
I have to admit, it’s very rare that I play with dolls, in fact I never have. But this is not your average doll. In fact technically, you could classify it as a gadget, so I could not pass up an opportunity to test-drive Mattel’s Barbie Video Girl Doll…of course, with a little help. READ MORE AT G4TV Canada
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of James Bond getting a day off, but I’m sure he has to sometime. And when he does, this is the type of T-Shirt he probably wears when he’s just lounging around his mansion or when his gadget guy Q, my hero, is refitting all his tuxedos. Read more…
It’s no secret that Canada is certainly a hotbed for Digital Media and the Canada New Media Awards, also called the CNMA’s, is an opportunity to showcase the best of the best. In its 10th year, the awards are part of nextMedia Toronto, a Canadian forum for the convergence of all forms of Digital Media. FULL ARTICLE AT CANOE TECHNOLOGY Read more…
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