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‘Bring Your Pet to Work Day’ backfires at Klick Health

December 7, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

You just wonder if it was a really good idea. In just over two minutes you get to see over 30 animals and exotic insects take over the offices when all hell breaks loose over at Toronto-based, Klick Health in a twisted take on “Bring Your Pet to Work Day.”

“Our experience clearly contradicts studies that say bringing pets to work can reduce employee stress,” quipped Klick Health CEO Leerom Segal.

OK, he was only kidding. Segal says they put the video out as a way to give the world more reasons to smile during the holiday season.

Watch the video and see if you can figure out which animals are real. Then read on for the answers.

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Filed Under: Being Social, Canoe Technology, Digital Video, GadgetGreg, Humor, Taking care of business, What the? · Tagged With: Canada, PR, video, YouTube

Black Friday flyers leaked! Oh really?

November 26, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

BlackFriday It’s plastered all over the Internet – “Black Friday flyers leaked, we’ve got the exclusive!” It seems almost extraordinary these days, because if it’s flyers or in any print form, chances are its already somewhere out in cyberspace or out there in the form of a really good rumour. But nevertheless, look at those deals!

Liquipel technology is proof that tissues can hold water

June 4, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

Danny McPhail co-founder demos at West Edmonton Mall

Water may be the elixir of life, the food that fuels our planet, but exposure to a few drops in the wrong place, can also wreak havoc on iPhones and other mobile electronic devices. To protect them, we use covers, cases and pouches and most of them do the job they’re designed to do. But now, there is a product that’s invisible to the naked eye that can keep those electrons from fizzling out.

Say the Same Thing App Store’s 50 Billionth Download

May 18, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

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Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio, got more than he bargained for on Wednesday, when he downloaded Say the Same Thing by Space Inch, a free app from Apple’s App Store. That download was the App Store’s 50 billionth. And these are unique downloads and do not include updates or re-downloads. To commemorate this achievement, Ashmore receives a $10,000 App Store gift card.

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HEY EVERYONE!

The awesome sound of the NCredible NTunes is available at WIRELESSWAVE stores across Canada. For a limited time, they’re FREE with the activation of select handsets on the Rogers network, so come on down and check them out!

Filed Under: Apple, Apps Alive, Canoe Technology, GadgetGreg, Gaming, In the news · Tagged With: Apple, Apps, Canada, milestone

Free coin counters at TD Canada Trust

April 21, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

TD Coin Counter

If you’re like me and tons of other Canadians, you probably have jars full of coins lying around the house. Now it’s not like you’ve won 6/49 and the coins are purely incidental, it’s probably that you can never get around to sorting your coins, rolling them up and then taking them to the bank. However if you’re a customer of TD Canada Trust, they’ve just made that green armchair just a little more comfy rolling out a new service, pardon the pun, making rolling up a thing of the past.

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Filed Under: Business, Canoe Technology, GadgetGreg, In the news · Tagged With: banking, Canada

Telus, Rogers and Bell slash iPhone 5 pricing

March 7, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

Rogers Offering

If you’re looking for an iPhone 5, now might be a great time to consider one. As rumours of the iPhone 5S and even an iPhone mini continue to circulate, Canada’s three major telcos are offering lowering pricing on the iPhone 5 models with a term plan only, with prices on the 16GB models being made available for under $100 or even free for a refurbished unit with one provider.

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Filed Under: Apple, Canoe Technology, GadgetGreg, In the news, Signs of the Times · Tagged With: bell, Canada, iPhone, pricing, Rogers, telus

Technology companies grab top 3 in most influential brands

February 1, 2013 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

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When you think of brands that influence you, what kind are they and which ones first come to mind? According to a recent study of most influential brands, the top three, ranked highest by Canadians are tech-related. In fact, technology brands grab five of the top ten spots.

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Filed Under: Canoe Technology, GadgetGreg, In the news, Taking care of business · Tagged With: branding, Business, Canada

Review: Kudos Mobile Credit Card Acceptance Kit

November 30, 2011 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

Kudos

Let’s face it; we live in a plastic society. When buying goods or services or even making donations today, it’s pretty much expected that the merchant or organization would accept credit cards. If you don’t you might just lose the sale.

iPhone 4 Hands on Review

July 29, 2010 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

The long awaited and much anticipated Apple iPhone 4 arrives in Canada today and if you thought the iPhone 3GS was an innovation, Apple’s 4th generation device with their new energy efficient and their own powerful A4 chip, is way beyond that. After test-driving it for a few days it exceeded my expectations, incorporating slick new features available today that were once only as realistic as you had seen them in the movies. READ FULL REVIEW AT CANOE TECH

Filed Under: Apple, Canoe Technology, GadgetGreg, News, Review · Tagged With: Apple, Canada, gadgetguy, iphone 4, iphone4, unlocked

iPhone 4 Arrives in Canada July 30th, Antennagate over

July 16, 2010 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

Canadians and folks in 16 other countries will have to wait no longer, as Steve Jobs unveiled the latest list of countries destined to receive the iPhone this coming Friday, July 30th.

The announcement came at the end of the Press Conference Apple held this morning at.READ FULL POST AT CANOE TECH BLOG

Filed Under: Apple, Canoe Technology, GadgetGreg, New Product, smartphone · Tagged With: Apple, Canada, iphone 4