Month: March 2012
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Competition best for wireless industry? Maybe not
So apparently the finally tally is we need competition, but not too much. Unfortunately Canada doesn’t have enough, we’re at least one national player too short. Not all our providers are studied in this report, and it pre-dates our new entrants arrival on the scene. But it does make a very good case for the…
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Happy 1st Birthday Go!
Google’s revolutionary new programming language Go has just hit a major milestone: version 1.0!!! I know the computer science world doesn’t really need another programming language. We’ve already got so many to choose from it’s hard to find two programmers with overlapping skills. The only language that has really stood the test of time is…
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Google’s Dropbox competitor will reportedly launch in April
The famed, mysterious G-Drive is apparently finally coming to the internet! There have long been reports since 2006 that the G-Drive, used internally at Google as Platypus, was coming. It’s hard to imagine that the initial, free, limit is 1 GB when services like Drop Box offer 2 GB and Sugar Sync offers 5 GB.…
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RIM Isn’t Going Anywhere… Literally!
“Our checks indicate that current demand is poor: BlackBerry 7 devices are now close to six months old, and our checks suggest that the initial enthusiasm post launch has tailed off,” the analyst wrote. “We model 11 million unit volumes in FYQ4, at the low end of the guidance range. Management’s aggressive marketing campaign, targeted…
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Angry Birds Space needs a big screen
I succumbed and installed Angry Birds Space. After seeing the promo by NASA it was hard to resist. Angry Birds is great time killer for when the day is done and my brain is on vege-mode. But the latest addition to the franchise is a bit hard on the eyes on my little (um, well,…
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Why I Quit Facebook
Twitter is awsome! 140 characters then STFU!!! I only follow people I know so even if I only check it on the train twice a day I’m still not scrolling more than a couple pages to catch-up. And it only takes a few seconds to read each tweet. If there’s something really interesting I can…
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Galaxy Nexus Owner Smokes a Windows Phone Still Gets the Shaft
It’s the sorry and admittedly one-sided tale of Galaxy Nexus-owner Sahas Katta, who claims he beat a “Get Smoked” Windows Phone challenge at a Microsoft store yesterday, but was denied his prize. A Microsoft insider has since tweeted that he’ll “make it right” for Sahas, but will it be the kind of right that includes…
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DadCast Episode 45 • What to Wear in the Spring: 25 Must-Have Men’s Spring Essentials
This post may contain affiliate links. (What’s this?) When it comes to mens spring fashion, guys face a few challenges. For one thing, spring weather doesn’t dictate our wardrobes nearly as much as winter weather does. (When there’s four inches of snow on the ground, you have to wear boots.) This means that in the spring we actually…
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When Office Technology Overwhelms, Get Organized
David Allen’s book on productivity, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (or GTD to his followers) was the second book on productivity I read, but the one that made the most impact. It has a simple philosophy that is broad enough to apply everywhere and straight-forward. I have to admit I’ve fallen off…
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Apple iPhone: Top of Pops for Canucks
Apple surpassed RIM as the top mobile phone manufacturer in Canada said Bloomberg on Thursday. Data from IDC and Bloomberg suggests Apple shipped 2.85 million handsets in 2011, while RIM shipped 2.08 million. This is down from 2008 when RIM out shipped Apple almost five to one. We all saw this coming months ago, but…