Author: Johnny Canuck
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Google Goggles To Iphone By Year’s End (via Boy Genius Report)
Yahoo! News: Google Goggles to iPhone by year’s end « Boy Genius Report: “Speaking at the Hot Chips conference at Stanford University, Goggles’ project lead David Petrou noted that the application would come to the iPhone before the end of 2010.” I’m actually really looking forward to this because right now augmented reality on the…
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I Just Need Need Your Address -via XKCD
xkcd: I Don’t Want Directions: “Sadly this happens to us far more often than we would like it. “ Also this should give Steve’s TomTom Go 720 review a new set of legs for another 6 months.
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Did Justin Long JailBreak his iPhone or was he Kimmel’d
After seeing the obvious Cydia logo on Justin Long’s iPhone, I had to snicker that he had actually JailBroken his phone and left it on that app page when the only obvious button in the dock is the SMS button. But then it occurred to me that the phone’s screen was being displayed live on…
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So What’s Your GeekBench Score?
Primate Labs Geekbench: “Geekbench provides a comprehensive set of benchmarks engineered to quickly and accurately measure processor and memory performance. Designed to make benchmarks easy to run and easy to understand, Geekbench takes the guesswork out of producing robust and reliable benchmark results.” So we had a little fun in the office benchmarking Adi’s new…
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Montreal band Metric Launch the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant
Montreal based indie band Metric headlined a free open air concert for the Samsung launch of the Galaxy S Vibrant last night outside Toronto Union Station. So after leaving my afternoon meeting in downtown Toronto last night, I decided to check out Foursquare for good pubs nearby and noticed that 40 people were trending at…
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Auntie Beeb Considering the IPad, Old Grey Whistle Test
BBC trialling iPad – IT Business – News & Features – ITP.net: “BBC CIO John Linwood revealed the details of the trial in an interview with UK magazine Computing. ‘We’re seeding the organisation [with the devices],’ he said. ‘We put some iPads into production and some into management and other roles to see if people…
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Designers, “Hacks” and Professionalism: Are We Our Own Worst Enemy? – Smashing Magazine
Designers, “Hacks” and Professionalism: Are We Our Own Worst Enemy? – Smashing Magazine: ““The need is constant. The gratification is instant.”[..] We want it all, instantly and as cheap as possible. We are a Walmart culture. Fast and cheap have entered our every pore and changed our society, our lives and our livelihoods. Compounding our…
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FaceTime over 3G, Did Apple Simply Forget?
FaceTime over 3G [Video] via 9 to 5 Mac: “Setup Instructions: 1) Jailbreak your iPhone 4 via www.jailbreakme.com. 2) Download and upgrade to the latest Cydia package. 3) Open Cydia, Go to Manage then Sources. 4) Click Sources, Edit then add: http://apt.modmyi.com 5) Search for “My3G” — download, and install it. 6) Go through the…
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Single Swipe Unlock Comes To iOS 4: iPhone 3GS & 4 BE FREE!
Boy Genius Report: “It’s pretty much a one swipe action to totally jail break your phone. It was so easy I… accidentally did it, but that’s OK cause it’s totally legal now right?” Go to JailBreakMe.com on your iPhone 3Gs or iPhone 4 to unlock your iDevice.