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  • DadCast Episode 26 • The Lion In Waiting

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    Nearly Live from the WendyHouse Studios of Valois Bay… This week we have the pleasure of being joined by with our first ever special guest dad: Stephen Hackett of founder of Forkbombr.net, guest writer for MacGasm.net and all around awesome dad of two great kids. Stephen joins us to discuss this week’s “Back to the…

  • How Badly Does Samsung Want To Be Apple?

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    Samsung gets official with Galaxy Tab accessory lineup — Engadget: “The two standouts are undoubtedly the Keyboard Dock and Multimedia Desk Dock, which each also double as a charger and pack a 3.5mm audio output, plus an HDMI out on the multimedia dock — look for them to set you back £69.99 and £39.99, respectively…

  • DadCast Episode 23 • The Year of the Tablet

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    Nearly Live From The Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… With the recent announcement of all the new tablet devices, we try to break down the differences and search for a way to fit them into our lives. Steve and Francois review the Apple TV and Netflix service, Steve gets grilled about his Kindle and the…

  • Lazy Beats Free: Ease Over Piracy

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    Over The Hedge: My good buddy Eric AKA @Schultzter sent me this comic as an @reply on Twitter this morning probably as some sort of jibe over the fact that Steve McGoo (@mtl_steve) and I have gone a little gaga over the new AppleTV and the recent introduction of Netflix.ca with its too good to…

  • The Fanboys of Downing Street

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    PM David Cameron: ON iPads and Wireless Music: “I’m very proud of the fact that I’ve got an iMac and I’ve got a speaker remotely linked without a wire which I did myself. I have all the music on the iMac. The cool thing is that I now control my iMac from the iPad, to…

  • Fat-Fingered Sumo Wrestlers Given iPads

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    BBC News – Fat-fingered sumo wrestlers given iPads: “Fat-fingered sumo wrestlers, unable to tap the keys on a standard mobile phone, are being given iPads to help improve communication.” Quite Possibly the best headline I have read this morning. Thank you Auntie Beeb.

  • Auntie Beeb Considering the IPad, Old Grey Whistle Test

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    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…

  • Bell to launch $30 6 GB smartphone data plan with tethering & iPad sharing

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    Bell Canada to launch $30 6 GB smartphone data plan with tethering and iPad sharing option « Boy Genius Report: “According to a Bell memo, the wireless carrier plans to offer a 6 GB data plan for $30 per month that will provide smartphone users with ‘unlimited Wi-Fi @ Starbucks’ as well as tethering. Bell…

  • Getting Ready for WWDC?

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    As you probably already know, the WWDC is on today and Apple does NOT broadcast it live. Most of us are relying on “liveblogs”. So here is the run down of what we are monitoring. You might want to try these links: Engadget.com TWiT.tv with Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt Andy Ihnatko GDGT.com Ars Technica…

  • Dear Steve, Where’s my I5 MacBook Pro?

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    Dear Steve, I have been a pretty loyal FanBoy / Apologist / Web Developer for the past 4 years. In fact, I was one of first Wintel Geeks North of the Border to switch to the new super cool Intel MacBooks. Despite the cooling issues, replacing the logic board a couple of times  and the…