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  • ForkBombr — What Apple Needs to Get Done at Friday’s Press Conference

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    ForkBombr — What Apple Needs to Get Done at Friday’s Press Conference: “I think the best outcome is a three-pronged fix: A slightly-revamped iPhone 4 with a clear coating on the steel band. A free Bumper — or unit replacement — for any phones that display the issue. Since every phone doesn’t exhibit the problem, this…

  • tap tap tap’s secrets to App Store success – Payola

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    tap tap tap reveals secrets of how to succeed in the App Store Now they feel that contests (they gave away an “ultimate camera package” worth about $10K, and have also held weekly best photo contests) are a great way to get free publicity through social media channels. When I worked in radio, we called…

  • Camera+ for the iPhone: Pure Clickety Goodness

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    When my fellow Canuck and shutterbug, Lisa Bettany, teamed up for with the TapTapTap guys to make Camera+ (iTunes link) I was a little curious but also a little wary. I thought to myself, here we go again, another photographer renowned for usually sporting a Canon 5D MkII touting the merits of the iPhone’s camera.…

  • Hey Canucks! How Is Your iOS4 Upgrade Going?

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    To be quite honest, the results are a little mixed here in the Wendyhouse… Steve McGoo upgraded his Rogers phone without any incident and managed to get his Gmail up and running with any issues. However, I have not been having too much luck.

  • 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…

  • Jamais Deux Sans Trois

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    “Jamais Deux Sans Trois” is a french expression meaning that events always happen in threes. And usually it’s associated with bad luck. And of course this perfectly sums up the past couple  of weeks worth of tech disasters. It pretty much all started when I went on a cross-country ski trip a few weeks back.…

  • DadCast Episode 13 – Unlucky For Some

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    Nearly Live from the Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… So I’m not the only one having a bad week… Join us this week as we revisit a few of our favourite issues like Steph’s crappy HP phone, my busted up GPS  unit and the joys of traveling by air. Dads on this week’s call: François…

  • DadCast Episode 10 – Maybe You Left It On Foursquare

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    Nearly Live from the Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… The Dads have now completely abandonned their search for Schultzter after losing The Burg down a well in Chambly and are now simply looking to find the rest of the show. Along the way they ramble along about Foursquare, Google Buzz, Epic CEO resignations and how…

  • Google Announces GMail Buzz

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    In this week’s TWiT #243, Kara Swisher of AllThingsD.com talks about how Google has often missed the mark in their social networking because they hold off releasing products form the Labs until they are completely satisfied that it can be automated 100%. Whereas, most of the successful social networking start-ups have heavily focused and even…

  • Three Weeks With An Android – Part DEUX

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    One of the perks of being the resident geek, is every once in a while a new smart phones lands on your desk and your asked to review it and give it your honest opinion. Just before Christmas , my bosses gave the gift of an Android. In fact Samsung had launched their HSPA capable…