Category: Tech
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Google To Set New Image Standard For The Web: WebP
Chromium Blog: WebP, a new image format for the Web: “Images and photos make up about 65% of the bytes transmitted per web page today. They can significantly slow down a user’s web experience, especially on bandwidth-constrained networks such as a mobile network. Images on the web consist primarily of lossy formats such as JPEG,…
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Sad day for Macstuff cabling.
Ahhh, our furry companions, source of comfort and pride. They are also a weaselly bunch when they want to be. This is what happens after you scold a cat for running/jumping all over the kitchen counters, knocking things down when they get bit by the Midnight-Crazies. First, cats won’t get in your face and call…
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To Get Things Done or Not?
My thoughts in response to a ForkBombr article, a Tweet from @AFrogInTheValley (aka Sylvain Carle) and a shared discussion in DadCast 20 Lately I’ve been reading a lot of Tweets and posts as well as hearing how many self proclaimed GTD gurus and ninjas are struggling as of late to keep on top of their…
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FaceTime on the Desktop? Yes Please!
FaceTime Set to Come to Mac OS X and Windows?: “To begin, iLife ’11, which we announced this summer (with the disappearance of iDVD) , could finally come out very very soon. In addition, it is rumored that Apple is preparing to leave FaceTime for Mac and PC, the Mac version coming to settle down…
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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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Hand over your wallets! I’ve got an iPhone and you’re gonna buy it!!!
So Apple has generously reminded us that the latest saviour of our high-tech (un-American) soul goes on sale this Friday (our southern brethren were saved earlier in the year). And the usual tipsters have done a wonderful job digging up the non-deal-with-the-devil (or unlocked) prices. Thanks to the CBC we know that the 16 GB…
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Apple Doesn’t Announce the Magic Trackpad and Still Trends Worldwide
So Apple very quietly refreshed its desktop line this morning, the iMacs are faster, the Mac Pro now has 12 cores and displays were refreshed a little too. You can read all about that on Engadget and all the other Tech Blogs. Oh and they also released something called the Magic Trackpad: a slick aluminum…
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We are deeply sorry – Steve Jobs Aplogizes and Hands Out Freebies
To our customers who are affected by the issue, we are deeply sorry, and we are going to give you a free case or a full refund. This is basically how Steve Jobs laid it out to the press corps that attended the Cupertino invite this morning. After admitting that signal loss form holding any…
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Camera+ for the iPhone: Pure Clickety Goodness
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.…