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Must Have Gadgets From CES 2013 Part 1

If you’re a fan of tech gadgets I’m sure that you’ve been following the news coming from the Consumer Electronics Show 2013.  And if you haven’t been following the show, I’ve found some of the coolest new gadgets that I wish I could have.  So join me in drooling over some awesome tech gadgets. First…

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Samsung refreshes Galaxy S II with the Galaxy S II Plus

Only a few years ago if you were to tell a consumer that you were going to sell them an outdated phone, you would have been laughed at; however, in recent years the previous-generation product line has become quite popular. The change happened years ago when many manufactures began to sell previous-models of their smartphones…

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The End of an Era: Sony Halts PS2 Production

I’m sure this is a surprise to many of you, but until recently Sony was still making and shipping Playstation 2 consoles.  Yes, you did read that correctly, I said PS2.  Despite having the PS3 on the market and basically ceasing game production on the PS2 Sony was still rolling out PS2 consoles. According to…

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Google Play projected to beat Apple App Store to 1,000,000 Apps

When Google Play (previously Android Market) first made its debut its collection of apps were laughable when stacked against the Apple Store; however, as Android has gained more traction in the mobile and tablet market, they have been neck-and-neck with their competition. I recently read an article that indicated that Google Play is projected to…

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Facebook Messenger VoIP, eh?

As a Canadian citizen I often find as new products are rolled out in other countries, I’m left waiting months for them to get to Canada. Any Canadian citizen will tell you that often the Canadian equivalent of popular US-based services leave a lot to be desired (Amazon & Netflix to name a couple). I…

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iOS 6 ‘Do Not Disturb’ Bug Pops Up

Personally, I make use of the Do Not Disturb feature that was added in the release of iOS 6.  Now my phone and iPad both know at midnight to mute all notifications and to silence my ringer.  There will be no interrupting my sleep! But, on New Year’s Day I noticed both my iOS devices…

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You should get a Solid State Drive (SSD)… No really, you SHOULD.

Over the last couple years I’ve been finding more and more people converting over to Solid State Hard Drives (SSD) in their computers. No matter what drive, size or model of SSD people have chosen, everyone talks about a huge increase in performance. As you can imagine, being a big computer geek a solid state…

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Radio Might Be Dead

Nowadays we have gotten used to carrying our smartphones around with us everywhere we go.  With a persistent data connection your smartphone is now much more than just a phone.  If you can find it on the Internet you can see it on your phone. That might be why more and more car makers are integrating streaming audio app compatibility into…

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A Kickstarter Project Changed Apple Policy?

I’ve always kept watch on a variety of Kickstarter projects.  I tend to watch and see what, if any, projects are interesting.  If I find something interesting then its time to do some research and see just how feasible the end result of the project might be.  Doing the research I what has caused me…

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Nintendo’s Wii U Holiday Advice

The latest game console on the market is the Wii U by Nintendo.  There have many criticisms of the system since it launched.  One of the biggest criticisms was that the Wii U has a massive system update required right out of the box. This update clocks in at a little over 1 GB, so…

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