Technology
Nexus 5 Released – Pretty much what everyone guessed…
Yesterday Google finally announced the latest product to be added to their popular Nexus product line – the Nexus 5. The highly anticipated (and leaked) device is on sale in the Google Play store for $349 USD for a 16GB Model and $399 USD for a 32GB Model. As anticipated (ok I’ll stop saying this…
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iThing of the Week: Can You Escape
Can You Escape, by Kaarel Kirsipuu, is a puzzle game. You find yourself in a room. You are not given any clues about how to escape; you must explore the room to find clues and objects that will help you escape. Tapping is how you will discover the parts of the room you can interact…
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Nexus 5, the worst kept secret since the iPhone 5C/5S…
It appears every time Google plugs one leak in the Nexus 5 ship another springs up – this time courtesy of a company in my fair country. Yesterday on their Facebook page Canadian telecom WIND Mobile posted a pre-registration for the Nexus 5. The pre-registration page (above) seems to support not only the recent posting…
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Setting Up and Using Google Chromecast in Canada
After reading my colleague’s initial Chromecast experience, I found myself eagerly waiting for the product to come to Canada. I recently went on a trip to Phoenix and when I discovered that the Chromecast was readily available at the local Best Buy I had to buy one to bring back. Although I had read online…
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iThing of the Week: Apple October 2013 Event
On October 22, 2013, Apple held an event announcing new shiny stuff many are eager to have. Apple plans to launch new MacBooks and MacPro, and they discussed the improved iOS X Mavericks, but my focus was on the new iPads. As usual, Apple touted stats. The app store has over 1,000,000 apps, and customers…
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Nexus 5 Listed in Google Play Store…
… or at least it was for a brief period. The highly rumored Google Nexus 5 has had yet another leak courtesy of, well, Google themselves. Last night reports started coming from multiple media outlets that when certain users went to the devices section of Google’s Play Store that instead of seeing the Nexus 4…
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iThing of the Week: Turbo Tip Calculator
Many people don’t know that servers in most restaurants don’t earn minimum wage in the United States; tipped employees are actually paid $2.13 (in some states it is more), which is why servers rely on tips. For those of us who don’t want to spend time figuring out the proper tip, Turbo Tip Calculator is…
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iThing of the Week: The Simpsons: Tapped Out
The Simpsons: Tapped Out doesn’t really need additional publicity, but out of all of the games I’ve played on my various iDevices, including the ones I’ve discussed here, Tapped Out is the one I’m still playing a year after I started. In case you haven’t heard of The Simpsons: Tapped Out, the game, which has…
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Your Best Defence : A Smart House
In honor of the new season of The Walking Dead, I wanted to take a moment to look at a smart house and how it could save your life. Whether its the strange change in the weather or the zombies banging at your door, your home may be your best defence in case of a…
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