Technology

My First Impressions After a Day with iOS7

After a challenging upgrade to iOS7 which consisted of multiple iTunes reinstalls, waiting for the download for close to half hour when it told me 5 minutes remaining and a brief period where I thought I might not get my phone to even boot back up, I finally got to play with the new OS…

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Lights Camera Dragon!!

Lights Camera Dragon The annual tradition of the Drachenstich Festival is know as the longest running community theater in Germany. The play is a combination   of myth and reality, a merger of dragons and the long debated Hussite wars  The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were fought between the…

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iThing of the Week: Contemplating Leaving the Apple Ecosystem

It is 10 PM. I’m sitting at my desk. I’ve updated iTunes, restarted my computer, backed up my iPhone to my computer, transferred apps and photos, and synced. Now I’m waiting for the newest iOS update, iOS 7, to download. I decided to go through iTunes because in the past this method has been the…

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Stardate 66114.3 Voyager 1 Has Entered Interstellar Space.

On August 25, 2012 Voyager 1 left our known universe and passed into interstellar space.  NASA  recently received data from Voyager that for the past year it had been traveling through an ionized gas zone present in the space between solar systems.   Since Voyager 1’s plasma sensor broke in the 1980s scientist calculated the emergence…

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Preparing Your iDevice For iOS 7

As I’m sure you gadget geeks know, the long anticipated debut of Apple’s iOS 7 is upon us.  At some point on Wednesday Apple will release the new software for your favorite iDevices.  In the past I’ve learned some lessons when it comes to upgrading that might be able to save you some pain in…

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Leaked iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 side by side photos

There was a time that the iShip was so carefully locked down that it took something as silly as an employee leaving a prototype at a bar to leak features of an upcoming product. With Apple’s announcement this past week it became painfully obvious that those days are long gone. Although there have been extensive…

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iThing of the Week: Apple’s September 10th Event

Hello Apple fans and those curious about the technology juggernaut. No matter how you feel about Apple, the company ushered in our current smartphone era when they announced the iPhone in 2007. Now, six years later, Apple has unveiled new iPhones that they claim will be the most advanced phones ever (until their new ones,…

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Why Chromecast Should Come To Canada Soon

Since its announcement in June, Google’s Chromecast has been making waves across the internet. While many people originally purchased the device thinking of it as a $35 toy, the device has quickly made its way into many people’s daily activities. As a huge supporter of tech that makes it easy for users to stream content…

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What I need from the iPhone 5S to keep me from Android

With the next incarnation of the iPhone reportedly days away from debut (currently rumoured as the iPhone 5S) I’ve found myself evaluating whether or not I want to continue in the Apple mobile ecosystem. While I have been a huge fan of the iPhone since the iPhone 3G days, I’ve found myself slowly checking out…

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BlackBerry Messenger for iOS Still Pending Approval

Senior Strategic Account Manager of BlackBerry, Alex Kinsella, took to twitter to advise the public that the iOS version of BlackBerry Messenger was submitted to Apple weeks ago. Just in case we forgot to mention, BBM for iPhone was submitted for review 2 wks ago. #waiting #BBM4ALL — Alex Kinsella (@alexkinsella) September 6, 2013 In…

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