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Apple confirms the existence of the Tablet

Posted by Karim Kanji on Fri, January 15, 2010 4:47 AM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Uncategorized · No Comments
  Last last year we reported that Apple was ready to launch their version of the Tablet.  Since then the blogosphere has been busy reporting on what features this potential new product may have.  Many have also opined what this means for Apple. Apple, however, has been characteristically quiet.  Until now. Gizmodo.com has confirmed... [more]

Slacker Radio comes to Canada

Posted by Karim Kanji on Thu, January 14, 2010 1:36 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Uncategorized · No Comments
Earlier this morning, Jasmine France of cnet.com reported that Canadians are finally able to build their own station on Slacker Radio.   Jasmine reports that Slacker Radio's tight relationship with the people at BlackBerry helped aided them in their foray north of the 49th.  Although many Canadian music lovers will be... [more]

Shopify offers $120,000 in prize money to start your own business

Posted by Karim Kanji on Tue, January 12, 2010 12:56 PM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Uncategorized · No Comments
  2010 is already 12 days old.  And many of you have “starting my own business” as one of your goals for 2010 and this new decade.  And Shopify wants to help you get there.  Already highlighted as a company to watch this year, Shopify has really put its money where its... [more]

Toronto Police Services takes its cue from CSI

Posted by Karim Kanji on Tue, January 12, 2010 4:17 AM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Uncategorized · No Comments
It's not the stuff of prime time TV's CSI.  Yet.  But the Toronto Police Services, one of Canada's most tech-savvy police forces has become a little more high tech. Virginia-based, MediaSolv Solutions Corp. announced on Monday that the Toronto Police Service (TPS) has deployed its integrated Digital Evidence Management (iDEM)... [more]

Amazon Kindle DX Now Available In Canada

Posted by Malcolm Bastien on Wed, January 6, 2010 6:40 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Uncategorized · No Comments
Amazon announced this morning that the Kindle DX is now available for pre-order in Canada. The Kindle DX which sports a large 9.7” screen compared to the regular Kindle with only a 6” screen, is available for pre-orders, and will ship on January 19. The classic, smaller Amazon Kindle was only available... [more]

Free Wi-Fi service in Toronto Public Libraries

Posted by Karim Kanji on Mon, January 4, 2010 10:25 AM · Filed under Toronto , Uncategorized · No Comments
This morning the Toronto Public Library (TPL) announced that all of it's branches are now equipped with free wireless internet access. The anouncement is a response to meet demand from customers coming to the library with personal wireless devices. Customers may connect in any library branch with their laptop, smartphone... [more]

5 Questions with Techvibes

Posted by Karim Kanji on Wed, December 30, 2009 9:21 AM · Filed under Toronto , Uncategorized · No Comments
Recently, the Toronto tech community has been introduced to the Techvibes Toronto team.  As a result, the past couple of months have seen a dramatic growth in the number of articles being published on Techvibes highlighting the Toronto scene. Starting on Wednesday January 6th 2010 you can expect to be introduced... [more]

Apple Tablet - coming in 2010.

Posted by Karim Kanji on Thu, December 24, 2009 8:57 AM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Uncategorized · 7 Comments
OK Apple fans.  The long awaited debut of the Apple Tablet is upon you.  According to the Financial Times, Apple has rented the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco in late January. While both Apple has made no comment about the event, sources familiar... [more]

Santa's use of technology

Posted by Karim Kanji on Wed, December 23, 2009 1:39 PM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Uncategorized · No Comments
In celebration of Christmas I thought Techvibes readers would appreciate the various technologies and tools Santa uses.  And he must use vast amounts of technology.  How else can we explain how he makes gifts for millions of children around the world, he delivers them unnoticed and all in one night? ... [more]

Toronto-based i4i Inc. wins Microsoft appeal

Posted by Karim Kanji on Tue, December 22, 2009 12:03 PM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Uncategorized · No Comments
Toronto-based i4i Inc. today won a U.S. federal appeals decision worth US$290-million judgement against Microsoft Corp. The ruling also includes an injunction, set to go into effect Jan. 11, that would prevent the sale of some versions of Microsoft'spopular Word word processing software. Today's decision was on an appeal Microsoft launched against... [more]