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by Harry Saini
on Wed, February 8, 2012 2:57 PM
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Just when Apple fans thought it couldn’t get any better, the iPad has become one of the most useful home management tools on the planet.
Imagine going on the road for a number of days and being able to control important home devices/appliances (from the air conditioner, to house lights, to...
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by Techvibes Newsdesk
on Mon, February 6, 2012 11:51 AM
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Welcome to the BC App of the Week series presented by DigiBC. DigiBC's mission is to promote, support and accelerate the growth, sustainability and competitiveness of BC's digital media and wireless industry and they have partnered with Techvibes to highlight some of British Columbia's best apps.
This week's featured app is...
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by Rob Lewis
on Sun, February 5, 2012 7:15 AM
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Bell Canada has been fighting with the CRTC over deals the company has made to broadcast NHL hockey and NFL football games exclusively to its own wireless subscribers.
The CRTC ruled in December that BCE had gained an unfair advantage through those deals – and ordered it to...
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by Techvibes Newsdesk
on Thu, February 2, 2012 8:46 AM
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Vancouver-based CounterPath Corporation, a provider of desktop and mobile VoIP software products and solutions, has announced the addition of video calling to its Bria iPad Edition mobile softphone, now available in the Apple iTunes App Store for $14.99 (requires iOS 5.0). Bria allows your iPad to make phone calls over wifi or...
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by Ian Bell
on Tue, January 31, 2012 8:34 PM
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Ian Andrew Bell is a Techvibes Guest Contributor and this post was published on his blog yesterday. You can follow him on Twitter at @ianb.
When I was a kid, my mother and father handed me an Atari computer. When I opened the box, plugged it into the TV, and...
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by Knowlton Thomas
on Fri, January 27, 2012 2:37 PM
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Users of iPads and other tablets may be under a "serious risk" of developing neck and shoulder discomfort, a new study suggests. According to the U.S. Department of Environmental Health, using tablets can be considerably more dangerous than laptops or desktops because of how the body natrually positions its back...
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by Knowlton Thomas
on Thu, January 26, 2012 2:43 PM
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Mototrola's Q4 financial earnings report is out, and while it's not extraordinarily awful, there's little to be impressed by. One standout number (for the wrong reason) was tablets shipped—a very meagre one million.
The only flops comparable to the Xoom are HP's TouchPad, which was axed in under two months, and...
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by Knowlton Thomas
on Thu, January 26, 2012 6:00 AM
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Shove over, smartphones. Tablets are quickly crowding the enterprise.
A new report by Infinite Research suggests that, over the next 5 years, global growth for tablets in enterprises is pegged at an astonishing compound annual rate of 48%. This will see 2011's 13 million units shipped rise to an impressive 96 million...
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by Techvibes Newsdesk
on Wed, January 25, 2012 4:00 PM
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Are you ready to live the island dream?
First announced back in May 2011, Vancouver-based startup Exploding Barrel Games has at long last launched Margaritaville Online, a free Facebook and iOS game. The social, cross-platform game is an "immersive, everyday escape" inspired by the lifestyle of Jimmy Buffett.
"The Margaritaville laid-back state...
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by Knowlton Thomas
on Tue, January 24, 2012 2:46 PM
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Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter. Apple posted record quarterly revenue of $46.3 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13 billion ($13.87 per diluted share). AAPL stock soared 8% to a new all-time high of more than $450 in after-hours trading.
The company's numbers are...
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