Today Dell Canada and Fongo announced the launch of their new mobile app, Dell Voice – a free to download full feature VoIP phone alternative that may help Canadians save money on their mobile phone bills.
Users of Android and iOS devices can now avoid costly long-distance charges and daytime calling restrictions from their wireless carrier by receiving and placing calls to landline and mobile phones using Dell Voice.
Dell Voice is loaded with free features that Canadians typically pay for as part of their carrier’s plan. Features included with Dell Voice are free local and long-distance calls to most of Canada, free unlimited incoming calls, free Voicemail, free Caller ID, and free Call Waiting to name a few.
Dell Voice uses Voice-Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology to receive and place calls with users existing data connection1 (i.e. 3G, 4G or WiFi) on the Fibernetics network.
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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 door locks); waking early in the morning to a chilly home and turning the furnace on before hopping out of bed; and cutting down on energy costs by monitoring each of your major appliances for efficiency -- all from your trusty iPad.
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Yesterday Rogers Communications announced the launch of Rogers One Number a service that allows Canadians to extend their Rogers wireless number to their computer.
Rogers One Number lets you text and talk from your computer and video chat with other Rogers One Number users on your computer, all using your wireless number.
Rogers One Number is available for free exclusively to Rogers wireless customers.
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The Art of Leadership Conference is full day conference in Vancouver on March 29th featuring 6 Bestselling authors and leaders including:
Patrick Lencioni - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - @patricklencioniTechvibes doesn't want you to miss out on your chance to attend The Art of Leadership, so we're giving away four tickets.
To enter to win, simply tweet about who you're looking forward to seeing at The Art of Leadership. Be sure to use the hashtag #artofleadership as well as the @techvibes Twitter handle to make it official.
Example: I want to win tickets from @techvibes to go to the #artofleadership to see @GeneralHillier
You have until the end of February to enter and on Thursday, March 1st we'll announce the four winners.
The Art of Leadership takes place on March 29th at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. Can't wait to find out if you've won a free ticket? Use promo code TV23 to save $50 off the $399 ticket price or $100 off if you buy 3 or more tickets.
The Next 36 is coming out to BC and will be connecting with over 400 students over two days.
If you're a university student come learn about The Next 36 – Canada’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative, supported by over 50 of Canada’s top business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors.
This national program for students entering 2nd, 3rd and 4th year in Fall 2012, provides up to $50k in startup capital, world class faculty and mentorship from some of Canada’s top entrepreneurs and nation builders.
The Next 36 will be hosting two events on February 9th (one at UBC and one at SFU) as well as attending Enterprize Canada on February 10th in hopes of connecting with the top young entrepreneurs in BC.
It's always difficult to choose which wine bottle you're going home with. Natalie MacLean wants to make that much easier for you.
MacLean, who has built a series of Canadian wine apps since 2009 that allows you to see the real-time stock for every wine bottle at the particular store has realized that's not useful for the hurried average wine connoisseur. She's developed a new app that is all about finding the top 10 wines in the stores closest to you by price, type and review score. Additionally, if you're looking to stock up on something in particular, the app will tell you which stores have the bottle in particular you are looking for and how many there are available.
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Have you ever searched for something on Craigslist or Kijiji only to find NO results? Considering the breadth of items available between these two popular classified sites, it's safe to say your timing is just off and your unique item will be online again soon.
But how do you make sure you catch it before someone nabs it next time? Enter Toronto's iSiteWatch.
iSiteWatch watches the major classified sites, alerting you instantly when an item you are looking for is found.
The free classifieds monitoring service is available across all major Canadian citiies and notifies you by email when results matching your search criteria are found on Craigslist, Kijiji, or Backpage.
iSiteWatch was created by University of Toronto computer Science grad Bogdan Makovsky and is currently in beta.
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A recent study, conducted by Montreal's Lemay Yates Associates Ltd. on behalf of Rogers Communications Ltd., reveals Canada’s Internet to be amongst the best in the world.
The report carried out 52 million speed tests across G7 nations and members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). According to the Lemay Yates report, Canada has the highest broadband penetration (74%), second-lowest monthly broadband costs ($30.79/month on average) of the G7 countries, and comes in 7th of 33 across the OECD countries for broadband subscription fees.
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Did you know that the Government of British Columbia has a place where you can access over 2,600 datasets free of charge?
Launched in July 2011, DataBC is the first provincial open data initiative in Canada.
Governments are becoming aware that data – the quantitative information about their services and the communities they serve – is not just a by-product of operations, but a valuable strategic asset. DataBC make these assets available by providing reliable, authoritative and accessible data as an essential ingredient to identify and solve problems.
[read more]By now everyone has likely heard the story of two Toronto high-school students that sent a flag-carrying Lego man in to space. Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad used a weather balloon to send the lego figure 80,000 feet in to the atmosphere, along with several video and still cameras to document the journey.
They made sure a video camera was pointed at the small Lego figure as it made its ascent high above the Earth’s surface. The figure, positioned on a plank holding a Maple Leaf, can be seen where it begins its journey in a wintry Toronto-area park.
Media coverage has been overwhelming and the boys have become mini-celebrities gathering accolades along the way.
The cameras used by the teens were made by Canon and upon reading their story, Canon Canada decided to recognize the two teens with new Canon cameras in the hopes that Matthew and Asad continue to develop inspirational and innovative projects and capture their stories with creative images. Smart move Canon.
Look for Lego Man to be covered in logos during his next voyage.
