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GIVEAWAY: Zero Dark Thirty Calgary Preview
[twitter]The gang at Future Shop are always a great help for me when it comes to gathering gear and items for my Tech Buzz segment each week on Global Calgary’s …
Global Tech Buzz: Backup Reminder
When was the last time you did a backup? I got a reminder of that this week when my MacBook Pro hard drive started to fail and the gang at …
TV’s Strength Is The Second Screen
TV numbers aren’t shrinking. It counteracts conventional wisdom, that tv should have it’s revenue grow in an era of time shifting, PVRs, piracy and streaming. But it’s true. To be …
CES 2012 Celebrity Preview
CES may stand for Consumer Electronics Show, but when the biggest trade show of the year hits Las Vegas, standing out in the crowd can be tough – enter the …
2011 Future Shop Boxing Day Sale App / Flyer
Yes, Virginia, even on Boxing Day, there is an app for that. Once again, Future Shop‘s Boxing Day Sale will happen on Christmas Eve at 8p EST. This year, you won’t …
Hootsuite or Tweetdeck?
[twitter]How do you tweet? I admit I’m a power user, I’ve amassed more than 50 000 tweets in the 4 years of using the service. (12k a year, 1k a …
10 Segway Fails
“Segway will be to the car what the car was to the horse and buggy.” — Dean Kamen, quoted in Time on December 2, 2001 “Ginger” (the Segway’s code name) hasnt quite …
The Plusification Of Everything
Google has been undergoing a bit of a makeover the past few months as each of their services gets folded into a new look that started with the release of …
55 Apps To Preload For Kids
The surveys are in and kids want something from Apple for Christmas. If you’re obliging them with an iPod Touch or the family an iPad, don’t just give them the …
16 Gag Gifts For Geeks
Buying something for the techie on your list that has everything, or gets rather particular about the kind of gadgetry they play can be difficult, especially if you don’t speak …