Press Release: Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App StoreMARKHAM, Ontario—November 4, 2009—Apple® today announced that developers have created over 100,000 apps for the revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. iPhone® and iPod touch® customers in 77 countries can choose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. App Store users have downloaded well over two billion apps, continuing to make it the world’s most popular applications store.“The App Store, now with over 100,000 applications available, is clearly a major differentiator for millions of iPhone and iPod touch customers around the world,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The iPhone SDK created the first great platform for mobile applications and our customers are loving all of the amazing apps our developers are creating.”“The App Store has forever c...

It's getting to the point that soon you will not be able to use your cellphone or smartphone in your car in any jurisdiction unless you can do so hands-free.Here are a few photos of 5 Bluetooth devices that can keep you street legal.  You can read the entire article posted at Canoe Technology Jabra  BT2080 BlueTooth Headset ($49)Courtesy Jabra   Yada Bluetooth Headset with Charger  & Dock ($79, $99 with Dock)  Photo Courtesy Canadian TireSound ID 300 Bluetooth Headset ($129.99)  Courtesy SoundID Yada BlueTooth RearViewCaller ID Mirror ($149.99)Courtesy Canadian Tire iLane: ($399) Courtesy iLane.caPrice are MSRP - I'm sure they will go on sale as the demand heats up as well as the competition======================================================Read Gadget Guy Greg Gazin Technology Columns at Canoe Technology and Enjoy Greg' Toastmasters Podcasts at Toastcaster.Com...

   He's well known, outspoken and uncensored. No, he's not a comedian, but Tech Celebrity John Dvorak. John will be his usual self at this year's 27th Annual CIPS Conference ICE Conference 2009 being held in Edmonton Nov 2-4, 2009.In addition to Dvorak, there is a host of incredible speakers lined up for this 3-day event. Here is just a taste of them. Local hero Jonathan Schaeffer kicks off the conference sharing how his own innovations in AI led to a computer winning at checkers. Bell's Justin Webb talks about the next big show- the 2010 Olympics- and how IT is making it work.Jeremy Gutsche- who The Globe and Mail has called “the go-to guy for what’s next,” has been featured everywhere from Entertainment Tonight to the BBC. His bold views on innovation and the next big thing kick off a special night of programming called Start Me Up, which features demonstrations from local start ups.Catherine Vu- local networking expert will be leading a session on innovative networkin...

Photo: EveryMac.comNot a day goes by or should I say minute goes by where there is not a new gadget being released somewhere in the world. Of course with that, I foolishly forgot that on Friday, the iPod celebrated it's 8th birthday.Hard to believe that a gadget such as this - one that you can find just about anywhere and everywhere is only 8.  I guess that a little more than 1 year for a dog, but in tech years, it's like a generation.The original iPod cost $500 and had a capacity of 5GB but unlike today's nano that had a solid state drive does photos and video and a whole lot more, this one actually had a hard drive in it.  It wouldn't be until 5 months later that you could get the 10GB model.It was white and used Firewire as an interface as opposed to USB 2.0 that it uses now. It has  2" mono screen witrh a resolution of 160 x128 and was only Mac Compatible. When you compare the latest hard drive based iPod - the iPod Classic it's only $279 and has a 160GB hard...

Apple is doing official iPhone Tech Talk tours in select cities across the world from October 29th to  December 15th.If you are an iPhone Developer it's an opportunity to get expert advice creating the next killer application.  The event is free, but they are stressing that seating is limited.There is only one Canadian stop and it's in Toronto on December 3rd at the Hyatt Regency on King.If you are not registered in the iPhone Developer Program here is an excuse to become one.======================================================Read Gadget Guy Greg Gazin Technology Columns at Canoe Technology and Enjoy Greg' Toastmasters Podcasts at Toastcaster.Com...

MACPROMO.COMIF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR MAC YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT THIS BUNDLE The Mac Security Bundle is a great opportunity to protect your Mac and it's valuable data and save yourself a bundle.Here are 12 of the best Mac security programs at an unbeatable price, this one-time offer at a price that you would pay for just one application. There is a bonus of a free  as a bonus for the first 10,000 purchasers - a free copy of Radio Gaga by GagaFactory - it allows you to listen to and record Internet Radio stations on your Mac. This offer ends on October 31, 2009. great deal IntegoVirusBarrier X5 The acclaimed antivirus program for Mac. MicromatTechTool Pro 5 Hard drive and system repair and maintenance tool. AbsoluteComputrace LoJack ...

Less than 2 months after the release of the slimmed down 120GB version of thePlayStation®3 (PS3™) system($299 CDN SRP), Sony Computer Entertainment Canada announced that November 3rd, there will be a 250GB version for $349.99 CDN SRP.There will be no changes to the unit and the 120gb version will still remain available.“The PS3 platform is poised for a tremendous holiday season,” said Scott A. Steinberg, vice president, product marketing, SCEA (America). “We kicked things off early with the new price point and sleek form factor and have continued the momentum with this week’s launch of the universally acclaimed exclusive, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. The new 250GB PS3 provides consumers with another compelling hardware option and speaks to the growing consumer appetite for digital content from the PlayStation Network – particularly high-def content that showcases the power of the PS3 system.”  The demand for storage doesn't seem to stop. SCEA claims that over 600 million pieces of ...

As The Montreal International Games Summit  (MIGS) is about to enter it's 6th edition, this year the summit will feature 5 Keynote speakers: Yoichi Wada, President and CEO, Square Enix Paul Holden, Lead Architect, Media Molecule Jason Holtman, Director, Business Development, Valve Heather Chaplin, Professor, The New School Chris Hecker, Technology Fellow, Maxis/EAIn addition, there will be  over 80 conferences and round tables given by international top experts of the industry.And that's not all. You're guaranteed there will be lots of learning, laughing and a whole lot of MOOSE, SCHMOOZE AND DO'S (their theme) at this year's 2009 MIGS. There will be a plethora of industry and business professionals. See what you can learn or maybe what kind of deal you can make!Last year there were over 100 speakers and 1500 attendees and each year it seems to get better and better.I attended a previous MIGS and had a blast, learnt a lot and met some great people! IF you needed an e...

Brother MFC-990CW      "Fax Machine? What's that?", the little boy said to his Dad.I've had a fax line with the same number for longer than I care to remember - but for some reason I have never given it up. Recently though, I decided to move the number to an existing number and add SmartRing allowing me to use that number on my main line for only $5 instead of paying for a complete line.We can talk about Smartring another time.I realised that I was only getting about 2 faxes a month, plus 1 annoying fax from Gary Hunt, an Edmonton Realtor and the guy who sell those Lawn Cards - where you get those buzzards on your lawn to remind you how old you are. I have asked Gary by fax, by phone and by email to please take me off his list, but alas he refuses. I guess he's never heard of the do not call list.  Again, lets keep that to another time.My question is - are fax machines still relevant?  If a company wants to send me a fax, I ask, do you have it in ele...

Back in July the price of the Dell Adamo was slashed $500US from $1999US to $1499US ($1644CDN).  Even after the drop, the price on the Dell Canada website remained at $2499CDN with no indication of an upcoming change. Read Greg's Article: What the Dell Happened Here!.So I went on line and engage one of the sales reps in the chat.  (See the transcript below), who promised to get back to me. He never did!  I monitored the site for a while - maybe a week or two at least to see if there was any change. There wasn't. I asked who in their right mind would pay a 50% premium?Having better things to do I went on to other gadgets. Looking today I see that price has dropped - but to $1999CDN($1899US) - still $400 higher.Yesterday I delivered a 3-hour seminar "Client Retention Strategies for the New Economy" at the Business Link (Canada Business Centre in Edmonton), where we looked at ways to keep your cleints while remaining viable and compeptive.  No I'm not just picked on De...