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Configuring the Budweiser Red Light without a phone

February 20, 2013November 14, 2013 Doug Groves Android, Bluestacks, Bud Red Light, BudRedLight, Budweiser Red Light, hockey, iOS, Red Light, review61 Comments

Budweiser recently released the Red Light, a limited edition a wireless hockey goal light that’ll blast the horns and spin the lights when your favourite team(s) score a goal. It’s the perfect addition to any den or man cave inhabited by even casual hockey fans.

The Red Light has been such a hit for Bud that they’re now back ordered until May, and a brisk second hand market for them on Ebay with the kind of 200% to 300% markup you’d expect from a gizmo limited to Canada, leaving US hockey fans out in the cold. I was lucky enough to get one as an early birthday present from a friend…

but there was a caveat that came with it.

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iPhone 5: 5 days in

September 26, 2012August 31, 2014 Danny X Apple, iOS, iOS 6, iPhone, iPhone 5, Rogers1 Comment

So Friday Sept 21 finally arrived, and with it, the latest iteration of the venerable iPhone. Me being the new-toy-nerd that I am, and one that is beginning to come to grips with what may be a severe case of Fanboyism, I dutifully ran down to my local Rogers store and waited in line with the masses to get my hands on the shiny gadget I’d wanted all my life…since 9 days prior

Oh you want to watch a video on YouTube? ...Actually, yeah, feel free, there's absolutely no problem with that bro.

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iOS 6 and YouTube: The Internet needs to take a collective time-out.

August 6, 2012August 31, 2014 Danny X Apple, google, iOS, YouTube26 Comments

So as anyone whose interested knows, today Apple released the latest developer preview of iOS 6, named iOS 6 Beta 4. Several improvements were made, but the only thing about which anyone is talking is the omission of the dedicated YouTube app from the build.

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Kik Messenger Windows Phone launch gives them Android and iOS bump

August 31, 2011August 31, 2011 Doug Groves Android, cross-platform, iOS, iPhone, Kik, Kik Messenger, SMS, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 70 comment

If you follow smartphone news at all, you know that any time a review is posted, or another patent lawsuit is announced, the fanboys and fangirls will come out in the comments and talk smack to each other. They’ll trumpet their OS while saying all others are inferior choices.

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iOS app devs say “Happy Father’s Day” with huge discounts on premium games and apps

June 17, 2011June 17, 2011 Danny X app store, EA, EA games, Gameloft, iOS, iPad, iPhone6 Comments

Your Dad has an iPad, right? Here’s hoping, as iOS app developers are once again using any excuse they can to gift dear old Pop some cool software at significant discounts. And hey, Dad, if you’re reading, if you’re not in the market, well…more for me.

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WWDC: Lion, the Switch, and the Boredom

June 6, 2011June 6, 2011 Danny X Apple, Game Center, iCloud, iMessage, iOS, iPad, iPhone, OS X, OS X Lion, WWDC 20111 Comment

WWDC ’11 is in the can, and its message is clear: You want iOS on everything. No really. You do.

But here’s a little spoiler, Apple: No, I don’t.

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Apple’s WWDC 2011 keynote kicks off soon, some already sad at what they’re not getting

June 6, 2011June 6, 2011 Danny X Apple, iOS, moscone, steve jobs, WWDC4 Comments

In the past, the WWDC keynote has been shrouded in mystery, with no press releases or comment from Apple leading up to the event, and even the signage at Moscone West being deliberately vague, giving only a hint to what might be discussed.

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Adobe and the mobile revolution: tablets, napkins, and the creative process

April 11, 2011April 13, 2011 Danny X Adobe, Android, Apple, BlackBerry PlayBook, CS5, CS5.5, iOS, iPad, Photoshop, tablet3 Comments

It’s been a busy month for Adobe so far. Hot on the heels of the recent preview of Photoshop on the iPad, Adobe has today released the official Photoshop Touch SDK for tablet devices. The fact that Adobe has decided to release an SDK is exciting, since it strongly indicates that not only are we a step closer to a full-featured Photopshop app for tablets, but also full Photoshop integration into the core builds of third-party applications. From the press release: The Photoshop Touch SDK and a new scripting engine…

Photoshop on the iPad: Does it change anything?

April 1, 2011April 2, 2011 Danny X Adobe, Apple, iOS, iPad, iPad 2, Photoshop for iPad, Photoshop Lite2 Comments

Am I getting an iPad? Well that’s a fairly loaded question, filled with doubts and questions as to the practicality of such a purchase. I mean, it’s not a phone, and it’s not a laptop, and given that my day job means I spend a lot of time in teh photoshopz, the iPad doesn’t really fill a productivity niche for me, short of the ability to present concepts and materials to a small group in a quiet room. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want one.

Canalys shows Android overtaking Nokia in the world

January 31, 2011September 26, 2012 Doug Groves Android, Apple, Blackberry, google, iOS, Microsoft, RIM, stats, Windows Phone 7, WP71 Comment

The latest US numbers from Canalys show that Android has now surpassed Nokia as the best selling smartphone OS in the world. Though it started off slow, Android grew from 8.7% of the market in Q4 2009 to a massive 32.9% in Q4 2010. The big drop was for Nokia, which plummeted from 44.4% to 30.6% in the same timespan. All other smartphones saw a drop as well, with Apple’s iOS dropping less than a percent, while RIM dropped almost 6%. Since Windows Phone 7 launched in the middle of…

Kobo makes ebooks easier for Canadians to digest

December 9, 2010December 16, 2010 Doug Groves Android, e-ink, ePub, eReader, Google eBooks, iOS, iPad, Kindle, Kobo1 Comment

Though not able to attend myself, Kobo held an event in Toronto last night to demonstrate it’s new iPad ereader software Reading Life. This in itself isn’t huge news, unless you’re an iPad user looking for a new reader software (although it does include “an industry first social eReading experience”). Kobo already makes ereader software for just about every major platform, whether it’s desktop OSes like Windows and OS X, or mobile devices. The timing is pretty interesting though, as Google has announced it’s jumping into the fray with Google…