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TT March 4, 2010

10 Tips to taking great photos over Spring Break

10 Tips to taking great photos over Spring Break by Marc Saltzman

Passport? Check. Suntan lotion? Yep. Camera? Of course. Taking a camera on a vacation is a must in order to immortalize those memories in the sun and sharing them with family and friends. But you don’t get a second chance to capture that moment, so our friends at Nikon Canada have shared their Top 10 tips to taking great vacation pictures.

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TT February 19, 2010

Cisco reveals its top 25 tech predictions

Cisco reveals its top 25 tech predictions by Marc Saltzman

What will the future bring? Tech enthusiasts can expect some wild innovations over the next 20 years — such as teleportation (at the particle level), as well as brain implants, quantum computers and blazingly fast computers and networks. Cisco’s chief futurist Dave Evans offers up his 25 tech predictions.

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TT February 16, 2010

Shopping on your mobile phone? More of us are

Shopping on your mobile phone? More of us are by Marc Saltzman

A new Retrevo study entitled “Are Consumers Warming Up to Shopping On Their Mobile Phones?” found only 8 percent of those surveyed said they’d never shop on their cell phone.

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TT February 10, 2010

Calling a company? Here’s how to avoid automated menu hell

Calling a company? Here’s how to avoid automated menu hell by Marc Saltzman

We’ve all been there before. You’re calling your TV provider, bank, airline retail giant or government and you’re stuck in “voicemail hell.” You know, that never-ending phone system menu with touchtone or voice-activated prompts that could drive you crazy. Toronto-based start-up Fonolo has a free “deep dialling” solution, and now an iPhone app, too.

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TT January 25, 2010

Deals Sent to Your Phone Based on Your Location

Deals Sent to Your Phone Based on Your Location by Jeremy Phan

The Clip Mobile application receives deals, specials and coupons from local merchants in your immediate vicinity by using your smartphone’s GPS to determine your location.

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TT January 14, 2010

Video: World’s first LCD-enabled greeting cards

Video: World’s first LCD-enabled greeting cards by Marc Saltzman

Check out Pandigital’s line of LCD greeting cards — a world’s first, says the company — that places a 1.4-inch liquid crystal display (with photos you cn replace with your own) inside of a traditional greeting card. Is this something you’d buy?

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