Bell and Telus get together and confirm iPhone launch for Canada this November

October 6th, 2009

Nice to see a bit of a stranglehold loosened here in Canada, even if it’s two other giants ganging up on third.

Bell, Telus confirm iPhone launches – The Globe and Mail.

Tags: balance of power, bell, canada, globe and mail, iphone, monopoly, Rogers, telus

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eBooks for geeks

December 31st, 2008

Many reference books on technical subjects (main focus here being computers and web-development) are available as eBooks. They have many advantages, including loss-prevention/recovery, flexible access (read it on your iPhone or your Kindle), and searchability. Some, like the O’Reilly books, don’t hinder you with cumbersome DRM, putting the reader’s comfort and respect ahead of their own unfounded fears of copyright infringement.

Tags: books, ebooks, iphone, o'reilly, reading, reference

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Talk to Google.

November 14th, 2008

Well, they’re not the only ones, but they’re definitely the ones to watch. Or.. Talk to?

Google has been working on (among many other projects) searching their insanely large libraries using spoken words. Their iPhone app will take speech queries and return results for you. Find out more about speech-driven iPhone searches with google.

I haven’t seen it show up yet as an update on my iPhone, but the NY Times is expecting it any minute now.

Tags: Google, iphone, search, search engine, SEO, speech, speech recognition, talk

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