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Are We Actually Over Landlines?

Are We Actually Over Landlines?

Hello? Hello? That’s right, Lionel Ritchie fans, this one’s for you. If you keep up with New Girl, you probably saw the humour in the recent episode appropriately titled ‘Landline’ where Jess decides to buy a phone for the apartment. As...
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Ringly's Cocktail Ring: The Latest Must Have Wearable Technology

We’re already into the era of wearable technology, and Ringly just launched one of the most stylish and convenient products for women of all: a cocktail ring that actually notifies you of calls, texts, emails and push notifications
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iOS8 and Yosemite: An All Inclusive Resort

Apple launched iOS 8 for mobile and the Yosemite OS this week and are calling it their “biggest update ever.” But in order to make this offering a success they’ve continued to maintain their first business position, which is asking us to manipulate our entire day around Apple products
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Instagram Direct Has Arrived

Well, here it is. And for the most part, the secret sources were right. Well, at least kinda right. Instagram has indeed stepped up their bid to communicate your life’s images in an even more personal way with the aptly named Instagram Direct
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Instagram Possibly Announcing IM Service Today

According to TechCrunch, Instagram is set to introduce an instant messaging service today at a company event in New York City. That’s right, in addition to Facebook chat, regular text messaging, BBM and WhatsApp (four of the most popular messaging methods of hundreds, if not thousands) you’ll now be accessible 24 hours a day on your favourite photo-sharing app as well
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11 Cell Phone Habits That Just Need to Stop

Sadly, while the instruction manual that comes with every cell phone may tell you how to turn it on, it doesn’t manage to cover basic human decency. So we put together a list of 11 (cause 10 just wasn’t enough) cell phone habits that really grind our gears. We call it behavioural troubleshooting 101
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Have You Heard of Rdio Yet?

Rdio, a groundbreaking digital music service, reinvented the way people discover, play, and share music last August. Most recently, the company announced its highly personalized streaming radio stations are now free on mobile to all iOS and Android users. Here's why you should take note
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Channeling My Inner Dick Tracy With the Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch

I’ve been dreaming of a truly intuitive, connected watch for a long, long time. Since the days of my youth, actually; slouched in front of the TV watching detective Dick Tracy catching bad guys, all while communicating with people back and forth on his forward-thinking walkie-talkie watch. Well, friends, that day is finally here
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Why We Won't Jump on the BBM Bandwagon

Some of us (OK, maybe one or two) on the Notable.ca team remain loyal BlackBerry users. The iPhone, while shiny, new, app-friendly and cool, didn’t allow us the freedom to type emails and articles so readily on the go like we used to/need to as writers. We needed the keyboard. So we switched back. Here’s why we didn’t switch back to BBM, though, and why we will resist the jumping back on the bandwagon
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BBM Available Now on iPhone and Android

Young professionals used it like a bad habit. Perhaps you were amongst them, perhaps not. We won't judge either way. But we will say this: Welcome back to BBM. We're happy you could make it
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