Review: Kudos Mobile Credit Card Acceptance Kit

Kudos

Let’s face it; we live in a plastic society. When buying goods or services or even making donations today, it’s pretty much expected that the merchant or organization would accept credit cards. If you don’t you might just lose the sale.

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Win a Toshiba Thrive 10” Tablet

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I’m sure you’ve been thinking about it for a while, but isn’t it time to try a tablet? You know you want to!

So once again, CanoeTech Blog has teamed up with Toshiba Canada to give you, our faithful readers, an incredible opportunity to win a new and exciting Toshiba Thrive 10” Tablet.

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iTwin: Easy secure file sharing; no cloud necessary

iTwin

We all have days where the seemingly simply act of transferring a file can make us crazy. Have you ever looked for a really quick, painless and secure way to retrieve or play files on a remote computer without having to configure a Virtual Private Network (VPN) or use cloud sharing options like Dropbox?

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Fire sale on BlackBerry PlayBook?

PlayBook

While searching for upcoming Black Friday deals in Canada, I came across numerous mentions of the 16GB Blackberry PlayBook with Wi-Fi being offered below $200 at Staples stores in the US. After doing a little more digging, I found that they are being advertised on Walmart Canada’s website for an an even lower price, $198.

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Spooktacular apps, books and tunes for Halloween

djIt’s that spooky time of year again when you can use your iOS device to help yourself to some digitally delectable tricks and treats, but there are just way to many to cover them all in one post. So here’s just a sliver of some of the spooky and scary selections you can download to your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch for this Halloween.

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Mac OS Lion little known Wi-Fi diagnostic tool

WIFIDiagsWelcomeEver wonder how good your Wi-Fi signal really is? You can look at the signal strength indicator on the top right-hand side of your Mac’s display on the top section of your iPad iPhone or iPod touch, but to those bars really tell the whole story? Well I’m sure you’re not surprised, there’s an application for that–at least for the Mac.

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Virtual Reality Trains Next Generation Workers

Published in the June edition of The Edmontonians

By Greg Gazin
Writer
Troy Media Corporation
Terry Smith & Kevin McNulty
EDMONTON, AB, July 1, 2009/Troy Media/ — It was six years ago, over a jug, or two, of Alexander Keith’s Ale, that business partners Terry Smith and Kevin McNulty started discussing the abysmal state of training in the resources industry.

“These injuries can’t continue,” Smith said. McNulty, a safety consultant in the oil and gas sector who had spent much of his working life in the mining industry, added that the problems went beyond injuries. He was referring to the 1992 Westray Coal Mine disaster in Plymouth, Nova Scotia which resulted in the deaths of 26 miners. MORE

G4: Broadband Almost Everywhere – No Stick Required

It used to be that Internet-Ready meant that your device either had a wired either card or a wireless adapter built-in. We then saw Mobile Internet-Ready which meant a dongle, a stick or and external adapter was needed to give you access to the mobile network. Well Rogers and Hewlett-Packard HP have changed all that and you’ll have one less thing to carry around with Canada’s first 3.5G embedded notebook… READ STORY at G4TECHTV Canada


United Breaks Guitars – Power of Social Media

Dave Carroll from the Sons of Maxwell had his Taylor guitar mishandled by United Airlines about a year ago. They didn’t want to fess up, so he got even by writing a song as well as a creating a video. In a matter of a week or so, the video has had over 3 million views and counting.

Don’t underestimate the power of Social Media. It can be a powerful tool, but it can also work against you of you are on the receiving end. The lesson here is to deal with Customer Service issues promptly, but also ensure that you are constantly monitoring what’s being said online about your company and your brand .

Here’s the Video.United Breaks Guitars I can’t seem to get the tune out of my head.

Here is also his official statement from an undisclosed warehouse in Nova Scotia


Dave Carroll also has 1 more song written and another coming. The United Airlines Saga Continues

NEW IntraSITE Search takes on Google Like David and Goliath

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