Acer Chromebook 13 review: Acer’s new Chromebook comes with a larger, full-HD display

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By Martyn Casserly | PC Advisor | 19 March 15

As Chromebooks grow in popularity they are also growing in screen size. ACER'S Chromebook 13 joins a growing market of large-screen Chromebooks that make working on Google's OS much simpler. We review the Acer Chromebook 13.

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As Chromebooks grow in popularity they are also growing in screen size. ACER'S CHROMEBOOK 13 joins a growing market of large-screen Chromebooks that make working on Google's OS much simpler. We review the ACERChromebook 13 laptop. Also see: Best Chromebooks 2015.

While Chromebooks continue to grow in popularity there’s also been another area of expansion worth noting: screen size. The majority of the Google-powered laptops have, until now, defaulted to the highly portable, but somewhat diddy, 11.6-inch format. This makes sense as they are generally intended to be second- or third machines that you give to the kids, or take places where a £1000 MacBook Air might be overkill or potent thief fodder.  

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Oxford Cyber Harassment Research Symposium

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Oxford Cyber Harassment Research Symposium at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, 27 and 28 March 2014.

This interdisciplinary conference is an opportunity for academics, policy makers and other stakeholders (parents, school officials, researchers, law enforcement, psychologists, lawyers, computer scientists, communication service providers and internet service providers) to meet and discuss the many issues related to cybercrime.

Harper Government Announces New Measures to Benefit Canadian Wireless Consumers

New auction of spectrum will support competition and provide Canadians with better service

January 10, 2014 – Vancouver – Industry Canada

Canada's wireless consumers have been clear that they want their government to make decisions that will lead to more choice, lower prices and better wireless service.

Today, the Government of Canada took another step in delivering on this Speech from the Throne commitment by unveiling the details of its next spectrum auction. The 2500 MHz auction framework released today outlines the process for auctioning 2500 MHz spectrum licences as well as the conditions that licence holders must respect after the auction. The auction, which will take place in April 2015, has rules specifically designed to put Canadian consumers first. These rules include the following:

• spectrum caps to ensure that four or more providers have the opportunity to access 2500 MHz spectrum, thus fostering competition;
• smaller geographic licence areas, providing more opportunity for rural Internet service providers to participate in this auction; and
• strict provisions on transfers of the 2500 MHz spectrum so that Canadian consumers continue to benefit from competitive market forces.

Spectrum in the 2500 MHz band is ideal for delivering fast, reliable service on the latest smart phones and tablets, and it can also be used to provide fixed broadband Internet services in rural areas.

Canadians experience some of the highest wireless rates in the developed world. The announcement of this auction builds on the Harper Government's commitment and action to encourage more choice and lower prices in Canada's wireless sector. Those actions include the following:

• monetary penalties for companies that violate rules on tower sharing, deployment of spectrum and service to rural areas;
• preventing undue concentration of wireless spectrum; and
• clarifying the rules for transferring spectrum licences between companies, with decisions on proposed licence transfers to be announced by the government in a more transparent fashion.

For more information, see the attached backgrounder.

Quick facts

• The 2500 MHz auction is scheduled to begin on April 14, 2015.
• Applications are due on or before November 27, 2014.

Quotes

"Today's announcement means Canadian consumers in urban and rural areas will soon benefit from the deployment of advanced mobile and broadband services across the country, which will lead to better, faster Internet services on the latest technologies. The rules for this auction, like those for the upcoming 700 MHz auction, were designed to support more choice in our wireless market while putting the interests of consumers first."

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Minister Blaney promotes good cyber safety practices over the holidays

OTTAWA, December 17, 2013 — Today, the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, encouraged Canadians to protect their mobile devices and to stay safe online over the holiday season.

Peavey® Contributes to Play A TabTM Guitar Learning System

New software app helps fledgling guitarists learn how to play fast
Knoxville, TN, Dec. 11, 2013, -- Software developer Applanta® and karaoke content creator DigiTrax Entertainment announce that industry icon Peavey® Electronics has been a contributor to their new guitar learning system called Play a Tab. An application for new guitarists that has instruction, mirror-image chord tablature, and music with scrolling chords, Play A Tab includes over 50 lessons to choose from, and users have access to a library of chord and lyric prompted songs to learn.

Birthday cakes are made for people to be together.

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The goal of Internet.org is to make internet access available to the two-thirds of the world who are not yet connected,
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Social Media Networking Will Brand Your Business Better

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By Britton Connell

How do you plan to grow your brand? You need to reach out to more people in the community to tell people who you are and what's going on with you. One of the best ways to do this is with social media networking. This is where you will use the various networks to communicate about your business - such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google +.

Social media networking is an ongoing endeavor. If you fail to regularly communicate on Facebook and Twitter, it can appear as though you have given up on your business, even if this is the farthest thing from the truth. You need to stay linked into this form of social media regularly - at least once a week if not more frequently.

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Brazilian Chain Wraps Burgers in Edible Paper

Brazilian Chain Wraps Burgers in Edible Paper

Thirty years after Michael Keaton's character Bill Blazejowski proposed the idea in the movieNight Shift a Brazilian burger chain has realized his dream: Edible paper.

According to the blog Eater, Bob's in Brazil tried the idea as a marketing stunt — the idea being that the burgers are so delicious that customers can't wait to unwrap them to eat them. The video above shows consumers were indeed consuming the wrappers.

It's not clear what the wrappers are actually made of. Often, rice paper — which has been eaten in China for centuries — is used as a consumable stand-in for the real thing.

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iTheater Turns Your iPhone Into a Personal Cinema [VIDEO]

iTheater Turns Your iPhone Into a Personal Cinema [VIDEO]
While the iPhone 5's retina display offers sharper images, its screen remains a mere 4 inches in size. For cinephiles who think bigger is better, one Michigan-based designer has developed a way to turn your iPhone into a personal movie theater.

The iTheater, developed by Mike Enayah, is a hands-free holder connected to headphones that is "fully adjustable for size and optimal vision distance."

Users simply insert their iPhone 5 into the slot, and then enjoy a close-up view of whatever's on screen. Although the iTheater isn't the most fashionable smartphone accessory around, its portability may be a strong selling point. Check out the video, above, for more.
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Are you sure your furnace will work all winter?

Modern conveniences allow us to flip a switch for light, insert a plug for electricity, turn a tap on for fresh water — and we always assume that the household thermostat will keep us cozy and warm when the winter winds howl outside. None of these essentials are a guarantee however, especially home heating which always calls for a degree of homeowner responsibility.

In contrast though, a recent survey found that only 25 per cent of Canadian homeowners listed 'booking a furnace maintenance appointment' as a priority. Everyone else must either be keeping their fingers crossed, or doing it themselves.

“To lengthen the life of your furnace, improve its reliability and reduce your energy bills, there are some simple maintenance tips that will make a big difference,” says Dave Walton, the director of home ideas at Direct Energy. “Dependability starts with cleaning or replacing the furnace filter every three months. In addition, be sure to knock down the household temperature at least two degrees overnight—and also during the day when nobody is home. This can actually save you up to 4 per cent on heating bills.”

Walton points out that it's also a good idea to have a furnace protection and maintenance plan, especially if your trusty heating system is more than five years old. Protection plans give you an annual inspection as well as 24-hour emergency service by licensed technicians. These specialists do safety tests for carbon monoxide and natural gas leaks, and they also test the combustion exhaust of the furnace.

Other important low-cost steps for better efficiency include: closing the registers in unused and non-insulated spaces; sealing up air leaks around windows and baseboards; and boosting the insulation (to at least 30 centimetres/12 inches) in the attic and basement.

If you really want immediate and long-term savings however, investigate the advantages of replacing your conventional furnace with a high-efficiency one. Reports show that this one step can result in cost savings as high as 15 per cent – making it well worth the investment.

More information is available online at DirectEnergy.com.

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PRIME MINISTER HARPER ANNOUNCES NEW CANADA-INDIA RESEARCH CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE

NEW DELHI, INDIA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that the Government of Canada has selected the India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnership to Accelerate Transformation and Sustainability (IC-IMPACTS) as the winner of the Canada-India Research Centre of Excellence (CIRCE) competition announced in Budget 2011.

7 Ways To Use Social Media Training For Sales And Crush Your Competition

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Social media training for sales is a must for any online business. The last few years have shown that providing more value, connecting and building relationships without PITCHING sales have helped sales people become more successful online than ever before.

Are you ready to learn some social media training for sales people that is specifically designed to help you get more sales? Sure, having 1001 friends, being on every forum and all the social networking sites is terrific…but is it translating into sales?

Let’s face it. It’s all about the bottom line for your business. Here are seven tips in using social media training for sales people to start earning more sales:

SEO Optimization l Internet Marketing Strategies l Social Media Strategies: 6 Easy Ways to Improve Search Engine Ranking for y...

SEO Optimization l Internet Marketing Strategies l Social Media Strategies: 6 Easy Ways to Improve Search Engine Ranking for y...: SEO copy writing belongs to a league of its own and helps a lot in determining if your content will rank high for your desired keywords or...

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Genie Santa ( iPhone App ) – Make your self Santa and wish x mas

Have you ever wondered, how you would look like a Santa? Check it out now in “Geni Santa”! Take photos with your iPhone / load from your photo library, resize or rotate your photo if necessary and adjust the position of eyes and mouth.

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Take photos with your iPhone / load from your photo library, resize or rotate your photo if necessary and adjust the position of eyes and mouth.
Then select one of Santa’s assistants and you can see your metamorphosis!

Social Talkies - Send audio messages through facebook and twitter

Social Networking app where you can send audio messages to friends and family through facebook,twitter and email
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Transfer Junction have come up with a unique app on app store i.e Social Talkies.

Facebook Timeline Now Available to Everyone

Facebook Timeline Now Available to Everyone

StarBuzz Weekly, Toronto-After months of slow, gradual rollout, Facebook Timeline is now available to all users.

The Timeline is a radical redesign of Facebook‘s user profile pages, introduced at Facebook’s F8 conference in September. Instead of merely listing your interests and personal info, the Timeline shows a detailed overview of your life on Facebook, with the ability to check out what you’ve been out to at a particular point in time.

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Timeline comes with a new tool called the Activity Log, which enables you to finely tune what appears on your Timeline; you can “promote” a post to featured status, you can hide it from the Timeline or delete it altogether............

Top 10 Tips for Using Your Feature Phone as a Smartphone

Top 10 Tips for Using Your Feature Phone as a Smartphone

StarBuzz Weekly, Toronto-If you’re still taking flak for your antennae-clad flip-phone, the joke’s on your smartphone friends.

Maybe you don’t need a smartphone, or you don’t want the high monthly data bill. Don’t worry, because you can do nearly all the mobile tricks they can if you know how to use your feature phone. However, the day-to-day routine becomes increasingly more inconvenient for those who can’t download an app at the snap (or touch) of their fingertips.............

Film Event Includes iPhone Film Festival, South Park Premiere, Exclusive Screenings and Tech Talks Focused on Film Creation Using Apple Technologies

StarBuzz Weekly, Toronto-PR Newswire-FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IDG World Expo today announced a full program of film events debuting at Macworld | iWorld, including: the iPhone Film Festival where winning filmmakers will showcase movies made entirely on iPhones; an exclusive screening of the full-length, unaired South Park pilot episode followed by a Q&A with South Park Studios staff; additional screenings of films developed exclusively for the event; and a series of educational and highly interactive Tech Talks with directors, filmmakers and technical experts about the creative and technical processes related to iPhone and iPad film creation, including production, editing and distribution. Collectively, the elements of the Film Event celebrate the broad and varied ways that Apple technologies are redefining film and television.