Technology & Business
12 qualified bidders for Canada's 700mhz spectrum
700mhz is an incredible band that every carrier wants to get a hold off. It goes through buildings like a hot knife in butter. It reaches much further which is great for providing coverage is rural areas. Canada is about to auction is highly prized band and 15 bidders wanted in on the action. Now Industry Canada has published the final list of qualified bidders. The auction starts mid-January and the government is hopeful this will spur wireless competition. Bell Mobility Inc.
Laserpointer add-on for your iPhone
the iPhone is a wondrous device that has thousands of uses thanks to all the 3rd party peripherals and apps available in the ecosystem. Now you can add laser pointer to the list. <img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/b21e07e985.jpg" alt=""> You plug the device into the headphone jack and instantly convert your $800 smartphone into a $30 635nm laser beam. When you plug anything into your headphone jack, the phone thinks you have headphones plugged in so it redirects are outgoing sounds and incoming sounds to the headphone jack, which is typically bad.
Most portable USB or Lightning charging cable
Plusus is releasing a very portable charge cable solution called Lifelink which is the size of a credit card and 2 credit cards thick. <img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/b1eb9752d6.jpg" alt=""> Once opened up, it give you almost 7" of cable so you don't need to shove it next to the charge source (laptop, adapter, etc) <img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/e7f2cd594d.jpg" alt=""> The flexible cable is reinforced with unbreakable Teflon so it will last a long time. when clipped to your keys, it is light and you will hardly know it is with you (until you need it).
Motorola Moto X Motomaker coming to more carriers
Moto Maker for all. pic.twitter.com/wLJsnViV2D — @evleaks (@evleaks) November 8, 2013 EVLeaks has reported that Motomaker is coming to more US carriers which means more Americans will soon be able create customized Moto X Google Android smartphones.
What are the most popular links on Facebook and Twitter?
Rad URL is an interesting website that lists the 100 most popular links being shared on Facebook and Twitter. You can sort the list to see Facebook or Twitter only lists or watch the entire combined glorious list displaying the sentiment of the internet. The list is updated every 15 minutes but major changes to the list happen every hour or two. RadURL
Canon SL1 may be the perfect family dSLR
As the holiday season approaches, you may be looking for a great all purpose camera and the Canon Rebel SL1 will definitely not disappoint. It is called the world's smallest and lightest APS-C dSLR. The Rebel SL1 is the smaller brother of the larger Rebel T5i. They both share the same 18MP sensor and DIGIC 5 processor. Its fantastic that Canon was able to fit all of the t5i guts into such a small body and at the same time keeping most of the Rebel family buttons intact.
Unlock your mac by knocking on your iPhone
Knock is an iPhone app that allows you to unlock you Mac by simply knocking your iphone. You will also need to install their Mac app available for free on their site. The iPhone app is currently on special at $3.99 on the appstore. Installation takes a couple of minutes and voila. The iPhone app has to be started but doesn't have to be the active app when knocking it. (and your phone can even be locked). This black magic uses low power Bluetooth and the transaction is done over a secure connection.
Find out which Canadian wireless network is the best
Root Metrics performed an exhaustive 47,000 point network test in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver to determine which network would be crowned king. The final results show that each city had a different winner. Montreal - Bell Toronto - Rogers Vancouver - Telus They did point out that all 3 players offered reliable services throughout.
Industry Canada Explains its Wireless Policy
A short video by the Government of Canada explaining that Canadians deserve more choice, more competitive pricing and better contract terms. <img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/0fbcf38b17.jpg" alt=""> 15 bidders submitted bids for the upcoming 700mhz wireless auction, you can see the list here. On November 8, it will publish the list of qualified bidders that have submitted the required deposit (those who will be allowed to participate in the auction). The official statement from the government was: "Today, Industry Canada published the list of applicants for the 700 MHz spectrum auction scheduled for January 14, 2014.
Pebble to make "important announcement" Nov 6
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“445”] [/caption] The Pebble team seems to be working on something "important" that will be unveiled tomorrow (November 6). You are invited to watch the live stream. On the developer site, they say: "It’s no secret that we’ve been hard at work developing better software for Pebble and this Wednesday, November 6th, we’ll be making a very important announcement. You’re invited to join our livestream event at 10AM PST to hear what awesome new things we’ve been working on to make Pebble a more robust and feature-rich platform.