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ParkVu, a Canadian company from Waterloo, Ontario, has launched Music WithMe. It’s an app that allows you to wirelessly sync your iTunes playlists with  your BlackBerry. I know there’s the options in the BlackBerry Desktop Manager, but this is wireless. There’s no need for a USB connection, no iPod necessary. Check it out… The features of Music WithMe are as follows: Using Wi-Fi or cellular connection, wirelessly syncing iTunes playlists to your BlackBerry Automatically updates your playlists on your BlackBerry- make changes to your playlists on iTunes and Music WithMe will mirror changes on the BlackBerry App runs in the background- Music WithMe does not have to be open on BlackBerry to sync Works with BlackBerry’s native media player- store and play your tracks as usual.

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Music WithMe, Have Your iTunes Synced Wirelessly To Your BlackBerry

O2 in the UK, wanting to join in on the Galaxy S fun, is now offering the Samsung Galaxy S to customers. This Android 2.1 powered device offers a host of premium features, including a large 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a fast 1GHz processor, a 5 megapixel camera and camcorder with 720p HD recording, and Bluetooth 3.0

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Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphone lands on O2 UK

When a momma Droid and a daddy Pre love each other very, very much, they get trashed and make sweet, sweet handset love like the sun won’t rise tomorrow.

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1 part Palm Pre, 1 part Droid: What is this weird Droid-branded portrait slider?

Anyone who is a parent knows the struggle of keeping your wonderful kiddos on top of their chores.  As the father of two young and arguably crazy boys, it seems that we could spend the entire day cleaning up their messes.  There are many strategies to getting the younglings to take care of their chores and I think I have tried them all.  The problem in my house is not getting the kids to help out but more of them cleaning up then dragging out a different room full of toys five minutes later.  They seem to not mind helping out most of the time but keeping them focused on the big picture is difficult at best.  Today’s kids are growing up in a different age than most of us did.  Technology is something they know as the norm in the world.  They use it as the only thing they know.  When I found MyJobChart, it seemed to be the perfect solution to get my kids actively engaged in their daily chores. MyJobChart allows for parents to set up a web site with a list of jobs for their kids with assignable point values.  As the kids earn points, they have their own rewards store where they trade points for items chosen by the parents.  The screen shot above shows the login screen.  Each member of the family has their own password and avatars are used so it is easy to tell the accounts apart.  My kids are obviously too young to log in themselves, but we sit down each evening and add the points for the day.  The parent accounts are different from the kids and this is where the jobs are assigned and points and rewards are chosen. Setting up each child’s account is quick and easy.  Click on the child’s name and assign their jobs.  The dashboard will allow you to easily manage any part of the website from users to jobs to rewards

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MyJobChart Web Site Review: A Fun Way To Track Kids’ Chores

Is there anything the human race won’t stick on the side of an iPhone? We’ve seen duct tape, pistol-shaped plywood, forks and vinyl. And now, this. Well TBH, the release of an iPhone 4 sticking plaster isn’t much of…

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Antenn-Aid for iPhone 4: the antennae jokes don’t stop

Normally we reserve videos like this for News From The Wire , but when they come this early in the week I like to get them up on the site tout de suite . These come courtesy of Salomondrin, who continually posts excellent videos of upcoming BlackBerry developments. Today we see three videos involving OS 6. These include an overview , a look at media functions , and finally a WebKit browser comparison

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A few looks at OS 6

The third-annual Xbox Live Arcade Summer of Arcade kicks off on Wednesday, and goes through August 18th with a block of five titles that Microsoft thinks are worthy of knocking your socks off. Things start off with the release of Limbo on July 21, which is the black and white mystery game where a boy sets out to discover the fate of his sister. On July 28th, Hydro Thunder Hurricane drops, with Castlevania Harmony of Despair coming the week after, bringing the 2D side-scrolling goodness of Castlevania back to the forefront. On August 11th, Monday Night Combat, a fresh take on the multiplayer shooter comes out, and things wrap up on August 18th with the return of Lara Croft

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Summer of Arcade 2010 Xbox Live Arcade lineup

My man Marc just posted this awesome build of the Compressed Air Rocket kit , which looks like a perfect summer project with the kids. When he got to the part about wrapping the PVC in duct tape for safety I had flashbacks of the Burrito Blaster build we did on Make: television ; we debated back and forth whether or not to wrap it in duct tape

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Does PVC + Duct tape = safety ?

Today Verizon Wireless confirmed that it has pulled the plug on the Microsoft KIN ONE and KIN TWO social networking phones. The ONE and TWO are already missing from Verizon’s website, though KIN accessories remain on sale and Verizon has said that Microsoft will continue to run the KIN servers required to keep the phones in service. Microsoft disbanded its KIN development group two weeks ago and moved its members into the Windows Phone 7 smartphone development group

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Verizon pulls plug on Microsoft KIN ONE and KIN TWO

Today Research In Motion announced to developers that it has added tower-based location detection to its BlackBerry OS 5.x (or higher) development platforms, which means that applications will be able to get a quick, general location fix without resorting to on-board GPS use. The new functionality requires that the developers add support for it in their applications. Read the full story here.

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RIM gives developers tower-based location abilities in BlackBerry OS 5 and later devices

We’re always happy to receive a tour of the guts that make things work. [John Sarik] posted several pictures and descriptions of the hardware that makes up his Nixie Sudoku build . The modular design uses professionally made circuit boards which greatly improve the durability of a large set of circuits such as this. The design draws on good ideas from similar hardware.  The Nixie Duo kit from Ogi Lumen allows tubes to be mounted on top of driver boards with cascading shift registers for control of up to 8 tubes

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Nixie Sudoku: a look at the hardware

Mobile application development platforms: a developer’s perspective

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Mobile application development platforms: a developer’s perspective

Gowalla announced last Friday that Gowalla for BlackBerry , which they have been working on for some time, is now available in a public Beta… The beta release now includes photos and commenting on Spots, as well as better notification options. Trips and Items will be coming soon to Blackberry as well. Point your Blackberry browser to Gowalla.com and you’ll find the link to download the application for your phone.

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Gowalla For BlackBerry Now In Public Beta

UK citizens are very used to surveillance cameras – CCTV are commonplace on city streets – but software that lets cameras automatically recognise your face is new. Venture capitalist Mark Cuban blogs that he has just put money into…

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CCTV + Face Recognition Software + Foursquare = gulps

Apple has just informed the world that the iPad is set to launch in nine additional countries this Friday. We don’t have any solid numbers yet as far as pricing in these territories goes, however, on July 23rd you’ll be able to buy Apple’s tablet device in the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, and Singapore

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iPad comes to nine more countries this Friday

During their press conference last week, Apple have announced that the iPhone 4 will begin shipping in 17 additional countries or territories before the end of July. However, India was not on that list. Vodafone has previously indicated that it will eventually bring the iPhone 4 to India, but there were no details on when and at what price. Now Sanjay Kappor, Bharti Airtel’s CEO, has stepped in and announced that his company will be selling the iPhone 4 in September or October.

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Bharti Airtel will launch the iPhone 4 in India in September or October

Youtube and iTunes are two famous platforms by two famous and renowned companies. Youtube is a video sharing portal by the big daddy of search engines, Google, and iTunes is a store for Apple’s users to download and install multimedia to their Apple gadgets . Recent news about the hack of both the products was like a shock wave for all. On 4 July, 2010, Youtube was reported to be hacked.

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Hacked: YouTube + iTunes

Just a quick heads up to our friends north of the border who’ve been waiting ever so patiently for Netflix to arrive, while we’ve been enjoying it here for the better part of 13 years. Netflix has announced that they’ll finally be arriving in Canada this fall. You can check out the official Netflix Canada page for more details. Tags: canada , movie rental , movies , netflix , netflix canada , netflix streaming , Netflix comes to Canada this fall originally appeared on Gear Live on Mon, July 19, 2010 – 8:44:38

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Netflix comes to Canada this fall

Robert Burden has not only painted an amazingly awesome 10-foot tall painting of Luke and his Tauntaun from Star Wars , he’s made a time-lapse video of his creation to show the entire delicate process he used to create the geeky artwork (in the styling of an old tapestry). To gain a full appreciation for his work you really need to watch the video: If you’re digging Burden’s work, he also has others inspired by toys from his childhood, including Krang, Voltron, Captain America and even Battle Cat in and out of armor. Take a look at the gallery below for more of Robert Burden’s works: [via io9 ]

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Creation Of A Jedi Masterpiece [Time Lapse Painting]

While Sprint may be rocking 4G right now, and T-Mobile’s talking about their super-fast speeds, there’s still quite a few (and that’s an understatement) folks out there eagerly anticipating the moment they can access Verizon’s 4G network. Better known as LTE (Long Term Evolution), the largest wireless carrier in the United States is all set to launch the service by the end of 2010, with more handsets ready to take part in the faster-data speeds by early 2011.

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Verizon’s LTE SIM Cards Show Off for the Camera

[Update 7/21: Pulse 1.0.2 was recently released and addressed some of the issues I had with the app, particularly the loading times and scrolling speed.] What Pulse seems to specialize in (and these are my words, not developer Alphonso Studios’) is a more fluid web reading experience, and, at its best, the app feels more like a good e-magazine with customized content than a list of feeds that you trail your finger down.

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Review: Pulse News Mini for iPhone