New Ski Boots

Time to wear them around the house and break them in a bit.

Square announces POS 'Business in a Box' hardware package for iPad starting at $299 [video]

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Mobile digital payment company Square announced today on its blog that it will begin selling a "Business in a Box" solution that will act as a full point-of-sale system for iPad-toting business owners. The hardware package starts at $299 and includes two Square Readers, a Heckler Design WindFall iPad Stand, and an APG Vasario 1616 Cash Drawer (as pictured above).

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Disruptive.

Google executive promises 'insanely great cameras' on next-gen Nexus phones

Reblogged from BGR:

The cameras on Google's (GOOG) line of Nexus smartphones have consistently performed worse than the competition. Some have said the default Android image processing software is at fault, while others have suggested low-end sensors are to blame. Google's smartphones, nevertheless, cannot compete with Apple's (AAPL) iPhone, HTC's (2498) DROID DNA or Samsung's (005930…

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The Nexus 4 is a great phone, it has changed my opinion of Andriod for the better. The camera is still a little weak though and there is no official LTE support. Assuming the "X-Phone" is priced like the Nexus 4 (and they can cater to the demand) they'll have their first serious iPhone competitor on their hands.

Jony Ive inspires child designers; Receives BBC's Gold Blue Peter badge amid Apple's Aluminum Milling Machines

Reblogged from iTechByte:

Apple design chief Jonathan Ive has been awarded a gold badge by the BBC children's show Blue Peter, a show the British-born designer watched as a child and which encourages children to make things from ordinary household objects. Blue Peter is the world's longest-running children's television show, having been on the air for over 50 years.

The show said that Ive was an "inspiration to children around the world".

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"I'll see your gold badge and raise you a milled aluminium version!"

Apple iWatch in Development with 100 Product Designers

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According to Bloomberg, Apple Inc. has a team of about 100 product designers working on a wristwatch-like device that may perform some of the tasks now handled by the iPhone and iPad.

“The iWatch will fill a gaping hole in the Apple ecosystem,” Bruce Tognazzini, a technology consultant and former Apple employee, wrote in a blog post last week. “Like other breakthrough Apple products, its value will be underestimated at launch, then grow to have a profound impact on our lives and Apple’s fortunes.”

I love the mockups that are churned out when buzz starts building around a new Apple product. Most of them are utterly ridiculous - this being one of them.

Like this:

Trouble charging your Nexus 7 after the battery has drained? Try this trick, it seemed to work for me.

Poll: What should go on Esplanade Riel?

Reblogged from Metro News:

As Winnipeg gets one step closer on a decision regarding the future use of the restaurant space on the Esplanade Riel bridge, St. Boniface’s city councillor has weighed in with his vision: a public plaza.

Coun. Dan Vandal told reporters following Wednesday’s council meeting that city officials need to “get out of that little box that it’s got to be a restaurant.”

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Yes, there is a bridge with a restaurant on it in Winnipeg, and no that isn't some building from Command and Conquer in the background, it's the under-construction human rights museum.