Archive for October, 2007

iPhone is Coming to Canada!!!

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As the advertisement above shows, we may be seeing the iPhone a lot sooner than I had originally assumed. If you’ve had a chance to play with the iPhone, you’ll have realized what an amazing toy it is. If you think about it, you probably payed $200+ for you iPod and now you can [...]

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My Guest Lectures @ the University of Ottawa

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There are a lot of interesting things going on in the world of Technology all across the world. I am conducting two guest lectures at the University of Ottawa talking about Web2.0 Business Models and and Technologies. If you are close by, please feel free to drop in:
Tuesday October 30 – 5:30pm to [...]

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Apple is Finally worth More than IBM :-)

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If you ever heard of the beginning of Apple and Steve Jobs, you’ll appreciate the significance of this news. Steve Jobs, since the very beginning, was looking to beat IBM. That moment has finally come. At the current stock price of $186 per share, Apple is worth $162 Billion, whereas IBM is worth $159 Billion. [...]

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Are you out of direction? Fake it :-)

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One of my favorite bands, Seether, has a new album with the flagship song: “Fake It.” It’s an amazing song not just because it sounds great but because of the lyrics. I remember listening to Bruce Firestone (the Ottawa Senators Founder) when he mentioned that although from the outside, it seemed like he knew what [...]

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The Apple iPhone is Taking Over!!!

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Everyone has heard of the iPhone and how fast it is gaining in popularity. Here are some interesting stats recently revealed by Apple:
1) 1.4 Million iPhones have been sold in a little over 3 months. That’s roughly 16,000 iPhones a day!!! It took over 2 years for Apple to sell that number of iPods…
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Want to Write for this Blog?

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After talking to a few friends that expressed interest in helping expand this blog, I figured that it would be a good idea to recruit more bloggers. More people means more content, more opinions, better coverage, and a broader scope. So, if you are interested, go ahead and send me a message on Facebook (i.e. [...]

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Luck is no factor for this man: Michael Cowpland.

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The other day I had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Michael Cowpland, a renowned entrepreneur and businessman. Mike, as he likes to be called, is famous for his role in co-founding Mitel with Terrence (Terry) Matthews and later on founding Corel (which we all know for its CorelDraw and Wordperfect products) and serving [...]

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Update your Facebook status via SMS… nice.

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I was surprised to find out recently that a lot of people still don’t know that they can update their Facebook status via text message (i.e. SMS). This is actually pretty easy and its a great way to make sure that everyone is spying on you all the time
All you have to do [...]

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Are you a new grad? Do you need a job?

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Over the last little while, I’ve come across quite a few job opportunities in Ottawa. If you are into software and are looking for work in Ottawa, Canada, give me a shout and I may be able to do something for you… just send me a message on Facebook and we can go from there…
Aydin.
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Don't buy HP, switch to Lexmark!!!

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Over the years, I’ve had many HP printers… EVERY single one of them has broken down. The last HP printer I bought really made me angry. It was late on a Sunday, I bought the printer only to realize that it only came with Color Ink. That’s right, the printer did not come with Black [...]

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