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S4BB have just released the Think and Grow Rich eBook for BlackBerry. The book was written by Napoleon Hill, one of the founders of personal success literature, who went on to be an adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933-36. The eBook is available free for the fist 1,000 downloads so be sure to grab it asap.
Canada has had a monopolistic telecom industry for as long as I can remember, but it seems Parliament is finally taking steps to improve the situation. In the prebudget Throne Speech yesterday, the government said it would open Canada’s borders to greater foreign investment and make the industry more palatable to mergers and acquisitions.
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Tomorrow, Slacker and The Source will announce a free hip hop station programmed by Source DJs and powered by Slacker. The Source Digital Radio consists of songs from the past two decades of hip hop and features artists such as Run DMC, Lil Wayne, Jay Z and some new artists yet to be discovered. To check out The Source in Slacker, go to the Slacker Spotlight section.
The BlackBerry Slider has been making a huge splash in the blogs today and bbleaks have posted new pics and details, as well as CB has some unwatermarked images and theories. There are rumors that the device will hit the market as a Bold series device, which makes you wonder what’s going on with the device nomenclature. The Bold series carries a respected name and it’s possible RIM want to avoid the Storm’s negative past. Another reason to avoid the Storm branding is that Verizon may not be getting this device and the branding may conflict with legal agreements.
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Rogers have been pretty active in the social media space with a wide variety of Twitter accounts and now an official blog. It reminds me of a lot of what RIM are doing with their official blogs and Twitter accounts. It’s still not clear what these huge organizations hope to gain from using these social media initiatives, other than a few satisfied customers here and there. The fact is that these companies have an incredible reach, millions of individuals, and yet their Twitter accounts are really only reaching in the thousands. It’s not that I think the blogs and Twitter accounts are a bad idea, I just don’t know if it’s really going to get the PR response they’re hoping for. In any case, these companies have a lot of money and can afford to test any social media initiative. Hopefully these initiatives mean something for customers in the long run, and don’t serve to provide duplicate information that can be found elsewhere.
The team behind VQ CarFinder have launched VQ Mileage Tracker that captures date, time, distance, and the address you arrived at. The app prides itself on making everything automated without needing any input from the user. When you want to submit an expense report, the data has been automatically collected and is ready to process. To use the automatic mode, you need Bluetooth in your car. By having a Bluetooth setup, the app can automatically register when your car starts and parks.
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