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Heck, we're gettin' really excited for the iPhone launch coming in a fews days! For those who haven't found out yet, Apple officially sent out invitations to various media organizations on Tuesday saying, 'Let's talk iPhone'. Apple fanboys and girls all around the world are getting ready to be awed once more at the yearly release. In the past, Apple has used its invitation to include cryptic hints as to what it will announce. The phrase on this year's invite, 'Let's talk iPhone,' may be a simple play on words, but may also refer to new speech-based features for the iPhone. Last year, Apple acquired voice-recognition application startup 'Siri' and added some voice-to-text features to iOS 4, so an enhancement to those features wouldn't be too surprising. Also it's rumoured that the new iPhone won't be sporting the required hardware to enable it on the blazing-fast 4G LTE network. Instead you'll probably see something ...

Telecoms regulators in India have now put a 100 text message a day cap on all mobile phone users. According to BBC news, millions of mobile phone users in India have been experiencing dozens of unsolicited text messages and phone calls from marketing firms daily -- some, even as late as 3 A.M. Officials there have recently tried combating this problem by heavily fining marketing firms that violated the "National do not call" list. It deemed unsuccessful because it only increased the amount of text messages sent. Now that text messages are being regulated by the service provider, this problem is expected to be curved for good.

Microsoft promised just a few days back that the Windows Phone 7.5 update (otherwise known as “Mango”, because updates need funny little names now) would roll out “sometime in the next week or two” — and sure enough, said roll out has just begun. As for who it’s rolling out to… that’s still a bit of a mystery.

Located in downtown Vancouver on the Plaza at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (on Georgia, between Cambie and Hamilton), the Vancouver Christmas Market will be returning from 24 November to 24 December 2011 and will be open daily from 11 am to 9 pm.

It's official. Apple has announced (with the very simple invite picture from above) to the media that the big unveiling will take place at Apple's Cupertino headquarters starting October 4th 2011 10 A.M. PT for the first time. Steve Jobs won't be there, but a new iPhone will: the invitation reads 'Let's talk iPhone'.

It's cool to know that many of the internet sites that you often visit everyday were created in simple spaces like a dorm room, garage, bed room or a small home office. This week, we did a little digging on the internet and here is a look at our Top 5 picks: #1 Facebook Founder: Mark Zuckerberg Location of birth: Dorm room The idea and development of Facebook started in this dorm room. Initially Mark's appetite for hacking into Harvard's University school system and acquiring pictures of students to construct a "hot or not" site got him into a heap of trouble. The incident (which harvard later dropped charges) helped create the largest social site we see today.

From the Vancouver Canucks   Thank you. Vancouver's final pre-season game on October 1st is reserved to recognize the volunteers who initiated the clean-up efforts in downtown Vancouver the day after the riots. For this we are looking to give away 100 pairs of tickets to those who participated and made a world of difference. If you assisted in making downtown Vancouver beautiful again, please share your experience in 100 words or less and attach a photo of you pitching in from June 16th's clean-up. We will select 100 winners and invite them to the pre-season finale to watch the Canucks take on the Edmonton Oilers. Please submit your story beginning Monday, September 19th , we will be accepting entries until  Monday, September 26th . Winners will be notified shortly after.  SUBMIT HERE

First 50 people will receive a wristband that will allow access for a photo and autograph with Jay. Event starts at 6PM - 7:30PM

Jay Manuel, widely known as one of the fashionable judges from America Next Top Model will be at Sears in Downtown Vancouver today. The purpose is to promote his new clothing line - Attitude. You can follow his status via his twitter handle: @MrJayManuel

This is the world's smallest digital camera, measuring just over one inch in all dimensions and weighing only half an ounce. Reminiscent of devices employed by Cold War-era operatives for intelligence gathering, the camera appears to require Lilliputian agility, yet its one-button operation provides easy picture taking. Providing automatic focus, it uses a 2 MP image sensor that takes still images at 1600 x 1200 resolution and captures video at 30 fps at 640 x 480 resolution. Images are taken as JPEGs and videos as AVIs, both saved onto an included 2 GB microSD card (supports up to 32 GB cards). Images and video can be viewed when connecting it to a computer running Windows 7, XP, or Vista using the included USB 2.0 cable. Rechargeable battery provides up to 30 minutes of operation from a one-hour charge via USB. Includes wrist lanyard. 1 1/8" L x 1" W x 1 1/16" D. (1/2 oz.)

Blackberry is offering up their PlayBook with a $100 Pre-paid Mastercard! (conditions apply) Unfortunately today is the last day for this sweet deal, so definitely head over there to check it out: Buy PlayBook Still can't decide? Here's a full review done on the PlayBook by Crackberry.com

Gizmodo: Do you remember  that mysterious safe hidden behind a wall inside Bill's Casino in Reno ? Well, it's been opened. Cool! Not really, since it was opened and filmed by Oprah's people for a TV special. So no one knows what's inside still. TV drama!

NFC (Near Field Communication) Technology is becoming a very popular trend now as many phones and companies are finding ways to incorporate them in their products. Such is the case with Yale, a company that specializes in door lock manufacturing. The NFC door lock technology has a very simple design with no back end system where you only need your phone and the lock. Authentication of the right phone is verified using an electronic Mobile Key technology.

Here's one site that has made music downloading easier (and virus free). http://www.video2mp3.net/ For those that go on to YouTube to stream music videos and so on, converting them into mp3s to upload it onto your music player is a jiff! Step 1: Grab the link to the YouTube video you would like to retrieve. Step 2: Visit http://www.video2mp3.net and Paste the link in the URL convert box, then click 'Convert'. If this article helped you, make sure to hit the 'Like' button below!

Yup, that's right. Mango OS (windows 7.5) will be available for existing Windows Phones within the next 2 weeks according to the Windows Phone Blog. They are currently bringing customers up to speed on the timing of the releases but has said that not all existing phones will receive the update at the same time.

The largest buzz over the web right now is the new Facebook layout that has been recently implemented. It includes more controls over what you want to view in your News Feed, Top Stories, and a Ticker Feed that displays real-time happenings within your friends list. As with myself and many others, I was a little bit confused initially (mainly looking for the +300 new feed option) but after this video I could see some advantages. Check it out.

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Why pay overpay for a pair of false eyelashes?  We all know M.A.C. Cosmetics sell their lashes for $10.00 CAD pair while Oleda and Shu Uemura charges $15.00 CAD per pair!  C'mon really, who has the money to pay for that?! This week we found a really good snag of a website (madamemadeline.com) that  offers a wide range of eyelash brands from Ardelle, Red Cherry, Revlon, and much more at unbelievable prices! Each set of eyelashes varies but are at below retail prices (some as low as $2!)  You can also buy in bulk where the more you buy the more you save!! MadameMadeline offers the same great quality as what you would buy from retail stores & discount codes where you can save up to 5 % on your entire order or receive free eyelashes to boot!

Huffington Post:  Yelp, which has long dominated Google search results, has a new competitor that it's taking very seriously: Google itself. The prime territory at the top of Google search results that Yelp could once lay claim to is now frequently taken over by Google's own listings. A search for "Los Angeles restaurants" turns up a link to Yelp -- but it's buried halfway down the page below  Google Places , a feature that showcases business listings together with reviews, maps and prices.

Kinjoe is a new vancouver start-up that has launched to help you connect to your local neighbours.  What is it all about? It's a social media site where you can create your own profile, share a little about yourself, see what the locals are up to and chime in on a conversation about something cool. It's designed  to overcome some of the drawbacks of living in the city, where people are surrounded by others, but still find it difficult to meet neighbours or others who share their interests.

Google has announced that their Google Plus social networking site is now available for everyone to join. For those that have been denied access for 3 months without an "invitation," this is your chance to check it out with all the added features. "The Google+ project has been in field trial for just under 90 days, and in that time we’ve made 91 different improvements (many of which are posted here ). Google+ is still in its infancy, of course, but we’re more excited than ever to bring the nuance and richness of real-life sharing to software. Today we’re releasing nine more features that get us that much closer." Here are the 9 new features: 1. Hangouts on your phone

50 Cent is launching his new energy shot, Street King. His goal is to provide 1 billion meals over the next five years. With every shot purchased, a meal is provided for a child in need. "I want to feed a billion kids. It's your boy, 50 Cent." is one of the many tagline he uses in his promo videos trying to get you to buy his new line of energy shots. There is a lot of speculations on the internet about his actual commitment to this cause, due to the fact that 50 Cent hasn't specified how much money will go to World Food Programme. Many believe that he is employing a feel-good marketing tactic just to build the presence of his unknown product. But although this is may be the case, 50 cent is an icon among the younger demographic - combined with his campaign - can be used to leverage for the result of awareness among the youth givers and increases in donations.

The following video shows a driver in Taiwan dragging a tied up dog while it's still alive! This is fucking outrageous. The person with the video camera quickly follows and tries to alert the idiotic pet owner with series of honks from his own car. At the end of the video you'll see the dog getting back up on all fours after brutally being tossed around. ** Warning, this is Graphic Content **

Dr. Dre  will be gearing for more competition from rappers who are getting into the headphones business, the most recent being 50 Cent. Fifty, also known as Curtis Jackson, has his own headphones company  SMS Audio , which recently acquired  KonoAudio  for an undisclosed amount. SMS Audio is set to unveil a line-up of new products in the coming weeks. That is, if the plan pushes through. You see, it already happened before, when 50 Cent inked a deal with Sleek Audio to produce and distribute a wireless hybrid headphone system called Sleek by 50. Protoypes were even showed off at CES 2011, but the deal fell apart last May. SMS Audio, part of 50’s G-Unit Brands, then picked up where it left off and plans on releasing at least three headphones. The company has yet to announce anything about its upcoming headphones, but it revealed that the line will consist of three categories: Wired, wireless, and earbuds. There are also reports that one of its products will feature a...

ENGADGET: Judging from the clandestine screenshot you see above, it most certainly seems like that's the case. A helpful tipster sent us this tasty morsel, from AT&T's internal system, listing the "iPhone 4s White" beneath a handful of already familiar Apple handsets. Could it be? Is Cupertino actually planning on bringing a white version of its   next iPhone   out at launch? We're afraid only time will tell. Original Article from: Engadget

1.) Have fun, play games Along with the routines and pressures of everyday life, things have probably become a tad serious. It’s about time you loosened up and had some fun. And that includes the time when you’re in and out of bed. So if you think sex has become a duty or a chore to be performed just like any other, then you really need to make it more exciting and fun. Find ways to giggle together and things to laugh about even when you’re in bed. Sharing a naughty joke, tickling each other silly or even staging your personal WWF show to only make things livelier. And to add a twist to it, try playing strip poker – you won’t mind losing at this game!

If playing Tetris on your dinky Game-boy isn't enough, try what these group of students did: recreated the classic falling block game onto six-foot tall arrays of LEDs. Epic.

iMessage is one of the great new features of the upcoming iOS 5 update and now there is evidence that it may soon be integrated with OS X Lion’s iChat instant messaging software. This would enable instant messaging between iOS devices and Mac computers running OS X Lion. iMessage is an iOS 5 messaging application which includes sending messages, photos and videos over WiFi or 3G. Messages can be pushed across all iOS devices that use the same account. You can even pick up on the conversation right where you left off when switching from your iPhone to your iPad or iPod touch. MacRumors received some information today... Continue Reading

  ENGADGET: Less than 24 hours after it went live on Microsoft's site, Steve Ballmer reported a whopping 500,000 downloads of Windows 8 Developer Preview. That's half a million copies, if not eager Windows fans. Well, you can count us among them. Although we were treated to some private hands-on time with a tablet optimized for the OS, we hadn't, until now, had a chance to use it on a laptop -- i.e., the computing environment where we spend most of our time, and the one where we're most used to seeing Windows, in particular.

Yes, Blackberry services are down again for certain parts of the world. These things do happen and RIM is fully aware of this situation. They are working around the clock to fix the problem and further updates about the fix coming soon. Meanwhile, yesterday was a bad day for RIM when the company disclosed lower than expected earnings in Q2. The company’s stock plunged more than 20 per cent this morning. Shares dropped as low as $22.14 on the Toronto Stock Exchange with at least 7.0 million shares changing hands on Friday. Profits fell 58 per cent to $329 million US in the quarter. But RIM also says with the popularity of the OS7 and QNX based Blackberries soon to be rolled out, earnings are expected to rebound. Update:    Blackberry officially announces BBM services back to normal via Twitter. Hooray! Back to typing madly away on your devices!

ENGADGET: There comes a time when that giant, corporate-issued laptop stops fitting into your lifestyle. When dragging around a Kensington roller case just won't do. When you start to hear the siren lilt of something thinner, lighter, and maybe a bit more alluring. For years the MacBook Air has been that svelte temptress hollering your name, but it's always been a bit too slow -- all show and no go. It didn't have the power and the longevity to make it a serious contender for your serious affections.

PayPal now plans to revolutionize your whole shopping experience with it's new pilot product that is scheduled to launch sometime later this year. More announcements to be made from the company in the early month of October. Meanwhile, check out the video for a more in-depth look at the concept.

TechCrunch And like that it’s gone. Before I could hit the publish button on this post, Case-Mate pulled the page in question and replaced it with a landing page. But for a second there, Case-Mate had what seemed to be a whole bunch of images of iPhone 5 cases loaded with a slightly different phone that looks rather iPad-ish... Pictures & More: Here

A quick demo of video chat using the front facing camera on the upcoming HTC TITAN with Windows Phone 7.5. See how easy it is for Aaron Woodman, director on the Windows Phone team, to use the Tango mobile app to stay in touch.

A couple from northwestern Oregon who are Internet newbies have found themselves the unwitting subjects of an instant viral video, thanks to a little help from a grandkid. Bruce Huffman, 86, and his wife, Esther, 79, of the Hillside Retirement Community in McMinnville, recently purchased their first laptop computer –- an aqua colored beauty with a built-in webcam.

Windows 8, which was fully unveiled at the Windows Build Conference in Anaheim, California, is here, and it looks much, much different from Windows 7. Sure, it has the start-bar-and-icon "Desktop" look that Windows users are familiar with, but it also has a new, touchscreen-optimized interface called 'Metro,' which looks more like the Windows Phone operating system and which looks like the future of Microsoft Windows from here on out. The touch-optimized interface was all Stephen Sinofsky, President of Windows, and Julie Larson-Green, Corporate Vice President of Windows, were talking about when they showed off Windows 8 to developers at the conference. (They did not, however, mention when the new OS would be available to users.) Here are some screenshots of the new Windows 8 from Sinofsky and Larson-Green's presentation, along with explanations of the newest features and interfaces that users can expect on their new tablets and PCs. My feelings about Windo...

September 16 – 18 is the 2011 ‘Season Finale,’ and each night is packed with special events (along with the usual 300+ vendors), including discounts, prize giveaways and live performances.     Friday, September 16 with a special charity event to benefit the Canadian Diabetes Association: donate clothes, books and housewares—the goal is to fill a 3-tonne truck!—and enter to win prizes. The night also features discounts and live performances from Hawaiian Dance Group, A Start Studio Dance Group, and the UBC Singing Group. Saturday, September 17, the Market hosts its Closing Ceremonies and Awards Night , with live performances of belly dancing, Tae Kwan Tao, and ballroom dance. Sunday, September 18 , the Closing Night celebrations include prize giveaways of Korean Airlines tickets, Pepsi products, and tickets the Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver Aquarium, and the Vancouver Maritime Museum. There will also lots of discounts and deals, break dance and hip...

Ernestine Fu, 20, is taking off her pants. It's 8:35 p.m., and the venture capitalist is changing back into a college sophomore in the rear seat of a borrowed white Prius. After attending two social mixers on Palo Alto's Sand Hill Road, she removes her sleek black pantsuit and heels, leaving a royalblue ruffled blouse that transforms into a short dress. "Amazing articles of clothing can really help in terms of time management," Fu says as she slips on a pair of flats before heading to meet a friend at CoHo, a Stanford University coffeehouse. Like a superhero, Fu prefers to keep quiet about her off-campus identity as an associate at San Francisco venture capital firm Alsop Louie Partners. The firm was founded in 2006 by Stewart Alsop, an early investor in TiVo ( TIVO - news - people ) and Netcentives, and Gilman Louie, who previously ran a CIA-affiliated venture fund. Fu juggles the intense responsibility of workin...

YouNow has launched today and puts the love (or hate) between the internet performers and viewers more closely together. What's it all about? Participants go live with either a musical performance or a talk and they’re voted on in real-time. Thumbs-up votes buys the person more time, thumbs-down means they’ll soon be shoved off the stage. As the project gains more traction and further develop, YouNow could probably host things similar to American Idol where viewers can vote to keep performers on or boo them off! The company plans on releasing a mobile app in a couple of weeks where you can stream the contents and vote just like you would on the website.