By Kate Pierson In any competitive commercial market, consumer districts are saturated with similarities. When restaurants with identical culinary cuisine are neighbours and competing coffee shops live on contiguous corners,…
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By Kate Pierson Google, email, blogs, chatrooms, online video conferencing, television on demand; makes you wonder how we ever managed without the internet. Fact is, it’s not a bad guess…
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By Ian Knott I recently bought a new smartphone — an HTC 7 Trophy Windows Phone to be exact. I’d trialled one and loved the Windows 7 operating system so…
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By Kate Pierson In life, we are taught to live for the moment. And when that moment comes, we want to own it, preserve it and keep it with us…
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BlackBerry is one of the most well-known and well-liked smartphone brands in the world and Telecom’s XT Network powered BlackBerry Bold 9000 won’t disappoint. It’s the perfect accessory for work…