On Monday, Koodo Mobile
went live. This is a new offering that looks like it will compete directly with other pay as you go services like Virgin Mobile. The plans look very decent and I am particularly surprised to see unlimited text messaging for $5.. along with the lowest price package of $15.. This combination would make for very cheap texting. One thing that I’ve noticed that is a big step is the digital coverage across the country. This should make selling phones a lot easier in Saskatchewan where Telus currently offers digital coverage in Regina or Saskatoon. If they extend their phone lineup and continue to promote their services I see this becoming a very popular across the country.
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SIRIUS Satelite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) CEO Mel Karmazin was at an investment conference today and expressed his optimism that the merger between Sirius and XM Satellite Radio will be approved by government regulators by the end of the month. This has sparked a somewhat huge increase trading today. There has been a lot of optimism recently surrounding the merger and todays news really adds to the momentum it is carrying.
Reuters has quoted Karmazin as saying, “The fact that it has lingered this long, it has been interpreted … as good news.” Karmazin also went on to say, “clearly if there was a big problem with the merger, it wouldn’t take the (regulators) this long to figure it out. Either you believe we compete with a whole bunch of audio choices or you think there’s a distinct market called satellite radio.”
SIRI was seen trading at up around 2.89 +0.14 (5.09%) while XMSR is also up at 11.71 +0.62 (5.59%) .
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There is a great site that put together a list of over 100 resources to help make life as a web developer easier; where to find snippets of code, sites that automate processes, cheat sheets, lessons, useful tools and a couple of silly videos to give your brain a break if you make it through to the end. There are a lot of great links and tools that people should check out. Overall its a great list.
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A look back on how each of the Nintendo franchises have evolved from pixellated dots into todays high resolution graphics. This is a cool picture where you can see side by side shots of Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Metroid and Kirby. Not to mention the “challenger” Sonic. Its pretty interesting how the characters have slowly changed but there is no mistaking their identity along the way of their development… Well except maybe the last stage of Metroid, where the armour comes off and we are left with a blond hair girl. Another interesting one, is the change in style for the Zelda franchise. It looks like they didn’t know which direction to take that series so it flops around.
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