Ward off unwanted calls with PrivacyStar

It has probably happened to you before. You’re in the middle of an important task and your concentration's disrupted by your ringing mobile phone. What makes it worse is it was the pesky telemarketer calling you for the nth time. You’re not facing this problem alone, though. There are over 30 million telemarketing calls and 20 million debt collector calls per day.

The solution? A new free app from PrivacyStar that identifies the caller when your phone rings and blocks the calls you don’t want to take. If you feel there is a need, you can even report callers that continue to harass you to the FTC.

Flipboard update allows co-creation of magazines

It takes a team to put together a magazine, so it makes sense that Flipboard now lets you co-curate your magazines with other people. If you’ve started to build a magazine on Flipboard or thinking of starting one, you can invite your friends to add content as well, using the mobile app or through a web bookmarklet. The video in this post shows how you can invite other people to contribute to your magazine.

First Microsoft Technology Centre unveiled in Canada

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Microsoft Canada today unveiled its Microsoft Technology Centre in its Mississauga offices.  A Canadian first, the MTC is a collaborative environment providing technology solutions and the expertise of Microsoft and its partners. The centre is made up of various rooms for meetings and demos including a Microsoft Lync-connected conference room, a server room and various 'Device Bars' featuring the latest phones and tablets as well as other Microsoft solutions like Xbox and Kinect. Hit jump for the full press release plus some photos of the centre.

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Parrot ASTEROID gets three new navigation apps

If you use an ASTEROID Smart or ASTEROID Tablet in your car or are planning on getting one, Parrot gives you three more reasons with the three new navigation apps up for download on the ASTEROID Market.

Now, you’ll have access to navigation expert TomTom for $47.99; the community-based traffic and navigation app Waze for free; and the open-source map application Navfree that is also free for download.