Google Play Gift Cards in $10 and $25 appear, signify evolution of an ecosystem

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Google's Play Store is the hub to buy apps, music, movies, books and even smartphones and tablets. The evolution of the virtual store sees the next level of its evolution by now offering gift cards.

These cards will likely be sold in popular retailers alongside similar gift cards from iTunes, Facebook, Zynga, Sony and others. Androidcentral.com was able to nab some legit looking photos of the $10 and $25 cards with the Google Play log and branding.

Source: Androidcentral

Apple Retail Stores to open in Halifax and Coquitlam

It's going to be a good weekend for Canadian Apple Retail Stores, two more are opening this Saturday August 18th. Apple will open its first Maritime Store at the Halifax Shopping Centre at 9:30am. Apple Store Halifax  will be the 24th store in Canada.   Apple Store Coquitlam, opening the same day, will be the 5th store in Vancouver and the 25th store in Canada making a total of 375 stores around the world. Remember, first 1000 vistors get a free t-shirt!.

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Nokia Lumia 900 to get software update tomorrow

Nokia Lumia 900 owners on Rogers will be getting a surprise tomorrow in the form of a software update to the flagship Windows Phone. This isn't the promised Windows Phone 7.8 update that will bring some system-wide enhancements to all Lumia smartphones but a general Lumia 900 software update. Hit jump to see the scale of features this update will bring.

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HP's Windows 8 tablets to feature unique technologies

Screenshot from HP's "Make it Matter" commercial

HP is looking to get back in the tablet game in a big way. Its Windows 8 tablets, which should be available later this year.

"We will be very focused on the commercial tablet opportunity, which is completely under penetrated. And, we have some unique intellectual property that we're going to apply," HP's SVP of Americas sales for HP's printing and personal systems division, John Solomon told  VARS and technology integrator news website CRN.

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