NBC and Adobe join forces to launch two 2012 Olympics iOS apps

NBC Olympics is launching two apps today, both built by and powered by Adobe as part of its comprehensive coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Summer Games.

NBC Olympics partnered with Adobe, which built both apps and is powering them through the conclusion of the Games. The NBC Olympics Live Extra and NBC Olympicsapps are available on select Android handset and tablet devices within Google Play, and on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

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Samsung Canada offers Premium Suite software upgrade for GALAXY Note users

Samsung Canada today announced that the Premium Suite upgrade for GALAXY Note users will be available starting tomorrow. It includes extra multimedia features and a range of new S Pen optimized applications in addition to an OS upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

The Premium Suite offers new features and applications exclusive to GALAXY Note and its innovative S Pen, which includes the option to download the free app, S Note, a unique tool that lets you combine your notes or sketches with other digital content, giving you a new way to create your own stories. S Note comes in various ready-to-use templates for a range of tasks including meeting minutes, diary and others.

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Starbucks App finally comes to Android devices in Canada and the UK

For many months now, Android users had to watch longingly at their iPhone-toting counterparts as they whipped out their devices to quickly scan and pay for Starbucks drinks and food. Android users in Canada now have the same priviledge and can set up the official Android app for mobile payments.

Available now at the Google Play Store, the Starbucks app brings all the key features to Android such as location information, the ability to pay using bar codes on the screen as well as integration with PayPal for re-upping the coffee fund.

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First Canadian Samsung Store opens in BC

Will having its own stores bring Samsung the lines of customers?Not to be outdone by Microsoft, Sony and Apple, Samsung's gone ahead and opened its first Samsung Retail Store in Burnaby’s Metropolis at Metrotown. A report from the Vancouver Sun states that:

"The store launch comes as the company celebrates its latest patent victory over Apple’s attempt to block sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphones; its phone sales have driven the company to a record $9.5 billion US quarterly profit and its newest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III is flying off the shelves.

A showcase for all that is mobile in Samsung’s growing lineup of consumer products — from smartphones, to tablets, notebook computers and digital cameras — the Metro Vancouver store could be seen as a legacy of the 2010 Olympic Games"

The Samsung Store is said to have been put up in partnership with one of Canada's wireless carriers, although who this silent partner is has not been revealed.

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