Apple Camp Canada now accepting kids aged 8-12 for free three-day creative workshop

Apple Camp is now accepting applications from creative kids ages 8-12 to learn how to shoot their own footage, create an original song in GarageBand on an iPad, and put it all together in iMovie on a Mac. This FREE workshop, held at participating Apple Retail Stores, spans three days and ends with campers debuting their masterpieces at the Apple Camp Film Festival. Kids will learn the rudiments of filmmaking, from concept to soundtrack, storyboard, shooting, production and editing. Children will have to be accompanied by their parents.

SourceCode: Massive change in retail requires adaptation

Retail Prophet Doug Stephens at the Art of Retail Event: "The best days of retail are ahead of us, but things are changing dramatically."By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I attended the recent Art of Retail conference in downtown Toronto to learn more about how retail is undergoing a massive change and how companies are tackling continued competition from online as well as innovating to stay alive.

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Staples Canada to carry Lenovo Yoga and Twist models

As Lenovo continues to move forward in the consumer space, it is focusing on making its products more widely available to consumers. Staples Canada will now carry the Lenovo Yoga and Lenovo Twist convertible Windows 8 PCs starting today. Hit jump for the details.

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Google to open its own Retail Stores by end of 2013

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

In an inevitable move, search giant Google has indicated its desire to enter into the commercial retail store space by opening its first store in the UK last year.

A move that many see as the beginning of a series of Google Store openings in the US and Europe. A lot has changed in the past few years and Google now sells a variety of devices such as its Nexus smartphones and tablets, various Chromebook models and even the Chromebox PC and even Nexus Q audio devices. Google is also working on its smart glasses initiative. 9to5Google explains that Google will open a series of stores by the end of 2013 (it is already testing the concept in a fee UK locations called Chromezone stores). 

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