Turnstyle's Wi-Fi loyalty program coming to 600 Subway restaurants in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Northern Ontario

Market trends and recent studies indicate that more than 69% of customers are willing to hand over data for location-based marketing rewards,” said Devon Wright, CEO, Turnstyle. “We are honoured to be working with Subway to bring something relevant to their clientele, based on customer insight garnered through Turnstyle technology.

Turnstyle will be collaborating with Subway Restaurants across all of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Northern Ontario. The expansion follows a successful program which took place last year in Northern Ontario and garnered impressive results.

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Dutch police are training eagles to take down drones

Drones are great devices for getting birds eye view video and photography as well as for various types of recreational flying. But when they are used to take unwanted photos of private property or when they are potentially dangerous. The thing is, shooting down drones isn't the safest way to remedy the situation. Dutch Police are training Majestic Eagles to identify and knock down drones. It's an interesting approach although the eagles can get hurt by the drone's propellers which isn't ideal. The tests are still undergoing so it remains to be seen if eagles are the best solution worth considering for drone control.

IDC: iPad Pro outsells entire Microsoft Surface line over the holidays

While Apple's iPad sales have been on a downswing for some time that hasn't stopped the iPad Pro from outselling Microsoft's entire Surface line over the holidays. "We believe Apple sold just over two million iPad Pros while Microsoft sold around 1.6 million Surface devices, a majority of which were Surface Pro and not the more affordable Surface 3," IDC research director Jean Philippe Bouchard said in a release. 

The iPad Pro is Apple's largest iPad at 12.9-inches, it features the most powerful A9X processor and has a built-in accessory port that can power Smart Keyboard accessories. The iPad Pro also accepts input from the Apple Pencil, which makes it a great device for artists, designers and businesses requiring accurate signatures input. 

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Sinusoid releases Sonocord 1.4 - An Audio Sonogram App for Birders

Birders rejoice! 

Sinusoid Pty Ltd today is proud to announce the release and immediate availability of Sonocord version 1.4 for iOS. This is a feature update and bug fix release. First released in May 2014, Sonocord is finding application not only in the birding community, but in other areas where users need to display audio sonograms immediately after recording the audio.

Recently, experts such as Tom Stephenson have published detailed information on interpretation of bird songs and calls using audio sonograms as a graphical representation of the calls.

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