File Tax Returns with your iPhone Camera via TurboTax SnapTax

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Intuit has just launched their iPhone app TurboTax SnapTax that allows Canadians to file their tax returns using their iPhone cameras. The app is free to download but when it comes to file your tax return it'll cost you $9.99. The convenience factor of filing via your iPhone is pretty cool.

The app works for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPhone 4S and takes advantage of optical character recognition to transfer info from your T4 to the tax return. The app is limited, as it's meant for people who need to file a simple tax return. Future updates will include options for RRSP contributions and charitable donations.

According to Intuit:

…the app is designed to appeal to 18- to 34-year-olds, a group that spends at least two hours a day on their smartphones. While technologically savvy, they may be new to filing taxes and somewhat intimidated by the process. If all they have is a T-4, there's little point in spending $50 to $100 at the nearest tax preparation service at the local mall.

So if you're a student or someone who has a simple return, this could be a viable alternative. Check out the video demo below:

iTunes description below:

Magically do your taxes on your iPhone with the snap of a photo!

IT'S SO SIMPLE:

1 – Snap a photo of your T4
2 – Answer a few simple questions
3 – Review, pay, and NETFILE securely

START FOR FREE – PAY WHEN YOU'RE DONE:
* Only $9.99 per return

FOR CANADIANS WHO:
* Have just a T4 slip
* Don't have children or dependants
* Are under the age of 65
* Reside in AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, SK

Click here to download TurboTax Snaptax. It's free. Let me know how your return goes if you decide to try it out!

OneNote Mobile is here!

OneNote™ Mobile is here. You need it. What good is a list if you forget it? If you're the type of person who makes lists and forgets them (i.e. a human being), you need OneNote Mobile. You can create notes and lists to your heart's content — and never lose them. Plus, it's a free download for Android, iPad and iPhone. Download it free now: Get it for Android Get it for iPad Get it for iPhone You already have it! Why you'll love OneNote Mobile: •  It's easy to create notes on the go. Use text photos, bullets, checklists — or all of the above. •  It's easy to find what you need. You can store and access multiple notebooks within the app. •  It's free. Just download and start using it. Available at the Android Marketplace or the iTunes App Store. Windows Phone users already have it installed. Microsoft Canada Co. 1950 Meadowvale Blvd Mississauga, Ontario L5N 8L9 Copyright 2012 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement | Unsubscribe

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vBenchmark - Pretty cool

I just finished downloading and installing the new fling from VMware Labs called vBenchmark.

“vBenchmark provides a succinct set of metrics in these categories for your VMware virtualized private cloud. Additionally, if you choose to contribute your metrics to the community repository, vBenchmark also allows you to compare your metrics against those of comparable companies in your peer group.”

As you can see from the screenshot, vBenchmark gives you basic information about your infrastructure and compares it to other companies in your “Peer Group”  (this is compared against All / All / Worldwide)

The ability to see how we are utilizing our environment against others so we can decide if we are over / under utilizing our pools is the main draw of this fling.

It will be interesting to see how this grows as more people start using it and what the comparison will look like at the end of each month. From the data it looks like we are defiantly under utilizing our vRAM and have over utilized the VMs per CPU (or at least to the comparison data) which is exactly what we are trying to achieve with our environment.

I encourage everyone to go out and try vBenchmark (http://labs.vmware.com/flings/vbenchmark), there is a pile more Benchmarks to compare against that may or may not be useful to you.

Re-think everything for mobile or you're toast

Mobile devices are about to dwarf computers and the mobile web will have to take off the training wheels. Is your company ready?

Read more:

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/hiner/re-think-everything-for-mobile-or-youre-toast/10251

This foam ball promises to take iOS gaming to the next level

We've seen a number of accessories aimed at iOS gamers hit the market over the last 12 months. But they've all been game controllers, in one form or another. We've never seen anything like this before.

Introducing Physical Apps' new iPhone and iPod touch accessory, TheO. The soft-foam ball, which features a cushioned slot at its core that holds a wide range of devices, promises to take iOS gaming to the next level…(...)
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See your voicemail: Introducing Rogers Visual Voicemail Plus

Sometimes I just can't pick up a phone call. There are countless scenarios where answering my phone is not an option, like when I'm in a meeting, at the movies,  have my hands full of groceries or when my friend is in the middle of recounting a really important story that requires my full, undivided attention. Once you miss a call, you can't always call into your voicemail mailbox right away to see what the person had to say, even if you're extremely eager to find out.

Today Rogers launched Visual Voicemail Plus, included in new Rogers Value Packs. It's another first from Rogers and it's available for most phones. What's great about Visual Voicemail Plus is that not only do you get the audio file pushed to your phone but the message is transcribed to text and sent with the audio file as an attachment in a single message. This means you no longer need to dial into your voicemail inbox, enter your password, and listen to all the prompts – your audio message and transcription is just a click away. One of the other key benefits is that you see the list of your voice messages and can directly access the one you want, rather than having to listen to each one in order they were left.

Visual Voicemail Plus is available for select BlackBerry and Android devices and is managed via an application, as well as available on other smartphones and mobile phones that support MMS (picture/video) messages with messages delivered via MMS.

How to get Visual Voicemail Plus

Contact Rogers to subscribe to the service. BlackBerry and Android users can download the Visual Voicemail Plus app from Rogers Mobile Internet Portal or the Android Market. For these apps, everything is synchronized between your device and traditional voicemail mailbox. This means that if you delete or view a message in the app, it will be deleted or marked as Saved in your voicemail mailbox. For mobile phones that support MMS, you just need to set up your voicemail to get started and messages will be saved on your traditional voicemail mailbox once they have been delivered to your phone via MMS.

Get your home phone voicemail sent to you your mobile

Visual Voicemail Plus also allows voicemail messages to be forwarded as MMS messages from your Rogers Home Phone. Just log into the voicemail online portal and click on the "message to MMS" tab.

Get your voicemail on your computer

If you're already using the recently launched Rogers One Number service, you'll be glad to hear that you can now integrate Visual Voicemail Plus via MMS on your computer too.

Do you have a memorable voice message that you continue to keep saved? Care to share?

Kaili is a regular contributor to RedBoard

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