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  • Newsworthy Turns One

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    NewsWorthy.ca

    One year ago this week, the Newsworthy.ca bot started ingesting Canada’s local news. In celebration of the site’s one year anniversary, I added two new features: continuous scroll – you can keep reading the news forever; default edition – you can now set your default city.

    Out of curiosity pulled some stats from the database.

    • Since September 2012, Canadian online media have posted over 140,000 news items.
    • The busiest news day was July 21, 2013 which was the second day of mandatory evacuation during the Calgary Flood.
    • The second busiest day was May 2, 2013 Toronto posted over 860 stories that day, most important story was the Ontario 2013 provincial budget.

    If you’ve never been to the site and you love news, check it out: Newsworthy.ca. Follow the site on Twitter @newsworthyca.

  • Apple iPhone 5S & 5C Canadian vs US Prices

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    In a followup to yesterday’s post about the eLitePhone 5S, here’s a chart comparing the US iPhone prices to the Canadian prices. Unlocked of course, carrier contract deals have not been announced yet.

    Canadian US Difference
    iPhone 5C 16GB $599 $549 (CA$567) $32
    iPhone 5C 32GB $719 $649 (CA$670) $49
    iPhone 5S 16GB $719 $649 (CA$670) $49
    iPhone 5S 32GB $819 $749 (CA$773) $46
    iPhone 5S 64GB $919 $849 (CA$876) $43

    Edit: added conversion rates.

  • The eLitePhone 5S

    The eLitePhone 5S

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    I’ve come to the conclusion that the iPhone 5S is too fancy for me.

    With the gold-trimmed sapphire home button and the extremely high price tag – topping out at $1040* in Canada; it feels like a $1000 watch to me. I don’t just live a lifestyle (or have the taste for fancy things) that would accommodate a $1000 watch.

    Granted the iPhone has always been high-end, but for a long time it has also been the only reasonable option IMHO. The 5C feels more my speed. I can only imagine this divergence in products is a conscious effort by Apple to continue to position themselves as an ultra-high-end retailer.

    * including GST + MB PST