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Rogers turns 50 today and we’re celebrating with a contest!
September 30th, 2010 a 9:52am
Today marks a major milestone for Rogers. On September 30, 1960, Ted Rogers purchased a fledgling FM radio station with an $85,000 loan. His vision and passion built a business that is now a national telecommunications and media powerhouse with the fastest and most reliable network, 53 radio stations, over-the-air and specialty television stations, a stable of magazines, and the country’s only Major League Baseball team, the Blue Jays.
Throughout these 50 years, Rogers has also been a company of many firsts. We were the first cable company in North America to launch commercial high-speed Internet service. We were also the first to launch HSPA+ wireless network technology in North America. Rogers also launched the first BlackBerry service in the world, and we were the first to bring Android phones and Wi-Fi + 3G netbooks to Canada.
We’re celebrating this milestone with a contest for our RedBoard readers: Just tell us in the comments section of this post, in 100 words or less, how technology has changed your life for the better and you could win a Wi-Fi + 3G 32GB iPad.
Good luck!
Stacey Fowler is a regular contributor to RedBoard.
Contest closes at 2:30 p.m. ET on October 1, 2010. Open to residents of Canada who are 18 years or older, excluding residents of Quebec. To enter, tell us in 100 words or less, on the RedBoard blog, how technology has changed your life for the better. Prize: one (1) Wi-Fi + 3G 32GB iPad valued at $779 to be won. One entry/person. Odds of winning depend on the quality of the post and the number of eligible entries. Mathematical skill-testing question to be correctly answered to win. No Purchase Necessary. Full rules here.
Update (October 1, 3:48 p.m.): The entry period for our Rogers 50th Anniversary contest has closed – we had a blast reading how technology has changed your lives for the better in so many different ways. Well done!
We had to narrow it down to the top five entries, and the winner was chosen from that pool of five by random draw.
Here are the four runners-up who get an honourable mention:
Bhupinder
Technology has changed my life for the better in so many different ways. I thought I would express my love for technology in a poem. I hope you enjoy:
T ethering
E mail
so C ial Networking
H i Speed Internet
iPho N e
Rogers O n Demand
L CD TV
O nline
G oogle
Y fi (wifi)
That “Rogers On Demand” is a total life saver. I mean it…especially when 24 was on and you wanted to rewatch an episode…5 times!!!
Viva Technology!!!
Carlin
Without technology, I’d have to actually hand write this comment and mail it in… then I’d have to wait 6-8 weeks to see if I won or not. Technology is the best!
Gord Moore
I have 4 kids playing house league hockey and coach a couple of the teams. I use my Blackberry for everything from tracking ice times, checking web sites and sending out team e-mails in real time to calling my wife to find out what is happening at the rink I can’t get to. Having the technology to do everything at the rink gives me back time to spend with the kids.
Neil
When I was young, I had anger problems. My parents took me to tons of specialists and I ended up getting myself in a lot of trouble growing up. Eventually I ended up in a group home and one of the staff members there introduced me to computers. I immediately latched on. They gave me a focus. This focus grew and grew as more and more technology came out. I was able to change my life for the better and accomplish my Business degree and now I work around technology selling it and passing my passion and knowledge to others.
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And here is our winning entry! (Jay, we will get in touch with you via email to arrange delivery):
Jay Sala
I remember when calendars where tethered to kitchen walls, contact information to little black books, and communications to paper, pen and telephones. I now carry all that (enhanced) functionality in my pocket and share it with the people I need to. Technology helps set me free.
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The Internet and use of computers and mobile phones Im able to watch all my favorite television programming on any device any time.
Instant gratification is the best.
Simply put: the iPhone (and the technology behind it) is the most useful device I have ever owned. Technology has helped put a to-do list, scheduler, video calling, games, phone calls and so much else into something that easily slips into my pocket!
My wife and I both have smartphones (LG Eve and iPhone 3GS) and it’s transformed the way we keep track of everything and how we communicate day in and day out. From our calendars, map applications and more I can’t imagine going back.
Being able to connect on a daily basis with friends and family all over the world, from my phone, is just amazing and really rewarding.
technology has changed my life in the fact that i am now more organized (as a teacher you need this) and has allowed me to stay on top of the things that matter most – my favourite technology save was when I was able to tell my wife what day it was that I proposed when she didn’t know. Thanks technology!
Without technology, I’d have to actually hand write this comment and mail it in… then I’d have to wait 6-8 weeks to see if I won or not. Technology is the best!
technology changes the way we see the future. keeping up with family and friends who live 10 hours away or how i can feel important from blogging to share my interests and findings to others. being able to tweet a picture instantly or update a status to let everyone know the latest news. technology is here to stay.
Technology changed my life by making it SUPER EASY & CHEAP to keep in touch with my family on the other side of the Pacific ocean! From the advancement in passenger air travel(faster & cheaper), to skype-ing with mom & dad on Christmas morning. Technology had reduced the travel 12000+ KM between Toronto and Hong Kong to see my family, to a couple clicks on the iPhone to have a FaceTime chat with family all over the globe.
Having access to my emails from anywhere has made running my business much, much easier and has given me the ability to spend more time with my family.
The world in my phone, anywhere I am I can connect with friends and family. I can meet new people in the UK while sitting in a coffee shop in Calgary!
Mobile technology such as laptops and smart-phones have allowed me to become location-independent during a period of uncertainty. I can access my work, communicate with friends and family and remain entertained anywhere in the world.
Because I live in a small town, technology has made a huge difference in my life. And I now couldn’t live without it. Having direct access to information at my fingertips (via blackberry) helps me professionally and enables me to social network. By networking with technology, it has enabled me to meet and get to know people in bigger cities that I would have might not have ever got to meet before. Everyone has had some sort of impact on my life. It would feel like living in the woods again with out it. Even though I do.
Being able to use my phone, emails and the internet from anywhere at any point in time has made my life so much easier. Without my Blackberry I don’t know what I’d do!!
I always have been one to be ahead of the curve, texting when no one had a clue how the message came up on their screen, using rogers video calling years ago with random people just to test it out. Technology got me through the long bus rides, helped me connect with my family in ways i couldn’t previously imagine, and most of all technology is what has kept many of my loved ones around with advancements in chemotherapy and the ability to keep my friends kids alive when they were born prematurely. Happy 50th Rogers.
Technology has been a part of my life since I can remember, my dad was always a gadget guy, from the polaroids he would take of us to the family vacations he’d shoot on old 8mm film, he created great memories for us with technology. 24 years later, I am not very different in that respect, with todays technology I can play video games with friends that live half way across the world or shoot off a picture I just took to a family member that’s 2 hours away. I’d say all of these things have made my life better.
When I travel, I am able to communicate via video chat, and see and speak to my loved ones. My 6 year old loves it too as he can see where I am. I also love sending picture messages for in the moment pictures, to bring smiles to them too.
Without technology, I wouldn’t be able to drive a car, read a book, or properly care for my son. The technology I am talking about is optics. My glasses play an integral role in everything I do, without them I wouldn’t be able to enjoy all the unbelievable mobile technology that my Android device allows. The level of connectedness that we have achieved is a truly amazing feat. Thank you for helping to advance it here in Canada Rogers! Happy Anniversary.
I would be in a totally different field if it wasn’t for technology. I ot my first computer in 1st year and changed my major :)
Thanks to technology, I can now get the information I need wherever I am, at any time. From managin food allergies at the grocery stores by browsing the web for information to finding alternate routes to locations, while all the while staying in close contact with friends and fmaily. I love it!
Tech has been great keeping my family and friends in touch despite the distance. From BBS to FB, tech has helped to keep family together through thick and thin!