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Okay, so it’s not quite inside information, but this morning when I logged into my computer at work I found out that GE has signed a contract with Santa to provide a new state of the art sleigh. This is sure to impact GE’s stock price, which as of recent has been around the upper $15s.

We all know that traditionally Santa has had a rather old fashioned sleigh pulled by his reindeer, but the reindeer are getting old and so is Santa and so GE has developed mind blowing proprietary technology to solve some traditional problems. Some of the new features include OLED lighting, RFID Asset tracking (for Santa’s many gifts), and much more. Another cool thing is that most of this stuff is in development or has been developed by GE already. Take a look at the below app to learn more.

Back in October, Matt wrote a post about the smartphone market, and it really got me thinking… Why is it that you can never find a handset with reliable hardware, cutting edge operating system, and any network you choose? I was reminded of back in the day when I had Nokia mobile phones. I had several, but my memory of each was that they were built tough. I had one that my friends and I dubbed the indestructible phone. It was my “drunk phone”. I dropped it off a ski lift, threw it at brick walls, and we even ran it over with an ambulance (no joke), but it just wouldn’t break. However, if memory serves, the operating system was so dinky and archaic, that being virtually indestructible was pointless. So, I decided that if Nokia ever took on the Android OS, that I would pick it up in a heart beat.

Congratulations to the winners of the Google Voice Invite Give-Away:

• @servnhimusa
• @duggiephresh
• Nikhil Suresh (fb).

If you are one of the winners, Direct Message @ThruITBlog with your email address on twitter.

ENJOY!

I think I can speak for all of us at ThruIT when I say that we are all lazy gadget freaks. But I know that most of us love food… and when I say love, I mean lovvvvve food. So when it comes to Thanksgiving, we reach an epic conundrum: sooo much food but way too much work to be done. There is plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving in the tech world, but every other blogger out there decided to post those lists (Wired, Crunch Crunch, IMLP Blog, etc.). So I decided to mix things up a little bit a present you with some ways to keep thanksgiving techy. This list should help you infuse technology into your thanksgiving festivities.

So they may not be as cool as Google Wave invites these days, but we at ThruIT blog just got our hands on some invites for Google Voice. The service is pretty cool and its continually being improved upon. Send and receive phone calls, voicemails, and text messages all from your personalized FREE vanity google voice number. Mine is ###-4-KIEVIT. Also, the voicemails are transcribed; although that feature isn’t perfect, its helpful in meetings to get a gist of what the person needed.