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TELUS Offers Customers 32GB iPhone 5 Because Of 16GB Version Shortage
0By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The recent release of the iPhone 5 has seen the phone become a huge hit and the global demand for the device has caused major shortages. Some customers who pre-ordered the device have had to wait to receive their Apple devices. Canada has had similar problems to the rest of the world and...
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Canada’s Porter Airlines Launches Passbook Ready Tickets
By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
iOS 6 quickly followed the release of the iPhone 5 and one of its significant changes saw Apple include its new digital wallet called Passbook. Many first movers have already integrated their businesses with the feature, allowing their users the opportunity to take advantage of Apple’s attempt at changing the sector. Passbook is an application...
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Mobile Print and Scan App For iOS and BlackBerry Launched By Canon Canada
By: Kevin Green | September 27th, 2012 | Business, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Every day more and more business professionals are storing data and files on their smartphones. This allows them flexibility and ease of use in the increasingly mobile workplace. Canon Canada has identified a growing need for busy people to connect to printers with their mobile devices and has released a mobile printing app for
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Poynt Updates Local Search App for iPhone to Increase iOS User Base
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Android, Apple, Business, Google, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
Calgary based technology firm Poynt launched an upgraded version of its iPhone app last week for the iOS platform. Poynt is a local search tool that is intended to be accessed from smartphones to provide the user with results based on their location. Poynt had initial success with Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry platform but the declining ...
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Apple Sells More Than 5 Million iPhone 5 Units Over a Weekend and Shareholders Are Disappointed?
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 25th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, News, Smartphones
It has long been known that Apple has turned product launches and hype creation into an art form they excel in like no other. This is true no matter what side of Apple’s fence you stand on due to one simple fact…the numbers don’t lie. According to a press release from Apple CEO Tim Cook, the company sold more than 5 million...
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Uber Free! Taxi Service Start-Up Uber is Giving Free Taxi Rides in Toronto Today
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 25th, 2012 | Android, Cars, iOS, Living, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Whether you call Toronto home or just happen to be visiting this week, the city has been a little more awesome the past two days. Smartphone based taxi and limo service Uber is providing unlimited free rides around the city until 11:59 tonight as part of a promotion to reward current users and attract future ones in the nation’s largest city. ...
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VIDEO: Apple’s First Three iPhone 5 Commercials
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 25th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, Smartphones
Everyone’s favourite company named after a fruit has released the first set of ads for its latest and greatest device, the iPhone 5. The commercials have been done by Apple’s long time ad agency TBWA/Media Arts Lab. The first of the ads began airin...
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BlackBerry Distant Third Behind Apple and Android In Global Smartphone Market
By: Talha Bhatti | September 24th, 2012 | Android, Apple, Business, Google, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Technology research firm IDC recently released updated smartphone sales numbers which are not likely to go down very well at Research In Motion’s (RIM). IDC’s report shows that BlackBerry is far behind category leaders Android and Apple in global sales for th...
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VIDEO: Browsing Speed Test – iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy S III
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 23rd, 2012 | Android, Apple, iOS, Smartphones
The past couple of months have seen Apple and Samsung trade blows in the courtroom as well as in the advertising world with Samsung taking targeted shots at the iPhone 5 in both print (see below) and video advertisement.
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Facebook Testing New Ad Network For Off Site Ad Placement
By: Talha Bhatti | September 22nd, 2012 | Android, Business, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Social Media
After Facebook’s disappointing IPO and stock activity since, the company has been looking at ways to bring in some positive news and help increase its share prices. One of the problems that the company is trying to tackle is its revenue generation from ads and focusing on its underutilized mobile customer base.
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