-
The Company That Owns The Weather Network Acquires Beat the Traffic to Bolster Service Offering
1By: Kuljit Grewal | September 17th, 2012 | Business, iOS, Living, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
In order to better serve their growing number of mobile users, Oakville, Ontario based Pelmorex Media Inc. acquired Beat the Traffic. The latter is a Santa Clara, California based provider of vehicle traffic solutions for companies in the weather broadcasting business....
Continue Reading -
Due to Overwhelming Success, iPhone 5 Pre-Orders From Bell and Virgin No Longer Available
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 16th, 2012 | Apple, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
With last week’s announcement of the iPhone 5, people have had time to soak in the specs and assess how they feel about the device before being able to get their hands on it. True Apple Heads are already planning on lining up for their iOS smartphone, but for others the ability to pre-order is both appreciated and preferred. Thanks to the obvious interest in the latest iPhone, so mu...
Continue Reading -
Canadian App Discovery Platform ooomf Raises $500K in Funding
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 16th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
With the incredible number of apps that exist in Apple’s App Store, a little bit of help discovering useful, interesting and playful ones are always appreciated. With that in mind, the team behind ooom...
Continue Reading -
Monkey Business! Canadian Zoos are Using Apps to Teach Apes
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 15th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, Living, News, O Canada, Tablets
Of all the incredible uses and purposes mobile apps serve, the following is an amazing tale of how truly wide ranging apps’ audiences can be. Zookeepers across Canada and the U.S. are discovering that mobile apps can be used to train, educate and stimulate apes that call their zoos home. Mobile apps are being used as part of a large program called Apps for Apes being conducted at 12...
Continue Reading -
Analyst Predict Apple Will Sell A Whopping 10 Million iPhone 5 Devices In First Two Weeks
By: Talha Bhatti | September 15th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Gadgets, News, Smartphones
Apple is called the world’s most valuable company for good reason. The technology giant has figured out how to create brand loyalty among its customers along with developing products that have mass appeal. It also doesn’t hurt that the company can produce these products at very cheap prices. With the early passing away of the iconic Steve Job...
Continue Reading -
Autodesk’s Impressive iPhone App Allows 3D Modelling on Your Smartphone
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 14th, 2012 | Apple, iOS, Mobile Apps, Smartphones
A new iPhone application called 123D Catch allows you to take impressive 3D scans of an object using panoramic style photos taken by your mobile device. The app, created by Autodesk allows users to take pictures and process them on iPads, PCs, various Web browsers and on now your iPhone since earlier this month. The full 3D effect is achieved b...
Continue Reading -
Apple Introduces The iPhone 5, Canadians Can Get One September 21
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 13th, 2012 | Apple, Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
California based tech titan Apple finally unveiled their hotly anticipated iPhone 5 at a standalone event yesterday at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The device, arguably the most ballyhooed of the company’s history, features many of the specs that we have reported on in the months leading up to the launch event. ...
Continue Reading -
Bell, Bell, Bell…BCE Looking to Launch Their Own Netflix Competitor
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 13th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Google, News, O Canada
According to CEO George Cope, telecommunications giant BCE Inc. is gearing up to launch their own Netflix competitor. The decision, which hinges on the success of the company’s proposed bid for rival Astral Media, will use the latter’s content to sell in an on-demand format in bot...
Continue Reading -
eSpark Hires Facebook Mobile Alum As CTO And Grabs $5.7 Million In Funding
By: Talha Bhatti | September 11th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, Living, News, Tablets
The iPad was expected to revolutionize the classroom and Apple has been quite successful at achieving their goal. Currently, there are over 100,000 educational apps and eBooks available on the iOS but users can have a hard time figuring out which ones are right for them. eSparks set out to...
Continue Reading -
Apple Opens Another Canadian Apple Store in Ottawa’s Bayshore Shopping Centre
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 11th, 2012 | Apple, News, O Canada
Following the opening of two retail locations in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Coquitlam, British Columbia (TQ was on it), tech giant and retail sales innovator Apple Inc. has opened their latest Apple Store in Ottawa’s Bayshore Shopping Centre. The location is Ontario’s...
Continue Reading
