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Streaming Music Startup Spotify Looking at New Financing to Reach $3 Billion Valuation
0By: Kevin Green | November 13th, 2012 | Business, News
Streaming music startup Spotify, is looking to finish off its latest round of financing at $100 million. The Wall Street Journal reported the figures claiming that the new amount will bring the total worth of the company to $3 billio...
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$20 Indian Made 7-Inch Aakash 2 Tablet Could be a Game Changer
By: Kevin Green | November 13th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Tablets
Pranab Mukherjee, the prime minister of India, showcased the 7-inch Aakash 2 tablet computer on November 11 which the government of his country will be purchasing for 100,000 university students and professors. The tablet is a product of an Indian/UK/Canadian startup named Datawind run by a 44-year old CEO, Suneet Tuli. If the first batch tha...
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ArtizanWork’s Sweater Phone Cover Tops Shapeways’ 3D Print Contest
By: Kevin Green | November 13th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, Smartphones
Shapeways recently wrapped up its 3D Print Contest for iPhone 5 accessories by announcing winners in late October. The big winner was ArtizanWork who got 3D printing worth $500 thanks to their winning entry of a "knitted" Sweater case for the iPhone. The winning entry has four color option...
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VIDEO: Designer Develops Prototype Smartwatch For Use With Apple’s Siri
By: Talha Bhatti | November 12th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Gadgets, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones
A designer named Federico Ciccarese has created a watch that connects to Apple's voice controlled concierge service Siri. The device is being called a iSiri Smartwatch and is expected to be a competitor for
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BlackBerry the Top Smartphone In Emerging Markets Of Africa
By: Talha Bhatti | November 12th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Canadian technology giant Research in Motion (RIM) has seen its market share slip significantly in Western markets like the US and Europe. The company has been struggling lately to compete against smartphone makers like Apple and Samsung and ha...
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TELUS Gaining Quickly On Bell in Race to Become Canada’s Second Largest Wireless Provider
By: Talha Bhatti | November 12th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
TELUS reported its third quarter earnings for 2012 on November 9 and once again showed industry observers that the Canadian wireless service provider is hot on the heels of Bell and may soon replace the company as the country’s second largest wireless carrier. The report from TELEUS stated that th...
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Apple’s FaceTime At Center Of Second VirnetX Patent Infringment Case
By: Talha Bhatti | November 12th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
VirnetX, a security software company that boasts an impressive patent portfolio, is suing California based technology giant Apple for patent infringement. This is not the first time the two companies have met in court with VirnetX having ju...
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Canadian Startup UrtheCast Aims To Become First Live Space Streaming Company In The World
By: Talha Bhatti | November 12th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Vancouver based UrtheCast is looking to become the first group to live stream views of the earth from space. The Canadian firm is in ground breaking territory after it partnered with the International Space Station and has worked out a deal to put a high-resolution camera on the station in order to give users on earth a real time view of sp...
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BDC Venture Capital Signs on With Startup Weekend Canada to Become its First Ever Nationwide Partner
By: Ali Raza | November 11th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
According to the latest update, BDC Venture Capital declared that they are now the first ever nationwide partner of well-known Seattle based Startup Weekend Canada that organises 54-hours intense events in which product manage...
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Diablo Technologies Secures $28 Million Investments for Their Revolutionary Platform Memory Channel Storage™ (MCS™)
By: Jeff Stewart | November 10th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Diablo Technologies, founded in 2003 declared that they had seized $28 million in investment funds as a result of a recent funding round. With the close of this round, Diablo Technologies was also able to bring in several new Board members as well as European and US based investors into the fray that will aid the company that has...
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