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Samsung Smashes Quarterly Profit Records Thanks To Strong Galaxy SIII Sales
0By: Talha Bhatti | October 10th, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones
South Korean electronics manufacturer, Samsung, has recently reported quarterly profits of $7.3 billion. The statement was made on Friday, October 5th and marks the fourth straight quarter of record earnings for the global leader in mobile devices. Samsung managed to double their profit from the same time last year and the latest rep...
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Rumours Indicate Google and LG to Release New Nexus Phone In November
By: Talha Bhatti | October 10th, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones
The critical Christmas shopping season has become a battlefield for smartphone manufacturers and many have timed their new device releases to coincide with the holiday season. Apple has already released its super hot iPhone 5 and other manufacturers like Nokia and HTC are expected to release their offerings soon. Of course the rumor mills are running on full blast and news of the latest devices is...
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Toronto Based Tunezy Using Crowd Funding to Give Recording Artists Alternatives to Large Record Labels
By: Kevin Green | October 9th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
The music industry has been going through a consistent decline for many years and the onslaught of piracy and newer digital delivery models have all but destroyed the traditional method of doing business. Record labels are seeing their revenues fall significantly and companies are either going belly up or are being acquired to form larger firms with larger collections of assets. These mega compani...
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U.S. Intelligence Committee Head Says Canada At Risk From Huawei And Chinese Cyber Spies
By: Kevin Green | October 9th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Following a security report released in the US, the head of the U.S. Intelligence Committee has asked Canadian firms to restrict their business activities with Chinese telecom manufacturer Huawei. On Monday, October 8, a report from the congressional committee called the large Chinese firm a threat to the security of the United States and the West as a whole. The report further asked companies in ...
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Deezer Secures $130 Million Investment From Access Industries
By: Kevin Green | October 9th, 2012 | Business, News
French news publication Le Figaro has recently reported that the music streaming service named Deezer has received approximately $130 million from Access Industries. The large injection of fu...
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Rogers Will be the Exclusive Nokia Lumia 920 Carrier In Canada
By: Kevin Green | October 9th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Nokia made a joint announcement with Canadian wireless provider Rogers that the company would be the exclusive carrier for the Nokia Lumia 920 in Canada. The new smartphone is powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phones 8 and is expected to take on Apple’s iPhone 5 with its soli...
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Canada’s Panda Robotics is Using Crowd Funding to Bring 3D Printing to Everyone
By: Kevin Green | October 9th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada
The consumer 3D printer market has become very hot very quickly as companies are racing to bring their 3D printers and services to the masses. The technology has been around for quite some time however the uses thus far have been for commercial purposes such as prototyping and modeling. However, the latest push is to get a printer that is usable with a standard laptop, similar to 2D printers curre...
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3D Printing Hits Downtown Manhattan As Companies Try To Bring Their Technology Mainstream
By: Talha Bhatti | October 8th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News
MakerBot is a pioneer in the retail 3D printing market and has recently opened up a store front in downtown Manhattan. The location is meant to showcase the company’s technology as well as the abilities of its printers. The store also sells incredible 3D models that have been printed using MakerBot’s 3D printers. The newly released Replic...
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Canadian Startup TagMyDoc Uses QR Codes To Innovate Document Sharing
By: Kevin Green | October 6th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
TagMyDoc, a Canada based startup, is offering users the ability to use 2D tags or QR Codes as they are more commonly known to share and collaborate on documents. Users can now utilize the popular tags to share documents they have stored in DropBox, ...
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Newfoundland And Labrador Gives Desire2Learn $3.5-million To Setup Shop In Province
By: Kevin Green | October 6th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has given a $3.5-million forgivable loan to hot Canadian e-learning start up, Desire2Learn, to convince it to open up an office in the province which will help generate 35 jobs within the next 5 years. Desire2Learn has 560 people working for t...
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