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Canada’s D-Wave Gains New Investors Including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and In-Q-Tel
0By: Kevin Green | October 6th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada
Vancouver’s D-Wave Systems has been working on their revolutionary quantum chip technology for almost eight years. The start-up’s work promises to unleash unbelievable amounts of computing power that would help make solving today toughest computing issues much easier. Although their intent in undeniable, their actual work has not been able...
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Target Works With GLENTEL To Offer 124 Target Mobile Locations in Canada
By: Kevin Green | October 6th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Major retailer Target has announced plans to launch 124 “Target Mobile” retail locations in Canada by next year. The new kiosks will pop up around Target’s retails locations and offer customers the chance to purchase mobile services on the go. According to reports, the first Target Mobile location will be setup by March or Apr...
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New Report Suggests That Apple Should Release a Low Priced iPhone For Developing Markets
By: Talha Bhatti | October 5th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Gadgets, News, Smartphones
The iPhone 3GS silently slipped into the history books amid the iPhone 5 hoopla created by Apple. With the entry of the California based technology giants latest device, the older version of the iPhone will stop production and will be replaced by the iPhone 4 as the oldest supported device and the entry level phone for the manufacturer. Charlie W...
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New Retinal Implants Could Bring Back Sight to the Blind
By: Talha Bhatti | October 5th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Health, Living
German firm, Retina Implant AG, has developed a microchip that can be implanted in a person’s eye, allowing thousands of people see again. The chip has been developed so that it can be placed under the retina and is currently going through clinical trials. According to initial results the device has shown ...
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Indo US Venture Partners Rebranded Into Kalaari Capital With $150 Million For Indian Tech Start Ups
By: Talha Bhatti | October 5th, 2012 | Business, News
Kalaari Capital has announced a new venture capital fund that will identify and invest in early stage technology companies in India. The $150 million investment was put together by the same people that were behind the Indo US Venture Partners (IUVP) which was also referred to as IndosUS. The bulk of the fund has been backed by US investors and is expe...
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Is Samsung Releasing a Galaxy S III Mini This Month?
By: Kuljit Grewal | October 5th, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones
2012 has been a banner year for Korean personal electronics maker Samsung. The innovative firm has had strong release after strong release and with the upcoming Galaxy Note II set to launch later this month (TQ was on it), ...
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Oracle Makes Major Cloud Computing Announcement at OpenWorld
By: Talha Bhatti | October 5th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News
The Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of enterprise software developer Oracle, Larry Ellison has made public his company's intentions of launching a cloud computing service. Many see this as Oracle stepping into direct competition with Amazon, which has seen a great deal of success with its own cloud computing service. The anno...
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Rogers Starts LTE Network Service In New Locations
By: Talha Bhatti | October 3rd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
On September 12, Rogers announced that they would be bringing LTE to more cities around Canada by October 1. The wireless giant delivered on its promise and now several new locations in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan have newly minted LTE capability. Rogers has stated that the company i...
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California Governor Jerry Brown Signs Google’s Self Driving Car Bill
By: Talha Bhatti | October 3rd, 2012 | Business, Cars, Google, News
California Governor, Jerry Brown, signed the Google backed autonomous car bill at the end of September. The signing was broadcast by the California based technology giant on YouTube and was the culmination of efforts by Google to get self-driving cars onto the public roads of America. The bill breezed through the Senate with a 37-0...
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Facebook Introduces New Feature for Users to Send Gifts to One Another in the Real World
By: Kuljit Grewal | October 3rd, 2012 | Business, Living, News, Social Media
With Facebook’s post IPO acquisition of social gifting app Karma the general consensus was that the social network would eventually integrate the ability send paid gifts to one another in the real world. That day has finally arrived, with the company announci...
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