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Canada Revealed As Top Music Piracy Nation In The World
0By: Talha Bhatti | October 1st, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
TechVibes revealed on September 24 that on a per capita basis, Canadians download more illegal music than anyone else in the world. Even though Canadians have a reputation for being law abiding citizens, it seems that overpriced internet services and extremely ...
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RIM’s CEO Heins Says BlackBerry 10 “Processing Power Close To A Laptop”
By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion (RIM) is using the BlackBerry Jam Americas developer conference as a showcase of the Canadian firms BlackBerry 10 Operating System. The struggling company has fallen from its top spot in the smartphone market as competitors like Apple and Samsung have dominated the industry as of late. Many analysts believe that the BB10 software...
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TELUS Offers Customers 32GB iPhone 5 Because Of 16GB Version Shortage
By: 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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Desire2Learn Named One of “Canada’s Top 100 Employers for Young People”
By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
Canadian start up, Desire2Learn, released a statement on September 25 that it had been included in Canada's Top 100 Employers for Young People list. The Waterloo based firm is a global leader in cloud learning solutions for higher education, K-12 and large corporations a...
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RIM Showcases Hub, Peek and Flow Features Of BlackBerry 10
By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry Jam from Research In Motion (RIM) is underway and the Canadian firm is making sure that it is keeping app developers in the loop about its latest BlackBerry 10 operating system. RIM demonstrated some of the newest features and capabilities of BB10 that the Waterloo ba...
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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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SimpliVity, Makers Of Data Center In A Box Technology, Secure $25 Million In Series B Funding
By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News
SimpliVity, the makers of the “data center in a box,” has successfully completed a Series B round of funding that raised a total of $25 million for their disruptive technology. The cash injection was provided by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) along with Accel Part...
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comScore Reports That Instagram Got More Mobile Visitors Than Twitter In August
By: Talha Bhatti | September 28th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones
Twitter was delivered some bad news thanks to a mobile measurement from Canadian firm comScore which statedthat smartphone users in the U.S. visited Instagram more often and for a longer period of time than Twitter. The report was for the of August and was the first time that social network Instagram surpassed micro-blogging site Twitter in mobile visitors. comScore mentioned that 7.3...
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Bing And Klout Work Together To Provide More Focus On Social Influence
By: Talha Bhatti | September 28th, 2012 | Business, News, Social Media
Microsoft, the developer and distributor of the Windows Operating System, has penned a new partnership with California based startup Klout. In a joint announcement to the press the companies described the nature of cooperation in which Klout’s data will be used in Microsoft’s
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Samsung To Host Galaxy Note 2 Launch Party In NYC
By: Talha Bhatti | September 28th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Samsung will be looking to make the most of the upcoming shopping season announcing yesterday that they will be holding a launch party for the Galaxy Note II in New York on October 24. The Korean electronics manufacturer had already announced at IFA Berlin that the device was making its way to Canada and the U.S. sometime soon, but the laun...
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