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IBM’s Watson To Increase Exposure By Utilizing The Cloud
0By: Talha Bhatti | September 28th, 2012 | Business, News
IBM’s supercomputer named Watson became a national phenomenon when it won Jeopardy by beating its human competitors by huge margins. At the time most people only thought of Watson’s Cognitive System as a novelty but IBM had big plans for their marvel of a computer system...
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Apple Looking for Another $707 Million From Samsung for Patent Infringement
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 27th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Smartphones
According to Reuters, Apple Inc. continues to be hell bent on squeezing every dollar it possibly can from Korean tech giant Samsung regarding patent infringements. The Cupertino based company has asked for a court order requesting the permanent ban of Samsung products that have been de...
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Barrie, Ontario Gets $90 Million Dollar IBM Canada Leadership Data Centre
By: Talha Bhatti | September 27th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
On September 21 the iconic American firm, IBM, made a joint announcement with the Canadian government about the launch of the IBM Canada Leadership Data Centre. Supported by the local governments of the cities of Barrie and Ottawa, the center is being call...
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70% Of Canadian Firms Have No BYOD Policy
By: Talha Bhatti | September 27th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
The rapid acceptance of mobile devices by the general population has seen smartphones and tablets making their way into the work place. In most cases, employers that wish their employees to stay connected with the office at critical periods of work issue their employee specific devices or allow them to keep certain devices that meet certain requirements. The latest trend that is sweeping many comp...
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CMF Joins Hands With comScore To Launch Digital Analytix For Its Digital Media Projects
By: Kevin Green | September 27th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
On September 19th the Canada Media Fund (CMF) revealed that it had partnered with internet analytics firm, comScore, to deploy an automated digital media measurement tool. The relationship will entail comScore providing technical expertise and operational support to the CMF and its applic...
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Mobile Print and Scan App For iOS and BlackBerry Launched By Canon Canada
By: Kevin Green | September 27th, 2012 | Business, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Every day more and more business professionals are storing data and files on their smartphones. This allows them flexibility and ease of use in the increasingly mobile workplace. Canon Canada has identified a growing need for busy people to connect to printers with their mobile devices and has released a mobile printing app for
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BLiNQ Networks Raises $10 Million To Grow Mobile Backhaul Business
By: Kevin Green | September 27th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Ottawa based BLiNQ Networks Inc develops next-generation intelligent wireless backhaul solutions. Last week, the company recently announced that on September 19 they had secured $10 million in equity funding. BLiNQ hopes to put the money to good use by using it to expand its business footprint globally. A large bulk of the cash will also ...
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Crowdcube CEO Coming To Technicity To Speak About Equity Crowd Sourcing
By: Talha Bhatti | September 27th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Darren Westlake, the co-founder and current CEO of the UK-based Crowdcube, will be making his way to the 2012 Technicity summit in Toronto on November 29. The head of the world's first equity crowd-funding website will be giving a talk about his experience and thoughts on the the cur...
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Rogers Looks to Launch Digital Wallets and Virtual Credit Cards
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The Canadian Telecommunication giant, Rogers, has made public plans to launch a virtual wallet that will contain a credit card. The news confirms the continued push into the mobile payments category for the Canadian Wireless service provider. Nadir Mohamed, CEO for Rogers, gave a speech at the Canadian Club in Montreal and then spok...
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Rogers Releasing Canada’s Fastest Smartphone In November
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Gadget junkies in Canada can now rejoice as Rogers is offering the country’s fastest smartphone starting November. In collaboration with LG, Rogers announced that a one of a kind 2600 MHz version of the LG Optimus G would be ready for sale right in time for Christmas. ...
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