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Salesforce Renames And Launches Recently Acquired Rypple as Work.com
0By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Salesforce, a leader in Customer relationship management (CRM) software & cloud computing, launched their latest service called Work.com one week ago. The newest addition to the Salesforce roster is a social talent management software that has a tie in with
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Poynt Updates Local Search App for iPhone to Increase iOS User Base
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Android, Apple, Business, Google, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
Calgary based technology firm Poynt launched an upgraded version of its iPhone app last week for the iOS platform. Poynt is a local search tool that is intended to be accessed from smartphones to provide the user with results based on their location. Poynt had initial success with Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry platform but the declining ...
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Apple Supplier Foxconn Shuts Down Factory After Massive Brawl Between Thousands of Workers and Police
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 26th, 2012 | Apple, Business, News, Smartphones
The integral smartphone and tablet supplier to the industry’s most influential players, Foxconn has a well-documented history of employee suicide and sub-standard working and living conditions. The absolutely massive company is known to house up to 400,000 staff in dormitories as they work high pressure and monotonous line work day in and da...
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YouTube Expands Their Video Captioning Translation Tool to 300+ Languages
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 26th, 2012 | Business, Google, News
Google owned YouTube announced yesterday that they are making it possible for your videos to be enjoyed in more than 300 languages. This will be done through the t...
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Apple Sells More Than 5 Million iPhone 5 Units Over a Weekend and Shareholders Are Disappointed?
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 25th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, News, Smartphones
It has long been known that Apple has turned product launches and hype creation into an art form they excel in like no other. This is true no matter what side of Apple’s fence you stand on due to one simple fact…the numbers don’t lie. According to a press release from Apple CEO Tim Cook, the company sold more than 5 million...
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Guardly Mobile App Launched At OCAD University In Toronto
By: Talha Bhatti | September 25th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Toronto based art and design institute, OCAD University, has started offering its students the ‘Guardly Safe Campus’ mobile app for free. The safety tool escorts students around campus as a piece of software on their phone and lets the user to get in touch with campus security and other personnel during an emergency or other potentially danger...
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Canadian Firm Offers Mobile Property Protection With New App
By: Talha Bhatti | September 25th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Security.ca is a Canadian security solution provider based in Ottawa that is using mobile technology to open up new markets. The firm has developed an automated inspection tool that is installed on a client's smartphone and then used to scan square QR codes. This will prompt the mobile app to bring up a check list relating to the item that has bee...
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Global Online Payment Startup Stripe Expands To Canada
By: Talha Bhatti | September 25th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Any developer will tell you that integrating online payment modules for different processors globally can be a time consuming task. A start up named Stripe has tried to solve this by giving developers only one API to deal with so that integrating many different payment processors will be easier and significantly faster. After only one year, Stripe...
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Canada Based Printchomp Showcases Its Business At TechCrunch Disrupt
By: Talha Bhatti | September 25th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
A Canadian start-up by the name of Printchomp debuted at the Techcrunch Disrupt convention in San Francisco. The Waterloo based technology company was located in the Startup Alley section of the conference. Printchomp offers users an easier and much more efficient marketplace ...
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SAIL Capital Advisory Board Welcomes Former Toronto Mayor
By: Talha Bhatti | September 25th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
David Miller, former mayor of Toronto and clean technology advocate, has joined the Advisory Board of SAIL Capital Partners, a global investor in clean technologies. Miller's inclusion into the board is not by chance and the former Canadian Mayor has had extensive experience in the field of clean tech when he was selected to chair th...
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