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LinkedIn Beats Expectations by Posting 59 Percent More Profit at End of Second Quarter of 2013 with 238 Million Members
0By: Ali Raza | August 8th, 2013 | Business, News
The leading professional networking site, LinkedIn released its second quarter earnings report on August 1st and against expectations the corporation managed to post an excellent result during the period. Thanks to increase in its number of members that currently stands at 238 million mark. This increase in the numbe...
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HootSuite Secures a Whopping $165 Million in a Series B Round of Funding Guided by Three VC Firms
By: Ali Raza | August 8th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Earlier on Thursday, August 1st, the CEO of HootSuite Ryan Holmes tweeted that "I feel big news in the air today" and his forecast proved true, as later in the day the Vancouver-based startup managed to secure a hefty amount in a Series B round funding. HootSuite gained a whopping $165 million in that funding round, which was le...
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Yahoo Buys App Developing Startup Lexity, Platform will Continue to Run in Same Way but Name will Change Eventually
By: Jeff Stewart | August 8th, 2013 | Business, News
When Yahoo started acquiring new companies one after the other, many thought that soon the shopping spree was going to come to an end, but now it seems that the multinational corporation is not in the mood to abandon this program yet, as it looks hungry to gather more talent and technology. Yahoo has now got hold of e-commerce app...
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Yahoo Acquires Web Browsing Startup Rockmelt for an Undisclosed Sum of Money
By: Jeff Stewart | August 8th, 2013 | Business, News
It seems that Yahoo is not going to stop acquiring smaller companies any time soon and after getting hold of numerous businesses, CEO Marris Mayers still looks quite hungry for more tech and talent. This could be judged from the fact that Yahoo has gained another company, Roc...
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The Social Front Page Startup RebelMouse Secures $10.25 Million in Series A Funding Round
By: Jeff Stewart | August 8th, 2013 | Business, News
RebelMouse, a startup that shows updates of users from all social networks in one “social front page,” has made it known that it has successfully secured $10.25 million in a Series A round of funding. On this occasion, the startup has made the following post over on blog in which it has described the details of the rece...
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Google Rolls Out Brand New AdSense Unit in Beta to Adapt With Responsive Sites
By: Jeff Stewart | August 8th, 2013 | Business, Google, News
Every now and then Google rolls out an update of its various services, but it’s been quite some time now since we have heard that the search engine giant has made an update regarding its AdSense unit. Finally on July 31st, Google announced that it has launched a brand new responsive AdSense unit in beta. The purpose of launchi...
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Windows held responsible by Nokia for Unimpressive App Selection
By: Talha Bhatti | August 6th, 2013 | Business, News
The Nokia-Microsoft partnership has been going better than many had expected prior to the Finnish phone maker and the leading software company undergoing an agreement. Both were searching for a boost to their well-know, but rapidly deteriorating brand names, forcing the two to lend a hand to each other but after a few success stories, it seems like it may not be as smooth of a sail as it looked li...
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WIND Mobile not on same page as Telecom Giants in Wireless Spectrum Battle
By: Talha Bhatti | August 6th, 2013 | Business, News
Claiming that an advantage was being given to foreign investment, Rogers, Bell and TELUS lashed out against Ottawa’s wireless spectrum rules. The three are currently leading the telecom scene in Canada and are certainly worried that American counterpart, Verizon, may be getting some relaxation and other benefits to make an easier entrance up north. WIND Mobile CEO Anthony Lacavera does not ag...
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Verizon inches closer to acquiring Wind Mobile to make Canadian Entry
By: Talha Bhatti | August 6th, 2013 | Business, News
The sound of nail biting by Canada’s largest telecom players has just gotten louder as a fresh report has suggest that Verizon Communications is getting closer to acquiring Wind Mobile and making its Canadian entry official. According to the Financial Post, Verizon is going to be holding a board of directors meeting sometime next week and will formally approve any plans it may have ...
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No Moto X for the United Kingdom confirms Motorola
By: Talha Bhatti | August 6th, 2013 | Business, Google, News, Smartphones
Some may term it to be a bizarre move by a rejuvenated Motorola as the now Google owned smartphone manufacturer confirmed on Saturday that there would be no Moto X launch in the United Kingdom. There was much hype and excitement surrounding what is regarded to be the new ‘Nexus’ phone, but Google has killed those rumours as well by claiming it to be a whole new line-up of smartphones. Motor...
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