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Canada Based Tagga Media And airG Reveal Strategic Partnership
0By: Talha Bhatti | September 18th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Canadian firms, airG and Tagga, formally announced to the media on September 10 that the Vancouver based firms would be entering into a strategic partnership “to leverage the strength of each other’s products as well as partner on mutually beneficial marketing initiatives.” T...
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Wavefront And Rogers Launch Wireless Innovation Center In Vancouver
By: Talha Bhatti | September 18th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
On September 13 Rogers Communications and Wavefront cut the ribbon to inaugurate their latest Wireless Innovation Centre in the Canadian city of Vancouver. This will be Rogers' second such set up with the first one located in Montreal and plans on the books to get a third one started in...
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Canada’s Competition Bureau Sues Wireless Giants Over Premium Text Services
By: Talha Bhatti | September 18th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian wireless providers Rogers, Telus and Bell and an industry association are being slapped with a lawsuit by the Competition Bureau. The Canadian regulatory authority alleges...
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Netflix Foresees Growth In Canada But Thinks Broadband Caps Are Obstacle
By: Talha Bhatti | September 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
The Globe and Mail’s technology reporter, Omar El Akkad, caught up with Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, during a trip to Canada. Hastings discuss...
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Four Seasons Toronto Ready To Offer Free iPads and WiFi To All Guests
By: Talha Bhatti | September 17th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Tablets
The hotel business can be cutthroat and the slumping global economy has the industry looking for ways to keep their venue desirable to the ever shrinking group of customers. Slashing prices may not be something that every hotel can afford to do and many company managers are figuring out that it is better to give customers more bang for their buck. A tactic that is catching on quickly ...
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Venture Capital Firms Find Canada Second Most Attractive Country In The World
By: Talha Bhatti | September 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Canada’s southern neighbor has been able to overshadow its northern brothers in the startup sector for many years but it seems that the Canadians have started to catch up. In 2008, the country was ranked in third place on the Global Venture Capital and Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index which measures how desirable a country...
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Hot 50 Startup ‘Beyond The Rack’ Creates The Largest Number Of New Jobs In Canada
By: Talha Bhatti | September 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Beyond The Rack has been making headlines in Canada all year long and the rock star firm has another feather in its cap after Profit magazine’s ‘Hot 50’ list revealed that the Montreal based company had created the most jobs for any startup in Canada from 2009 to 2011. The list also revealed that the company had also generated the ...
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Canada Based BroadbandTV Fast Becoming Heavy Weight In Online Video
By: Talha Bhatti | September 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
BroadbandTV is a small Canadian startup that has beaten the odds to become the sixth largest online broadcaster in the world. The company delivers online content, monetizes videos and halts illegal reproduction all from its Vancouver office where only 36 employees make up the entire team. Shahrzad Rafati, who has become an inspirational le...
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The Company That Owns The Weather Network Acquires Beat the Traffic to Bolster Service Offering
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 17th, 2012 | Business, iOS, Living, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
In order to better serve their growing number of mobile users, Oakville, Ontario based Pelmorex Media Inc. acquired Beat the Traffic. The latter is a Santa Clara, California based provider of vehicle traffic solutions for companies in the weather broadcasting business....
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Canadian App Discovery Platform ooomf Raises $500K in Funding
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 16th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
With the incredible number of apps that exist in Apple’s App Store, a little bit of help discovering useful, interesting and playful ones are always appreciated. With that in mind, the team behind ooom...
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