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Sony Starts Xperia Tablet S Pre-orders In Canada
0By: Talha Bhatti | September 8th, 2012 | Android, Business, Gadgets, O Canada, Tablets
Canadians that saw the brand new Sony Xperia Tablet S unveiled at IFA 2012 in Berlin can now pre order the device from the Japanese manufacturer. When the Sony Xperia Tablet S was announced it went up for sale immediately in the United Kingdom. North America had to wait a little longer ...
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Waterloo Region Technology Companies Shine as Major Investors Take Notice
By: Kevin Green | September 7th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
On September 4 Desire2Learn made a public announcement that the eLearning software startup had gotten $80 million in backing from two venture funds. The news was a major win for the company and signaled the growing importance of the Waterloo region technology industry. Desire2Learn is now Canada’s largest eLearning software developer an...
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Bruce Willis is Not Suing Apple
By: Kevin Green | September 7th, 2012 | Apple, Business
After a story appeared in the British tabloid The Daily Mail about Bruce Willis contemplating legal action against Apple so that he could pass on his iTunes music collection to his children, the internet and media was awash with memes and late night show jokes. It turns out that the Die Hard actor has no plans of suing Apple and his wife dismissed rumors when she tweeted, "it's not a true st...
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RIM Looks At Tablet With Retractable Keyboard In New Patent Filing
By: Kevin Green | September 7th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, O Canada
Research In Motion (RIM) is going through a tough time as it tries to resurrect its business and devices. The Canadian maker of smartphones has even contemplated selling off its business piece by piece. If this was to happen, the most valuable assets the company has is a large pile of cash and numerous important patents. This is why many observers ...
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Bell Continues to Expand Their LTE Network, This Time to Medicine Hat, Alberta
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 7th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian telecommunications giant Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) has announced that they are expanding their huge LTE network. The latest expansion project sheds coverage on Medicine Hat, Alberta. Although the area is home to a mere 61,000 residents, the coverage appears to be solid particularly at the city’s core. It remains to be seen how areas further outside t...
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Super Wi-Fi Is Expected To Make Its Mark In 2013
By: Talha Bhatti | September 6th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News
Wi-Fi can be found everywhere from university campuses to coffee shops and private residences. It was only a few short years ago that Wi-Fi was still in its infancy and consumers had not started adapting the technology into their lives. Super Wi-Fi, which has a much longer range than current wi-fi, is at a similar stage of its life cycle and is ready to burst onto the scene probably by 2013. The
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RIM Offers $10,000 to BlackBerry 10 Developers
By: Talha Bhatti | September 6th, 2012 | Business, O Canada, Smartphones
With the impending launch of BlackBerry 10, down trodden Research In Motion (RIM) is trying to pull out all the stops to help buoy its upcoming Operating System and phones. The Canadian smartphone maker is waving cash at app developers by offering them incentives like the Built for BlackBerry and the
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“Communications Monitoring Report” Shows Canadian Wireless Subscribers Jump to 27.4 million in 2011
By: Talha Bhatti | September 6th, 2012 | Business, Living, O Canada
The Communications Monitoring Report from Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) was released recently and gave an overview of the state of affairs for the industry. During the release of th...
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Investor Confidence in RIM Looks Grim as Short Interest Hits Record High
By: Talha Bhatti | September 6th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The short interest rate for Research In Motion (RIM) has reached a new high as investors expect poor earnings report from the maker of the Black Berry smartphone. According to reports provided by research firm Markit, the short interest climbed to 4.2% of shares outstanding on August 24. Man...
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Apple Extends Their Volume Purchase Program to Canada and Eight Other Countries
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 5th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Living, News, O Canada
Cupertino, California’s Apple is to be commended for extending their useful Volume Purchase Program (VPP) to nine new countries. The news came by way of public notice announcement on Apple’s developer website and the news includes Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, the...
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