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A Vertical Farming System is Being Installed in Vancouver
0By: Kuljit Grewal | September 3rd, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
A Vancouver based company called Alterrus Systems is planning on building an incredible farming system at the top of a downtown parking lot. Known as the VertiCrop urban farming system, the ‘vertical farm’ uses a collection of suspended trays configured to function on a moving conveyor. The movement allows for regula...
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Could Canada’s Oil Sands Industry be a Hacker Group’s Next Target?
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 3rd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
An international group of hacker activists known as Anonymous have been identified as having possibly set their sights on the computer systems of companies working to develop the oil sands industry Bloomberg reports. According to the aforementioned report, ...
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BCE and Cirque Du Soleil Partner Up to Create Something Beautiful
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 2nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Two Canadian powers are collaborating to provide a truly one of a kind entertainment experience to the masses. Canadian telecom giant BCE’s media division is partnering with Quebec-based international entertainment giant Cirque to Soleil to produce and distribute the latter’s incredible acts. ...
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Will Canada’s Version of the Note II Feature a Quad Core Exynos Chip?
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 2nd, 2012 | Android, Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Although many previous Samsung products have featured quad core system-on-chips (SoCs), the Canadian versions of said devices (the Galaxy S III and Note) have only been equipped with dual core Snapdragon S4 chips instead. Although this has still made for potent devices, Canucks can’t be blamed for wishing for a little more device horsepower to take advantage of everything Samsung’s devices off...
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TELUS Mobility Partners with Telehop to Provide its Customers with Cheap Long-Distance Calling
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 2nd, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
Thanks to a recently announced $25M partnership deal between TELUS Mobility and Telehop, the former’s 7.5 million clients will receive hassle-free long distance savings. The agreement, the first of its kind for a North American carrier, will provide...
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Uber Expands Their Service Offering in Toronto by Adding Taxi Service
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 2nd, 2012 | Android, Business, Cars, iOS, News, O Canada
In an attempt to serve their current and future users in Toronto as best they can, on-demand driver service Uber has added taxis to their list of vehicles. The service, which licenses professional drivers in high end black sedans and SUVs, functions as a smartphone app based on your exact GPS location. Co-founded by Canadian
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Evernote Partners with Notebook Legend Moleskine to Integrate Note Taking
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 2nd, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, iOS, Mobile Apps, News
Two parties that both represent the past, present and future of note taking have partnered up to allow their users a new way to organize and browse their notes. Italian notebook legend Moleskine Srl, the manufacturers of the physical notebooks once used by Ernest Hemingway, Bruce Chatwin, Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso had come to realize that the...
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Meet the ATIV S, the First Windows 8 Smartphone
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 1st, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones
Earlier this week, Samsung continued to generate positive hype for their product line with the unveiling of the very first Windows 8 smartphone at IFA Berlin. Known as the ATIV S, the device features a brushed aluminum frame and 4.8” 1280x720 pixel HD Super AMOLED screen. The device is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual core processor (Sna...
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Samsung Debuts Innovative Series 5 and 7 Tablet PCs Featuring Windows 8 at IFA
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 1st, 2012 | Business, News, Tablets
As if the hotly anticipated debut of its latest hybrid smartphone tablet device, the Galaxy Note II (TQ was on it) wasn’t enough, Korean tech giant Samsung had some other hybrid devices to share with the crowd at this year’s IFA Consumer Electronics Sho...
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Fret Not Apple Heads. A 13” MacBook Pro with Retina Display is Coming
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 31st, 2012 | Apple, Business, News
According to a couple of highly reputable sources, Apple is already producing the displays for a 13.3” MacBook Pro featuring the company’s Retina display. The good news comes by way of CNET, who was tipped by industry analyst Richard...
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