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Kobo Strikes up Deal with the American Booksellers Association
0By: Kuljit Grewal | August 30th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Toronto based company Kobo Inc., makers of the famous Kobo e-reader has signed a deal with the American Booksellers Association (ABA). The agreement will see Kobo sell its e-books and e-readers through independent U.S. book sellers America wide.
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Toronto’s FreshBooks Introduces New iPhone App for Small and Medium Sized Business Owners
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 30th, 2012 | Business, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Boasting over 5 million clients spread over 130 countries, cloud accounting service FreshBooks has become the number one such provider in North America. According to an official letter from CEO Mike McDerment, the path to prominence has been neither quick nor easy. The company has seen tremend...
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Samsung Debuts the Highly Awaited Galaxy Note II at IFA Berlin
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 30th, 2012 | Android, Business, News, Smartphones, Tablets
Almost exactly one year ago, Korean smartphone giant Samsung introduced a hybrid smartphone tablet that featured a stylus called S-Pen. The device went on to become popular with consumers, critics and industry experts alike prompting the company to introduce a second generation yesterday at IFA, the same event the original device was l...
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HootSuite Continues to Add to Their App Directory, Bring SocialBro, Videolicious and Others to the Flock
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 30th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
The social media management dashboard and overall solid Canadian company has added more social apps to their ever expanding App Directory. The company, whose haul is now up to 26 apps in all, has added SocialBro, NeedTagger,
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$1,049,343,540 – The Six Patents that Cost Samsung
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 29th, 2012 | Android, Apple, Business, News, Smartphones
As many have heard, Apple won a six of their patent infringement cases against Samsung. The verdict was reached on August 25th, with Bloomberg being the first to report. The violations will cost the Korean smartphone maker an incredible $1.049 billion. What many may not yet know however, is exactly whi...
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In-Flight WiFi Provider Gogo Granted Canadian Spectrum Approval, Will Debut in 2013
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 28th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
In-flight connectivity pioneer Gogo announced today that they had been issued permission from Industry Canada to provide in-flight WiFi for business and commercial flights over Canadian soil. The permission came by way of a subordinate license for air-to-ground (ATG) radio frequency spectrum, the same frequency they operate on in America. That ma...
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OMERS Ventures Invests $20M in Market Research Firm Vision Critical Communications Inc.
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 28th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
The VC arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), OMERS Ventures has invested $20M in Vancouver’s Vision Critical Communications. Founded in 2000 by Andrew Reid, son of acclaimed Canadian market research executive Angus Reid, Vision Critical combines eleme...
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VIDEO: Samsung’s Next Teaser – A Laptop Tablet Hybrid
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 28th, 2012 | Business, News, Tablets
Yesterday we posted a teaser video for Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note II, which is expected to debut at tomorrow’s IFA show in Berlin. Another video has surfaced featuring a much larger device, possibly a laptop-tablet hybrid. According to
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Samsung Teases Their Upcoming ‘Phablet” Galaxy Note II
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 27th, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones, Tablets
For those who have gotten up close and personal with the Samsung Galaxy Note, they know it is a unique and powerful device that hits a sweet spot between tablet and Smartphone. With news that Samsung’s rival firm launching both the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini in the coming months, the Korean giant has had to plug and build anticipation for their devices as well. Enter this teaser trailer...
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Web Performance Company CloudFlare Opens Data Centre in Toronto
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 27th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
As they expand their ever expanding global network, San Francisco based CloudFlare opened their 18th international location in Toronto, Ontario earlier this month. The company specializes in optimizing website speed, performance and security in both paid and free servic...
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