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RIM Reveals Official Screen Resolutions for Upcoming BB10 Devices
0By: Kuljit Grewal | August 21st, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
As RIM debuts their two latest BB10 devices to their global carriers, they have released another valuable piece of the puzzle, officially announcing the screen resolution of their upcoming phones. As mentioned earlier this week on our site (
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Apple Becomes Most Valuable U.S. Company Ever…Sorta
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 21st, 2012 | Apple, Business, News
As of the closing bell yesterday, Apple (AAPL) became the most valuable company in history. The company’s share price closed today at $665, but achieved the milestone at the $662 price point, creating a market capitalization of $622.7 billion. The total surpasses the previous record held by
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Canadian IT Company CGI Group Acquires Logica for $2.7 Billion
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 20th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Montreal’s CGI Group Inc. (GIB.A) has acquired UK based Logica for $2.7 billion agreeing to take on $499 million of the European firm’s debt as part of the deal.
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Canadian Firms DHX Media Acquires Cookie Jar Entertainment, Create Largest Independent Children’s Programming Provider
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 20th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Halifax based production and distribution company DHX Media Ltd. has had their bid to take over Toronto’s Cookie Jar Entertainment has been approved by shareholders of the latter to create a true programming giant.
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Lenovo Keeps Rolling, Q1 Profits Increase 30 Per Cent to $141 Million
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 19th, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones
Chinese information technology and electronics company Lenovo has been on a complete tear lately, quickly on its way to becoming the world’s largest PC manufacturer and featuring the type of CEO who gives his performance bonus to line workers (TQ w...
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Apple Has Major Plans for AppleTV and the Future of Television
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 19th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Gadgets, News
Although far from a being available anytime soon, the WSJ has some incredible news regarding what Apple plans as the replacement to their current AppleTV. According to the aforementioned piece, Cupertino, California-based
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RIM Will be Takings its New Devices on the Road for Carrier Previews
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 19th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Earlier this week, TQ reported that RIM’s CEO Thorsten Heins confirmed that their upcoming lineup of BB10 powered devices would be based on two different types of phone; a large touchscreen smartphone (Dev Alpha) as well as a QWERTY/touch combo akin to the current BlackBerry Bold devic...
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HootSuite Adds Microsoft’s Yammer to Their Expanding App Directory
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 18th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Vancouver-based social media dashboard HootSuite announced the integration of Yammer into their service via their blog earlier this week. Yammer, which was acquired by Microsoft mere months ago and integrated into their upcoming upcoming Office 365 software suite is the leading provider of enterprise social network service. &nbs...
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Apple’s Stock Closes the Week at New All Time High – $648.11
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 18th, 2012 | Apple, Business, News
For a myriad of reasons, Apple’s stock which already values the company higher than any other in the world hit a new all-time high thanks to high hopes for the remainder of the calendar year. The upward push was due in large part to wide spread excitement for the upcoming iPhone 5 and the widespread feeling that Apple will announce and introduce the hotly anticipated device on September 12 (
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Bell and Rogers Anticipate Losses in the ‘Tens of Million’ for London 2012 Olympic Coverage
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 18th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Although watching and experiencing the 2012 Olympic Games and its many iconic moments brought a tremendous amount of pleasure to Canadians nationwide, the companies that brought us the coverage will likely carry much more bitter sweet feelings (and losses) regarding the Games.
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