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Worldwide Shipments of Android Tablets Witnesses 67 Percent Increase While Apple’s Slates Losses Ground as Windows Seizes 4.5 Percent Share – Report
0By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | Android, Apple, Business, Google, iOS, News, Tablets
It appears that the negative affect of large notebooks sales on the PC business is now being replicated by tablets, which are ready to eat away at laptop and desktop purchases. This could be judged from the latest research report from Strategy Analytics, which has revealed that the number of worldwide tablet shipments has touched the 51.7 million units mark in the second quarter of this year. Unsu...
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Waterloo-Based Vidyard Launches App for HootSuite to Give Social Marketers an Ideal Opportunity to Market Through Videos
By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
With the support of the government, startups in Canada have now reached a level where they are not only creating apps for foreign companies, but they are developing applications for local companies too. A recent example in this regard is of Waterloo-based Vidyard that has created an app for Vancouver-based
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Waterloo-Based Rebellion Media Acquires HomeSav
By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
The Waterloo-based Rebellion Media has announced that it has acquired the popular online shopping club, HomSav, for an undisclosed amount of money. The Toronto-based HomeSav offers home decor and lifestyle products that are quite popular in the count...
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San Francisco-based StrongLoop Gets Hold of Canadian Startup NodeFly’s Node.js for Undisclosed Sum of Money
By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
San Francisco-based StrongLoop stated on Tuesday, July 23rd that it has got hold of a Vancouver-based monitoring solution company, NodeFly's Node.js. Although, StrongLoop did not reveal the terms of the deal in the announcement, it appears that the San Francisco...
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Mozilla Joins BlackBerry to Make Web More Secure and Launches Security Testing Platform Minion for Security Professionals and Developers
By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | Business, News
After announcing a partnerships with several top mobile platforms, Mozilla has now turned towards Canadian smartphone maker, BlackBerry in order to introduce the latest security techniques. On Tuesday, July 30th Mozilla made known two of its latest d...
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Japan to Rely On Automakers to Cover Smartphones Sale Decline
By: Zain Nabi | August 3rd, 2013 | Business, News, Smartphones
As the global sales of smartphones relatively decrease, the device manufacturers in Japan are now seeking to provide supplies to automakers. Generally, smartphones are prepared by robots that give better output and efficiency and the same can be done in different sectors that are driven by technology. Robots are considered as one of the biggest strengths of the Japanese electronics in...
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BlackBerry Q5 to Hit Store Shelves in Canada on August 13
By: Ali Raza | August 3rd, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
It’s been quite some time now since BlackBerry announced its mid-tier smartphone the Q5. Canadians have been waiting for the Waterloo-based company to make the device available for sale in the country for quite soem time and finally the Canadian smartphone maker announced that BlackBerry Q5 will hit store shelves in Canad...
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Groupon VP and GM for Mobile David Katz Stepping Down to Take New Role at Fanatics
By: Jeff Stewart | August 3rd, 2013 | Business, News
The popular e-commerce site Groupon is losing a heavy weight after it was announced that senior mobile executive David Katz, who was the VP and GM of its consumer mobile, is leaving the firm. According to the latest update, Katz has decided to step down from his post by the end of next month and is going to accept a GM and SVP...
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Google Launches New Zagat Site and Updated Native Apps for Android iOS Platforms
By: Jeff Stewart | August 3rd, 2013 | Business, Google, News
After making the decision to shut down Goolge+ Local on August 7, the search engine giant, Google has now launched a new site called Zagat along with native apps for Android and iOS platform on Monday, July 29th. With this launch users will be able to locate the...
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Former AOL Executive Mark Josephson to Join Bitly as New CEO
By: Jeff Stewart | August 3rd, 2013 | Business, News
The senior vice president of Patch Labs at AOL, Mark Josephson, stepped down from his post last week and is now going to join Bitly where he will take the chair of CEO. However, before joining Bitly full time, Josephson will take a few days off in order to get refr...
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