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Lenovo’s CEO Yang Yuanqing Gives His Employees $3M Reasons to Smile
0By: Kuljit Grewal | July 22nd, 2012 | Business, News
Between all the talk of European bailouts and LIBOR scandals, it is rare that a millionaire executive stands out from the rest and renews some faith in capitalism. That executive is Lenovo’s Yang Yuanqing, who recently decided to allocate his $3M performance bonus to 10,000 lower level employees in recognition of their contribution to the company’s success. The distributed amounts...
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Latest BlackBerry 10 OS Update Comes With Siri-Like Voice Command
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The latest OS update for BB10 features a voice command system that sounds siri-ously (sorry…had to) to Siri. Such a system and its universal search functionality are a welcomed addition for developers and RIM fans alike, especially considering that Google has released what some believe is a superior product to Apple’s famous personal assistant feature. Google’s latest, known as ...
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Windows 8 is Coming to a Machine Near You on October 26
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 22nd, 2012 | Business, News
TQ recently wrote about Microsoft’s Surface tablet, which by all accounts is set to add an extremely important player to the growing tablet market. Innovations such as the screen protector that moonlights as a keyboard as well as the second generation Intel i5 processor will make the device a true tablet ...
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Qwiki Uses Video to Change the Way We Search the Web
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 21st, 2012 | Business, News
Microsoft is absolutely enamoured with the potential of a New York-based start-up called Qwiki. In fact, it is such a fan of the innovative company that they have elected to work with them to bring interactive video presentations to their Bing search engine. Qwiki works by pulling media content from various sources t...
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Samsung Officially Opens Their First Canadian Retail Location
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 20th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Following an announcement earlier this year that they would be opening their very first Canadian store, the day has finally arrived for Samsung. Located at the Metropolis in Metrotown mall, the store officially opened their doors July 1...
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Microsoft is Thinking Big – Acquires Large Sized Tablet Developer Perceptive Pixel
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 20th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, Tablets
It has been an incredibly busy month for Microsoft. The Brand That Bill Built not only announced their new operating system and platform Windows 8, but they also introduced the spectacular Microsoft Surface tablet PC to well-deserved fan fair. Althoug...
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Samsung Moving Smartphone Units at a Record Clip
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 19th, 2012 | Android, Business, Smartphones
The world’s largest Smartphone manufacturer has got a bona fide hit on their hands with their latest and greatest device, the Galaxy S III. According to a recent Reuters poll, the Korean giant is running a lead on the competition in terms of sales volume, most important among them being Apple. Samsung moved an estimated...
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Meet Raspberry Pi – the Credit Card Sized Computer
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 19th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Living, News
An incredible little computer that fits in your hand, the Raspberry Pi is officially a hit. Don’t believe us? Consider the fact that following pre-order sales in the tens of thousands, the foundation behind the devices has had to ramp up their manufacturing capacity to keep up. The device which runs on four AA batteries and cost $33 US is an absolute dyn...
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HootSuite’s Next Move? International Expansion
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 18th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Social media management service HootSuite is looking to spread their wings outside of North America, opening a new office in London, England earlier this week. The Vancouver based company is one of the largest in an increasingly important field; the dashboard style handling of social media for the purpose of brand management. Since its inception in 2008, the c...
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You Won’t Believe What Canada’s Second Most Popular Tablet Is
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 18th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Tablets
Although the iPad is still the head honcho of the tablet world, Canadians as a whole have warmed up to the rest of the field to some degree. To be fair, a lot of this has to do with the competitors catching up to Apple and introducing excellent devices of their own, the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity and Google Nexus 7 to name a couple. Incredibly though, the competitor who has managed to strangle...
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