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Minecraft – Pocket Edition climbs to Top Spot in Paid iPhone App Rankings in Canada
0By: Talha Bhatti | July 28th, 2013 | Business, Games, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
Coming to the end of July Minecraft – Pocket Edition took over the top spot in rankings for top paid iPhone apps in Canada according to The Canadian Press. The stats recorded Minecraft – Pocket Edition produced by Mojang, being positioned above Contra: Evolution by PunchBox Studios and ‘Heads Up!’ by Warner Bros. at number three. &nb...
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Microsoft forced to take $900 Million Write Off after Surface RT Disaster
By: Talha Bhatti | July 28th, 2013 | Business, News, Tablets
Consumers certainly did want to give Microsoft’s Surface tablet a chance to prove them wrong about Apple being the dominant force in the market, but the device a sheer disappointment for many. Microsoft was forced to take a $900 million write off because of its Surface RT tablet disaster that had it looking like
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Angels, Vancouver’s Yaletown Venture Partners Secure Funding for Calgary’s nFluids
By: Talha Bhatti | July 28th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
nFluids, a Calgary based start-up which has developed a proprietary nanoparticle oil and gas drilling fluid additive, has managed to secure financing from various Angels and Vancouver’s Yaletown Venture Partners. After impressing the crowd with their additive which reportedly reduces the loss of fluid during drilling, increases lubrication a...
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Vidyard App added to Hootsuite Directory To Satisfy Social Marketer Demands
By: Talha Bhatti | July 28th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Waterloo based Vidyard has launched an app, after much anticipation from social marketers, for Vancouver’s HootSuite. Being one of several integrations, this is seen to be one that was highly anticipated and will now allow social marketers to access their video library. Not only will mar...
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One-Stop Car Resource ‘Autofocus.ca’ Launched by Bell Media
By: Talha Bhatti | July 28th, 2013 | Business, Cars, News, O Canada
A whole new website, AutoFocus.ca, has been launched by Bell Media in order to offer various facilities for the whole spectrum of consumers and businesses when it comes to talking about the automotive industry and cars as a whole. The site offers research, review tools and consumer resources to those visiting the website. Users will be able ...
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LG Posts Excellent Second Quarter Results with Revenue Up by 10.1 Percent and Smartphone Shipments At Record 12.1 Million
By: Jeff Stewart | July 28th, 2013 | Business, News, Smartphones
Thanks to its mobile phone business, South Korean OEM, LG, has been able to post excellent revenues of $13.6 billion during the second quarter of 2013. The Korean electronics manufacturer announced its Q2 earnings on Wednesday, July 24th, which has shown an increase of 10.1 percent in year-over-year revenue, as a majority of it...
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Google Finalises Agreement with City of Provo to Introduce Fibre in Region Later This Year
By: Ali Raza | July 28th, 2013 | Business, Google, News
Google has been involved in talks with authorities of the City of Provo for quite some time now, in order to reach an agreement to launch Google Fiber, a TV and Internet service, in the city. These talks finally proved fruitful for the search engine gi...
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Online Developer Training Resource Pluralsight Gets Hold of PeepCode to Offer More Content
By: Jeff Stewart | July 28th, 2013 | Business, News
The online developer training resource, Pluralsight, successfully secured $27.5 million from Insight Venture Partners during a funding round held earlier this year. The start up has now declared that it is all set to utilize the cash and Pluralsight is now acquiring
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SaaS Technology Provider Mediaspectrum Raises $35.8 Million in a Funding Round Guided by Insight Venture Partners
By: Jeff Stewart | July 28th, 2013 | Business, News
The worldwide supplier of SaaS technology, Mediaspectrum, has announced on Wednesday, July 24th that it has raised $35.8 million in a funding round that was guided by Insight Venture Partners. With these funds, Mediaspectrum is now looking to further boost its rapid growth, which is already driven by a very strong demand ...
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Chinese Internet Search Provider Baidu Posts Net Revenue of $430.8 Million in Q2
By: Jeff Stewart | July 28th, 2013 | Business, News
The top Chinese language internet search provider, Baidu, has declared it unaudited earnings for the second quarter of this year. According to the report, Baidu has posted net revenues of RMB2.64 billion or $430.8 million during the period that is 38.6 percent more then what the company was able to post in the same period last y...
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