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Mobilicity Debtholders Greenlight $380 Million Acquisition Offer from TELUS
0By: Ali Raza | May 24th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
A week ago TELUS finally decided to buy Mobilicity for an amount of $380 million. Before the deal went through it required approval from the debtholders of the wireless startup. On Thursday, May 23rd debtholders of Mobilicity cast their vote a...
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Former Google Executive and COO of Badoo Benjamin Ling Joins Khosla Ventures
By: Jeff Stewart | May 24th, 2013 | Business, News
Famous venture capitalist firm, Khosla Ventures, announced on Thursday, May 23rd that it has acquired the services of Benjamin Ling, who earlier served YouTube, Google and
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Yahoo Buys Gaming Startup PlayerScale Days After Anouncing $1.1 Billion Deal with Tumblr
By: Jeff Stewart | May 24th, 2013 | Business, Games, News
The acquisition of Tumblr for $1.1 billion was not the only deal that Yahoo and its CEO Marissa Mayer had planned during this month and according to the latest update the popular website has bought another company just days after reaching a deal with the micro...
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Canada Gets Amazon Cloud Drive Along With Android and iOS App
By: Talha Bhatti | May 23rd, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
Fans of Amazon services in Canada usually have to wait before they are able to access new features because the US ased company launches most of its updates in its home country. That is why Canadian residents are always excited to hear news from Amazon.ca including this week where the company announced that it will be releasing
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Canadian Startup Maluuba Now Offers Sports and TV Schedule Search
By: Talha Bhatti | May 23rd, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
The personal assistant app with voice recognition, Maluuba, stated that it would now be offering both Sports and TV Schedule search options in its latest update. Maluuba will be introducing the changes to both its Android and Windows Phone 8 user-base. The app got its start at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 where the world was introduced to the comp...
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Google Reduces Cost of its Business Apps by Half for Indian Enterprises to Help Local SMEs Grow
By: Ali Raza | May 23rd, 2013 | Business, Google, Mobile Apps, News
In order to help small and medium sized ventures in India grow, Google decided to offer its Google App for Business suite for enterprises in the country at almost half the rate. Google made this announcement on Wednesday, May 22nd via i...
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Vancouver Based Cinecoup Works As Accelarator For Canadian Films
By: Talha Bhatti | May 23rd, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Vancouver-based startup, Cinecoup, is playing a major role in the indie film sector of the Canadian city. The venture is described as a contest for indie filmmakers similar to popular singing competitions like American Idol. TechVibes has profiled the Canadian firm and says, "Over the co...
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Samsung Galaxy S IV Achieves 10 Million Unit Sales Milestone Within First Month of Release
By: Ali Raza | May 23rd, 2013 | Android, Apple, Business, News, Smartphones
While talking to the media last week, co-Chief Executive Officer of Samsung, Shin Jong-kyu claimed that he expects the Galaxy S IV to achieve 10 million units sales milestone during the week. His assertion has proved true and on Thursday, May 23rd, the South Korean electronics manufacturer announced that its latest flagship hand...
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Otterbox Acquires Rival Case Maker LifeProof for Undisclosed Amount
By: Ali Raza | May 23rd, 2013 | Business, News
Famous device case manufacturer Otterbox has made it known on Wednesday, May 22nd at CTIA that it has bought rival protective case maker LifeProof for an undisclosed amount. The two companies manufacture similar types of protective cases that are quite...
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Amazon Launches New Publishing Platform ‘Kindle World’ Where Up & Coming and Established Fiction Writers Alike can Sell Their Work
By: Ali Raza | May 23rd, 2013 | Business, News
Unlike other big technology companies Amazon is more willing to explore new sectors that could help the multinational corporation boost its revenue. Therefore, as a part of this plan Amazon on Wednesday, May 22nd has launched a new publishing platform known as
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