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Canadian Cloud Accounting App Kashoo Gets 100,000 Registered Users
0By: Talha Bhatti | May 7th, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Tablets
Headquartered in Vancouver, cloud accounting startup, Kashoo stated on Tuesday, May 6 that it had reached 100,000 registered users. The Canadian provider of simple accounting software for businesses also mentioned that to date its iPad app had been downloaded 50,000 times. The milestones indicate the growing success of the Canadian firm and ready acc...
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Vancouver Based Mealime App Offers Young Professionals Fast and Healthy Recipes
By: Talha Bhatti | May 7th, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, TQ Profiles
Vancouver-based startup Mealime charges users $15 a month and gives cooks a weekly meal plan that includes healthy recipes for two. The Mealime app is meant to be used by young professionals and was created by Jeffrey Bunn and Maria Golikova after Bunn struggled in the kitchen to produce healthy and tasty meals. The co-founder tal...
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MTS Marks 25th Anniversary Celebrations by Announcing Expansion of its LTE Network to 6 New Communities
By: Ali Raza | May 7th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
On May 6th Canadian telecom carrier Manitoba Telephone System, popularly known as MTS, celebrated its 25th anniversary after the company has made its first wireless call in the province back in 1988. MTS that has a wireless user base of 497,367 subscribers celebrated its 25th annive...
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McAfee Buys Cloud Security Developer Stonesoft For $389 million In Cash
By: Talha Bhatti | May 6th, 2013 | Business, News
Digital security specialist, McAfee, has stated that it is acquiring a Finnish firm that deals in firewall protection products. The purchase will cost the Intel owned firm $389 million in cash and bolster its existing antivirus services by adding cloud-based networked security products. Stonesoft
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LX Ventures Purchases Canadian Startup Sosido Networks
By: Talha Bhatti | May 4th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Sosido Networks is being acquired by LX Ventures in a reported deal worth $300,000. The Vancouver-based publicly traded incubator plans to grow its new purchase by increasing revenue and the customer base. They are also looking at improving the service. The startup is a community that allows healthca...
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NetFlix Claims It Is Not Worried About Content Piracy
By: Talha Bhatti | May 4th, 2013 | Business, News
Online video and movie streaming site, Netflix, faces the same issues from piracy that tradition content providers have to deal with on a daily basis. However it seems that the technology firm has a very different outlook about the situation and do not see piracy as a major threat. Traditional businesses have gone on the offensive against pirac...
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Canadian Tire Anounces Plans For An Advanced Cloud Computing Centre
By: Talha Bhatti | May 4th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian Tire Corporation, the parent company for other retailers and company's including Partsource, Gas+, FGL Sports, Mark's and Canadian Tire Financial Services, has announced in a press release that it is going be opening its "Canadian Tire Cloud Computing Centre" in the city of Winnipeg. The company plans to have the doors open by th...
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US Department of Defense Approves BlackBerry 10 Devices in Move Towards “Multi-vendor Environment”
By: Talha Bhatti | May 4th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Canadian smartphone manufacturer, BlackBerry, has received some mixed news from the US Defense Department after it was announced that the latest BlackBerry 10 devices including the PlayBook tablet have gotten approval for use on the government run network. Samsung also received approval for its products that operate with Google's mobile oper...
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Despite Having 15 Million Unique Monthly Visitors, Wattpad’s CEO Has No Plans to Monetize Site
By: Ali Raza | May 3rd, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
When it comes to videos people access YouTube to watch free movies, videos and clips and if it’s about images then, social media site Instagram is the best choice. Similarly if you are looking for a stockpile of stories then, Allen Lau’s Wattpad is the top choice, as each month 15 million different visitors altogether spend...
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Startup Canada Launches its First Venture, Startup Canada Communities to Assist Entrepreneurs
By: Ali Raza | May 3rd, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Startup Canada has finally announced its first venture on Thursday, May 2nd by the name of Startup Canada Communities. The flagship venture from Startup Canada will enable entrepreneurs in the region to access their local entrepreneur community so they could get in touch with mentors, gain space, support and funding t...
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