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Nova Scotia To Invest $10 Million in BlackBerry Over the Next Five Years
0By: Jeff Stewart | February 8th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
It seems that the success of BlackBerry’s new platform will not only enable this Canadian company to earn better profits, but it will also lure some fresh investment. On Thursday, February 7, the Premier of Nova Scotia, Darrel Dexter declared that the prov...
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Rogers Claims They Sold More BlackBerry Smartphones on February 5th Than Any Day Ever
By: Ali Raza | February 8th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry will not forget Tuesday, February 5th when the company finally made its all-touch BlackBerry Z10 smartphone available for sale. On this very day the company has sold more BlackBerry smartphones than ever in it history making it a remarkable day for the Waterloo-based company as its hard work has finally starting to...
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Hollywood Studios Using Twitter Data To Cast Actors For Movie
By: Talha Bhatti | February 8th, 2013 | Business, News, Social Media
Twitter's unique ability to draw in millions of users into a discussion in real time generates a lot of data that can provide some very interesting insights. The site has also become known as a great source of first hand accounts in conflict zones or a way to find out what topic is trending around the world. The movie industry has also realized...
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Twitter Search Results Now Reveal Older Tweets
By: Talha Bhatti | February 8th, 2013 | Business, News, Social Media
Popular micro-blogging site, Twitter, has just updated its search feature and it now displays older tweets in the results page. This is an improvement over the previous version which showed tweets that had been made up to a week ago but nothing past that point. The week limit has been removed but Twitter has not given out the details of how far...
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Startups In China Look At Other Venues To Raise Capital As IPO’s Stall
By: Talha Bhatti | February 7th, 2013 | Business, News
Chine e-Commerce portal, Taobao, is a massive online marketplace that connects small business with millions of consumers. Shoppers can usually find products like clothes, specialty paper, green tea and pet food on the site. However, a business man from Beijing saw Taobao as another marketplace. He decided to sell stock on the e-...
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Huawei 4Afrika Smartphone Launches In Africa As Part Of Microsoft Initiative
By: Talha Bhatti | February 7th, 2013 | Business, News, Smartphones
Technology is changing the world and narrowing the gap between developed and developing nation around the globe. In some cases poorer nations have been able to skip current technologies to embrace emerging technologies. A good example of this is how third world countries had rapid acceptance of mobile services as they skipped over fixed lines of communications. With new smartphones rapidly becomin...
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Amazon Stuns Users by Closing Down Canadian Newsstand Without Advance Notification
By: Jeff Stewart | February 7th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
TQ reported earlier that popular e-commerce giant, Amazon, announced its very own virtual currency by the name of Amazon Coins. Now the company has made another move but the abrupt action has shocked Canadians. According to the latest reports Amazon is clos...
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Mind Is A Simple Meditation App That Uses Minimalist Design To Deliver A Great Experience
By: Talha Bhatti | February 7th, 2013 | Business, Health, Living, Mobile Apps, News
There are dozens of mobile apps that help user's lives easier in any number of different categories. However, this is a double edged sword for app fanatics who end up using several different apps from a category before they find the right one. Jon Mitchell, a writer for ReadWrite, was trying to find the right meditation app when he stumbled uponÂ...
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Amazon Announces its Very Own Virtual Currency Called ‘Amazon Coins’
By: Jeff Stewart | February 7th, 2013 | Business, News
Over the years different types of currencies have been produced in various parts of the world, so people can buy things in a specific regions without facing any problem. Later plastic money was introduced thanks to VISA, MasterCard and others, which has not only freed people from cash, but also enabled them to make purchases without changing currency during foreign trips. However, now to boost the...
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Dell Goes Private With $24.4 Billion Deal Involving Microsoft Corporation and Silver Lake
By: Ali Raza | February 7th, 2013 | Business, News, Tablets
Rumours relating to a Dell buyout have been making the rounds for quite some but the computer manufacturer did not verify any reports until Tuesday, February 5 when the global powerhouse finally made it known that it had struck a deal. According to the announcement from Dell it is going private through a $24.4 billion deal which in...
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