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End of an Era.. Intel Ends Motherboard Production
0By: Umair Yousuf | January 27th, 2013 | Business, News
Intel, the American chip maker which has prided itself since the 1990s for desktops with Intel Inside, is finally moving away from the declining PC market. It is the end of an era as Intel recently announced that it was slowly winding down its motherboard business for consumers once it launches its new range of CPUs. The Intel Channel Board...
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Samsung King of Smartphones in Q4 2012
By: Umair Yousuf | January 26th, 2013 | Android, Apple, Business, Gadgets, Google, iOS, Smartphones
Samsung’s dominance of the smartphone market continues as the South Korean giant maintained its position as the leading mobile phone maker in the world during the final quarter of 2012. According to data compiled by research firm ABI, Samsung shifted 106 million devices out of which 60 million were...
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SV Angel Raise $30 Million Fund For Pinterest Secondary Sale
By: Talha Bhatti | January 26th, 2013 | Business, News
The virtual bulletin board, Pinterest, has been a much talked about startup that has many addicted users. SV Angel recently decided to buy into the company after raising a $30 million fund. The venture capital firm bought stock from purchase from investors that already held a stake in the firm. ...
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Leading Startup Finance Specialist, Mark Macleod, Takes New Post in FreshBooks
By: Jeff Stewart | January 26th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
One of the leading startup finance specialists in Canada, Mark MacLeod, has declared that he has now taken a post at FreshBooks, a cloud accounting firm that is located in Toronto. The exact words of his announcement were: “I am pleased to announce that I am joining FreshBooks, a company that needs no introduc...
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Immersive Media Joins Hand with Streamworks International Give Users Accessibility From Any Device
By: Jeff Stewart | January 26th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Vancouver-based Immersive Media provides full motion, 360-degree interactive videos and has joined hands with London-based Streamworks International, which offers online videos via on-demand, live services. This new association will allow Streamwor...
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French Court Clamps Down on Twitter Racism
By: Umair Yousuf | January 26th, 2013 | Business, News, Social Media
The French courts have finally clamped down on the local version of social media platform Twitter where a number of racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic hashtags have been doing the rounds. Although Twitter itself under pressure from advocacy groups has shut down accounts of such users but it has so far refused to identify and name the perpetrators. ...
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BlackBerry Z10 To Debut on February 5th From Telus
By: Talha Bhatti | January 26th, 2013 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The Cellular Guru confirmed reports that Canadian smartphone maker, Research In Motion, is all set to launch it upcoming BlackBerry 10 device, BlackBerry Z10, on February 5th with wireless carrier Telus. This news comes just ...
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Sony Faces Record Fine for PlayStation ID Hacking
By: Umair Yousuf | January 24th, 2013 | Business, Gadgets, Games
Sony faced huge criticism after millions of users’ personal details as well as credit card information was leaked online by hackers in April 2011. Now Sony Computer Entertainment, the division which oversees the famous PlayStation line of consoles, has been punished with a record fine for failing...
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NCR, PayPal Team Up to Take on Square
By: Umair Yousuf | January 24th, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps
PayPal in its bid to become a One True Payment Service has now teamed up with Point of Sale (PoS) solutions provider NCR to get itself into the lucrative mobile phone payments market. Both companies recently announced their partnership which will see them compete with ...
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Canada Post Introduces Epost for its Mobile App Users
By: Jeff Stewart | January 24th, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
Canada Post provides a affordable, reliable and universal service to the people of Canada and is always on the look out for ways to do its job better. The latest output from the organization is the addition of features to its "epost" mobile application that works as a digital mail box. It now enabl...
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