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Yahoo Buys Online Content Curation Site Snip.it
0By: Talha Bhatti | January 23rd, 2013 | Business, News
Yahoo has announced that it is buying content curation site Snip.it to help the Marissa Mayer led firm meet its new company goals. All things D reports that Yahoo is paying in the “mid teens” of millions of dollars to acquire the firm but no exact number has been provided. Snip.it is...
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Toronto Based Top Hat Monocle Secures $1.1 Million In Funding from Felicis Ventures
By: Jeff Stewart | January 23rd, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The “web-based clicker and online homework tool,” Top Hat Monocle has gained $1.1 million in cash after a recent funding round was concluded. The latest cash investment is not as big compared to the $8 million the Toronto based company managed to pull during last year’s Series A round, but the startup still conside...
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Microsoft Considering Buying Into Dell Deal
By: Talha Bhatti | January 23rd, 2013 | Business, News
News outlets in the US are reporting that software giant, Microsoft, is now part of negotiations to purchase beleaguered computer manufacturer Dell. According to CNBC and The Wall Street Journal maker of the popular Windows operating system, Microsoft, is looking to become part of plans to take Dell private. The software giant will invest in the ...
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France Looks to Tax Companies Collecting User Data
By: Umair Yousuf | January 22nd, 2013 | Business
With the world economy still reeling from the global economic crisis, governments are looking at new ways to generate more funds with France having come up with a novel proposal to “tax the internet”. According to a report in the New York Times, the French are looking at ways to tax American companies that dominate its digital economy but pay next to nothing to the governme...
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ChoreMonster Helps Kids Have Fun While Doing Chores
By: Talha Bhatti | January 22nd, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News
Mobile app, ChoreMonster, just got an update that has introduced a parents section, an updated Monster Carnival, and a new look for the kids section. The startup left beta in the beginning of 2013 and is a mobile and online platform to help children enjoy their chores while adults can monitor their activities. ChoreMonster also recentl...
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Thorsten Heins Reveals RIM is Still Looking to License Blackberry 10 Software or Sell its Hardware Division
By: Ali Raza | January 22nd, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Everything seems to be going fine for Research In Motion as it gets ready to launch its highly anticipated BlackBerry 10 platform. Despite all the positive hype surrounding the struggling Canadian company's make or break launch, the management of the firm is still looking at backup options. One such choice is the licensing of Blackberry 10...
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LG States Optimus G Sales Shoot Past One Million Mark
By: Ali Raza | January 22nd, 2013 | Business, News, Smartphones
LG’s flagship smartphone, Optimus G, has gotten a good reception from Android phone lovers in South Korea and other countries around the world. It is because of this very reason the Korean manufacturer has been able to exceed the one million units sold milestone for the Optimus G within just three months of its launch. LG released their h...
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Secure the Financial Health of Your Business
By: Zain Nabi | January 22nd, 2013 | Business
In order to bring adjustments to the financial plans of your business, the start of a year is the right time. You can follow the goals (your new year’s resolutions perhaps) throughout the year and can secure financial health of your business, be it small-, medium- or large-scale enterprise. We have got a few tips here (thanks to Rick Rodgers of
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Nokia Siemens Networks Considering $ 1 Billion Bond Sale
By: Umair Yousuf | January 22nd, 2013 | Business, News
With borrowing costs at record lows Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), a joint collaboration between Nokia and Siemens for wireless gear equipment, is considering turning to the financial markets for the first time. A report by the Fina...
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Kim Dotcom Launches Another File Storage Site Named Mega
By: Talha Bhatti | January 21st, 2013 | Business, News
Notorious tech entrepreneur, Kim Dotcom, has just launched new secure file-storage and file-sharing platform called Mega. The entrepreneur made an interesting move by launching his new venture on January 20 at 6:48 a.m. New Zealand time. This is the exact one-year anniversary of a widely reported raid by authorities on Dotcom's house in New Zealand. Th...
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