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Leap Motion’s Geture Control Gets Major Deal With Best Buy
0By: Talha Bhatti | January 18th, 2013 | Business, Gadgets, News
Touch screen revolutionized mobile processing and the way consumers used smartphones and tablets. Leap Motion wants to take that revolution further by offering users the ability to use gestures to control and interact with their computers. The startup has been making waves in Silicon Valley even though they have no official release date for th...
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Famous Internet Entrepreneur Jason Calacanis Shares His BB10 Experience
By: Jeff Stewart | January 17th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion gave its Blackberry 10 Dev Alpha device to more than 100 telecom carriers across the globe and several enterprises as well for testing purpose and very few of them seemed to be dissatisfied with the new software the Waterloo based company is bringing to the scene on January 30, 2013. Jason Calacanis, a veteran internet e...
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Epson Joins Forces with Two Canada-Based Startups to Boost Strength of OmniLink Solutions
By: Jeff Stewart | January 16th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Epson has joined up with two Canadian startups in order to boost its OmniLink solutions strength. The announcement of its latest partnering took place at the National Retail Federation 102nd Annual Convention on January 14, 2013, when Vancouver-based RewardLoop
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Rogers To Buy Wireless Spectrum Licenses and Mountain Cablevision from Shaw Communication
By: Jeff Stewart | January 16th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
One of the leading internet and wireless service provider in Canada, Rogers Communications, has made it known that it will acquire a number of wireless spectrum licenses along with Mountain Cablevision from Shaw Communication for $700 milli...
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Alibaba Group CEO Jack Ma Decides to Step Down from His Post
By: Jeff Stewart | January 16th, 2013 | Business, News
The CEO of Alibaba Group, Jack Ma, has chosen to step down from his leadership position at the e-commerce giant. The 48-year old corporate leader feels that younger people should now be placed at the top level in order to take care of the company’s matters. However, this does not mean that Ma’s role in Alibaba is about to e...
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Apple Cuts Display and Other Components Orders For iPhone 5 In Half Due to Low Demand
By: Ali Raza | January 16th, 2013 | Android, Apple, Business, iOS, News, Smartphones
According to a recent report Apple’s world renowned iPhone may be struggling to lure consumers. Two sources have told the Wall Street Journal that the Cupertino-based company has slashed its display orders for iPhone 5 for the first quarter of 2013 in half. Moreover, Apple has also cut the orders of other components for their smartphon...
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Apple Announces Cellular and Wi-Fi Editions of iPad Mini and 4th Gen iPad To Debut in China on January 18
By: Ali Raza | January 16th, 2013 | Apple, Business, News, Smartphones, Tablets
Tim Cook, CEO of technology giant Apple, has stated quite clearly int he past that his company considers China as a very vital market. Cook is quoted as saying that, "China is a very important market for us and customers there cannot wait to get their hands on Apple products". It is no surprise then that after launching the initial editi...
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Announces Strengthening Venture Capital Investment
By: Zain Nabi | January 16th, 2013 | Business, News
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced to support private businesses, setting aside C$400 million to grow venture capital investment in the country during the course of next seven to 10 years. The PM is of the view that many companies in the country could not grow as per their potential during the last few years as they were hit by the global financial crunch. The financ...
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Toronto Based Startup Kira Talent Joins Forces with Richard Ivey School of Business to Help Select Talented Applicants
By: Ali Raza | January 15th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Business school applicants face tough competition to get into coveted institutes and programs and normally have to go through an admission process which involves questioning regarding studies, involvement in extracurricular activities, marks obtained in undergraduate program and more. All these activities are conducted so the institutes can gauge an applicants’ talent and figure out which one is...
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Rovio Entertainment Claims Over 260 Million Active Users For Angry Birds Games
By: Jeff Stewart | January 15th, 2013 | Business, Games, News
The well-known Finnish gaming company and maker of the extremely popular Angry Birds game, Rovio Entertainment, declared on Friday, January 11 that they have over a quarter billion “active users”. The company made the announcement through its official Twitter acc...
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