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WhatsApp Says It Will Not Be Releasing An App For BlackBerry 10
0By: Talha Bhatti | December 17th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
BlackBerry 10 has been making waves as its launch date approaches. As expected, one of the more frequently asked question about the platform is the apps that will be available for download. Research In Motion (RIM) has tried very hard to bring developers to the platform and has succeeded in most cases by offering surprising revenue totals. However,...
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Google Has the Tools To Unseat Amazon’s Cloud Services Dominance
By: Talha Bhatti | December 17th, 2012 | Business, Google, News
Google’s Cloud Platform products have gotten a lot of updates recently which all seem to point at the search giant's ambitions to take on Amazon Web Services. The current moves by Google will also pit it against some other heavy weights in the infrastructure-as-a-service sector including Wi...
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Reports Claims That Instagram Received $525 Million Acquisition Offer From Twitter
By: Talha Bhatti | December 17th, 2012 | Business, News, Social Media
The New York Times reporter, Nick Bilton, has broken the news that micro-blogging startup Twitter offered $525 million in cash and stock to acquire Instagram. The photo sharing social network received the buyout offer in March but...
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Nara Brings in $3 Million in Funds Through “Series A-1” Round to Spruce up its Platform
By: Jeff Stewart | December 17th, 2012 | Business, Living, News
Finding a good restaurant in a new city has always remained a tough challenge for travellers and holidaymakers. Even though people take help from online restaurant guides and search engines, they end up choosing a wrong venue because a the quality and quantity of the reviews are not reliable enough to offer you a can't miss search experience. To deal with this problem Cambridge, Massa...
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Supreme Court of Canada says CRTC has no Authority to Compel Cable Providers to Pay TV Broadcasters
By: Jeff Stewart | December 16th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Last Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada gave the final verdict on the value-for-signal system case between cable companies and television channels in favour of cable operators. As the Supreme Court declared that Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) does not have the authority to c...
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PayPal Introduces “PayPal My Cash Card” in the U.S. to Make Online Purchases Without Using Credit or Debit Cards
By: Jeff Stewart | December 16th, 2012 | Business, News
To cater to the “under-banked” or people who still prefer to use cash instead of cheques, debit and credit cards, PayPal has launched a pre-paid card this past Thursday by the name of PayPal My Cash Card. This latest product from PayPal will enable users to make purchases using PayPa'sl service without getting involved in the complex practice of using bank transfers, credit or debit cards. ...
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FounderFuel Announces Upgrade to $50k Investment for its Startup Program Applicants in Place of Current $25k
By: Jeff Stewart | December 16th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
FounderFuel, who started a program to send several graduated start-ups to Silicon Valley in association with the Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA), has announced a significant change in their spring 2013 enroll...
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An Apple Analyst Says The Company Could Make an Offer to Acquire TomTom
By: Jeff Stewart | December 16th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, Mobile Apps, News
Apple is still on a mission to improve its in-house iOS mapping app, which the California based firm introduced to less than stellar reviews with its latest operating system; iOS 6 few months ago. So far the company has not provided any updates regarding its progress on its mapping app, but new information in this regard has been shared by an Apple analyst, Hans Slob, who works at Netherlands b...
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TELUS Files Law Suit Against Mobilicity for Broadcasting Misleading Ad Campaign
By: Jeff Stewart | December 16th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian telecom company, TELUS seems to be going through a frustrating period. On one hand, the firm is facing serious outrage from many of its consumers over the cutting of download limits of home internet service by up to 50 percent. On the other hand, Mobili...
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Coveo Successfully Secures $18 Million Funding Round Led by Tandem Expansion Fund
By: Jeff Stewart | December 15th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Coveo, a Canadian startup that provides text search technology to organizations, announced yesterday that it has successfully raised an $18 million funding round that was guided by the Tandem Expansion Fund, th...
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