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Nine Start-ups from FounderFuel’s Accelerator Program are Going to Silicon Valley
0By: Ali Raza | December 7th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
FounderFuel is a highly regarded accelerator program from Montreal that takes in potential start-ups to mentor and challenge them so they can flourish successfully by learning to maximize their offering. Recently nine of its latest batch of start-ups got the chance have set themselves up to do great things. These nine start-ups...
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Amazon Appstore Sees 500% Increase In Mobile App Downloads
By: Kevin Green | December 7th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Mobile Apps, News, Tablets
U.S. based e-commerce leader Amazon, announced on Thursday, December 6 that, “[a]pp downloads in the Appstore have grown more than 500 percent over the previous year.” The 5 fold increase has been driven by two major factors. The first is the introduction of Amazon’s own devices in the form of th eKindle Fire tablet lineup started Septemb...
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RIM Releases Version 3.3 of its Facebook App Featuring Deeper BBM Integration
By: Kevin Green | December 7th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Social Media
As fans of BlackBerry devices wait for Research in Motion (RIM) to release the heavily anticipated BlackBerry 10 platform, the company is hard at work updating apps for its current devices and
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Indiegogo Announces Campaigns Now Accepting Canadian Dollars
By: Kevin Green | December 7th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Indiegogo is a popular San Francisco-based startup that uses crowd sourcing to help artists and charitable causes raise money for projects. The site offers its services for a percentage of the money raised on its platform and Canadian entrepreneurs have realized that Indiegogo is a great way to start projects that would otherwise not be able...
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CipherCloud Gets $30 Million Investment For Cloud Security Business
By: Kevin Green | December 7th, 2012 | Business, News
Cloud security startup, CipherCloud, announced on December 5 that it had received a $30 million dollar investment from Andreessen Horowitz who also took part in the $1.4 million seed funding round the company received when it got started. Horowitz will not sit on the ...
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Samsung Galaxy S III Outshines Apple’s iPhone 5, Remains the UK’s Most Popular Smartphone
By: Jeff Stewart | December 7th, 2012 | Android, Apple, Business, News, Smartphones
Last month, we at TQ had informed you that the Samsung Galaxy S III had snagged the world’s most popular smartphone title from Apple’s iPhone on the basis of excellent sales during the third quarter of this year. A recent report based on p...
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Nintendo Announces Google Street View And Google Maps Coming to the Wii U
By: Talha Bhatti | December 6th, 2012 | Business, Games, News
On December 5, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata showed a lot of game footage to the fans in attendance at his Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation. The Nintendo president also stated that Google maps and street views would also be available on the Wii U ...
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Meet Bow & Drape – The eCommerce Site That Marries The Art of Dressmaking With Modern Technology
By: Talha Bhatti | December 6th, 2012 | Business, News
Bow & Drape is US retailer that sells custom made dresses online using exact measurements to create the perfectly fitting dress. The ecommerce site also allows design customization and offers basic styles upon which customers can add their own personal touches. The startup's customers can choose unique embellishments, colour, material,...
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Curved LCD Display Allows for Augmented Reality Contact Lenses
By: Talha Bhatti | December 6th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News
Imec made an interesting announcement on December 5 that could make the much hyped Google Project Glass look obsolete. The nano-electronics researcher claimed that its lab in Ghent, Belgium has created a LCD display that is curved and has the ability to be imbedd...
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Green Throttle Games Raises $6 Million for Android Smartphone to TV Gaming
By: Talha Bhatti | December 6th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Games, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones
Video game developer startup, Green Throttle Games, has just received $6 million in their first round of funding from Trinity Ventures. The game developer is looking to implement a system that lets Android powered smartphones become game consoles for video games t...
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