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Research In Motion Getting Ready To Launch BBM Money In Indonesia
0By: Talha Bhatti | December 6th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion has been taking a beating over the past year as it has seen share prices weaken and market share drop. The one aspect of the RIM business that has stood the test of competition is the Canadian firm's ever popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service which is now a significant part of the company’s vision for the future. 60 millio...
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Uber Ordered To Charge $75 Minimum Fare In Vancouver By Passenger Transportation Board of BC
By: Talha Bhatti | December 6th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Taxi service startup, Uber, has run into issues with its smartphone based driving service in Vancouver. The company was testing its service before launch in the Canadian city and was hit by a notice form the Passenger Transportation Board of British Columbia which directed the company to ...
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Google Strikes Another Deal, Purchases Canadian Startup BufferBox for $17 Million
By: Ali Raza | December 6th, 2012 | Business, Google, News, O Canada
It seems that Google is following an aggressive business policy, as the search engine giant is looking to acquire various businesses nowadays in an attempt to bolster its already impressive portfolio. The most recent acquisition made by this multinational corporation was of coupon marketing company named
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Apple Hiring Former Texas Instrument Chip Engineers In Israel
By: Kevin Green | December 5th, 2012 | Apple, Business, News
The Next Web reported that technology giant Apple is building up its research and development workforce by picking up former
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Ford Teams Up With Jimmy Fallon To Develop a Super Bowl Ad Crowd Sourced Through Twitter
By: Kevin Green | December 5th, 2012 | Business, Cars, News, Social Media
American car manufacturer, Ford, has bought the services of late night network comedian Jimmy Fallon to help the firm develop a 60-second Super Bowl advertisement. The ad spot will be for the Lincoln brand of automobiles and will be the result of a crowd sourcing effort. Fans will submit their ideas on Twitter in an attempt by Ford to increase the...
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Oracle Announces Three Dividend Payments by Year End to Avoid Fiscal Cliff
By: Kevin Green | December 5th, 2012 | Business, News
Enterprise software developer, Oracle, made public on Monday, December 3 that the company would be making three separate dividend payments by the end of December. The company is looking to get dividends for three quarters that were originally expected in 2013 out to stock owners before the end of 2012. The move from the technology giant puts it ...
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Alibaba Becomes World’s Biggest eCommerce Firm After Reaching 1 Trillion RMB In Sales
By: Kevin Green | December 5th, 2012 | Business, News
Alibaba has become a giant of global trade, matching buyers with sellers on their online platform since 1999. The Chinese e-commerce leader announced on December 3 that that it had transacted one trillion RMB ($159,221,000 CAD) worth of goods and services in 2012 so far. In comparison to US companies, Alibaba’s $157 billion USD in gross merchandi...
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SEC Filing Reveals Zynga and Facebook Have Brought Major Changes to Their Long Term Agreement
By: Jeff Stewart | December 4th, 2012 | Business, Games, News, Social Media
A recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing has revealed that world renowned social networking website, Facebook and their largest social game service provider, Zynga had decided to bring about major changes to the agreement between them, which both parties signed two years ago. ...
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Microsoft Set to Release the Xbox 720 This Time Next Year?
By: Jeff Stewart | December 4th, 2012 | Business, Games, News
After introducing the Xbox in 2001, Microsoft released the second iteration of their wildly popular video gaming console, the Xbox 360 in 2005. In the years since, the Xbox 360 has seen several upgrades in performance and appearance in order to stay relevant and appease their global fan base. Given that a new console will always trump and up...
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Apple Announces iPhone 5 Launch In South Korea Followed by 50 More Countries
By: Kevin Green | December 4th, 2012 | Apple, Business, News, Smartphones
Apple announced that it would be sending its latest hit product the iPhone 5 to South Korea with an expected launch date of December 7. The latest announcement form the California based technology giant comes only weeks after it stated that iPad and iPhone would be making their way into China. The South Korea launch wil be part of the release of ...
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