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Microsoft Gives The Partners In Learning Project Another $250 million
0By: Kevin Green | November 30th, 2012 | Business, News
On November 29, Microsoft announced that its Partners In Learning Project will be given another $250 million. The program is a worldwide initiative that gives teachers professional development opportunities. Since the sponsor is Microso...
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Popular Kickstarter Project Twine Ready For Sale
By: Kevin Green | November 30th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Living, News
Twine got its start two years ago thanks to the imagination of two MIT Media Lab graduates, John Kestner and David Carr. The duo were able to raise $500,000 on crowdsourcing site Kickstarter for their device which promised to make any item in the house an inte...
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Quebecor Inc. Will Introduce a Metered Paywall System for its Group Websites from December 4, 2012
By: Jeff Stewart | November 30th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Quebecor Inc.’s newspaper division announced that from December 4, 2012 their online visitors to the Calgary, Winnipeg Sun, Ottawa, Edmonton and Toronto websites will be greeted by a metered paywall. This means that the visitors will now have to pay money to view the content on this group’s websites. This ch...
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Google Set to Launch its First Ever Chrome Based Touch Laptop by the End of This Year
By: Ali Raza | November 30th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Google, News
It seems that Microsoft is becoming a source of inspiration for companies looking to produce their own hardware for other corporations in the IT industry. According to the latest industry chatter, it seems that Google is all set to join the race of making slates and laptops by producing its very own touch laptop. ...
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Halifax based Startup LeadSift Secures $500,000 from OMERS Ventures, Use it for Hiring and Development
By: Jeff Stewart | November 30th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Halifax based startup, LeadSift has successfully secured $500,000 in funding from OMERS Ventures. With this latest investment OMERS Ventures has extended its presence across this great nation of ours. Managing Director of OMERS Ventures, Dere...
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Sumo Logic Gets $30 Million In Series C Round Of Funding Led By Accel Partners
By: Talha Bhatti | November 29th, 2012 | Business, News
On November 28, Mountain View based startup Sumo Logic announced that it had raised $30 million in a Series C round of funding. The venture funding came from by Accel Partners and its Big Data fund that is headed by Ping Li. The newest injection of cash makes the company’s total outside funding $50.5 million thanks to previou...
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SMARTeacher Develops Math Game That Reacts To Children’s Emotions
By: Talha Bhatti | November 29th, 2012 | Business, Games, News, O Canada
Gaming has been used in a number of learning environments to help adults and children grasp new concepts easily. Gaming in education is nothing new, however Canadian firm SMARTeacher has given the idea an innovative new touch by developing a PC based mathematics games called Prodigy. The main point that sets the game apart from other comp...
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Prezi Launches iPhone App for Presentation Viewing Along With iPad App For Editing
By: Talha Bhatti | November 29th, 2012 | Business, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones, Tablets
Prezi has launched a brand new iPhone app that is designed to display presentations while accompanying the company’s other popular product, an iPad application for editing presentations. Prezi accompanied its news of a new iPhone app with data that shows the aggressive growth of mobile presentation solutions being adopted by companies that only a ...
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Latest Study Shows RIM Loses More Market Share in the United States
By: Talha Bhatti | November 29th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Canadian technology giant, Research In Motion, has seen its share prices climb up recently thanks to optimism about the upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system and related devices. However, on Tuesday November 27 the company had a major setback as share prices dropped 10 per cent. The drop in RIM stock came after a report was released that claimed ...
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Startup Canada Completes Country Wide Consultations, Moves to Planning Phase of Unifying Canadian Entrepreneurs
By: Talha Bhatti | November 29th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
The Canadian entrepreneurial initiative, Startup Canada, stated on November 27 that it had finished consulting with its entrepreneur network across Canada and were now in the process of creating a plan to guide and focus the energies of the group. Startup Canada got launched in May of 2012 and sees itself as a lobbying group for the entrepre...
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