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Apple Launches its First Ever “Refurbished Outlet” on eBay
0By: Ali Raza | November 23rd, 2012 | Apple, Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Tablets
Now you can buy Apple’s refurbished products directly from eBay. The most interesting thing about the agreement is that this special page on the consumer-to-consumer corporation is labelled as a “Refurbished Outlet”, promoting the sale of quality used product. This suggests that Apple which has produced top products like the iPod, iPad, and iPhone have now o...
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EdgeWater Wireless Secures $940,000 from 1st Round of Private Placement Agreement
By: Jeff Stewart | November 23rd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
The Ottawa-based Wi-Fi technology provider, EdgeWater Wireless declared on Wednesday that it has raised $940,000 from the 1st round of a private placement agreement. The raised amount represents a step in the process, representing one third of their ultimate goal. After raising this amount, President of E...
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HootSuite Signs Deal with City of Vancouver for New Headquarters
By: Ali Raza | November 23rd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Canadian startup, HootSuite is one of the fast emerging social media companies in the country, now featuring more than 200 employees as compared to less than 100 in the previous year. On top of that, the company is still receiving near about 650 resumes each month as people strive to join the firm that is revolutionizing how people m...
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Toronto, Vancouver and Waterloo Manages to Crack World’s Top 20 Startup Ecosystem Index
By: Ali Raza | November 23rd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Could you hazard a guess at what the best startup ecosystems in the world? If No, then see the comprehensive report from Startup Genome that also includes a very interesting Startup Ecosystem Index. This index ranks 20 most prominent hubs in the world across a range of index categories such as "Differentiation from Sili...
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New York City Swaps Traditional Phone Booths with Gigantic Smart Screens
By: Jeff Stewart | November 23rd, 2012 | Business, Living, News, Tablets
Phone booths came in handy for New Yorkers after super storm Hurricane Sandy struck the city and damaged buildings, residential colonies and wireless networks with little in the way of discrimination. As a result of that, people in New York not only had to spend nights out in the open, but they also lost touch with their friends and relatives due to the lack of wireless connections. These people w...
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Follow, Share and Organise Your Favourite Topics With TAGtivate, a Toronto-Based Startup That is Maximizing the Hashtag
By: Jeff Stewart | November 23rd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Over the past few years, technology has evolved so quickly that things are becoming increasingly easy for internet users. For instance, in order to track information pertaining to specific topics, users on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter must simply add a # sign at the front of something in order to filter through the tremendous amount of content. As many of you know, this phenomenon of placing a # i...
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Facebook Proposes End To User Vote On Privacy Policy Changes
By: Talha Bhatti | November 23rd, 2012 | Business, News, Social Media
The world’s largest social network, Facebook, has floated plans to stop letting users vote on updates to the site's privacy policy but will let users comment and give feedback on proposed changes to the policy. Facebook made their plans public on November 21 in a blog post that talked about developing a voting system that only turns on if en...
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Airbnb Moves Into Asia With Plans For Regional Headquarters And Local Customer Service
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Business, Living, News
Airbnb, a leading peer-to-peer rental service provider, made public their plans to develop local customer support branches in Asia. Co-founder and CTO of the startup, Nathan Blecharczyk, also stated that his firm could easily get 2 million properties in Asia for their portfolio. Currently, Airbnb has a total of 250,000 properties in...
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Location Based Social Network Foursquare Hits 3 Billion Check-ins
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, Social Media
Foursquare, a location based social network, has grown rapidly thanks to the popularity of smartphones and their continued adoption by consumers. The startup now has 25 million users worldwide and recently announced that it had gotten its 3 billionth check-in. Foursquare was over the moon two years ago when it reached 380 millio...
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Networking Experts From Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Meet To Develop Regional Plan
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Networking specialists hailing from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia will meet on November 28th in Sackville to develop plans to join high-speed networks between the two Canadian provinces. The leaders in their field will discuss the best path to take to reach their regional goals. The latest meet up of the group was held after an Executive TeleForum that took place in October. Overall,
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