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Cisco Acquires Meraki for $1.2 Billion in Cash
0By: Ali Raza | November 21st, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones, Tablets
After pursuing Meraki for several weeks, Cisco Systems' efforts finally bore fruit as the world’s leading computer-networking equipment maker was able to acquire the cloud network company of their eye for $1.2 billion cash. The company made the announcement t...
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YouTube and the NBA Team to Live Stream 350 D-League Games
By: Talha Bhatti | November 21st, 2012 | Business, Google, News, Sports
YouTube has been on the hunt for original content for quite some time and has been successful in generating a lot of traffic to its site thanks to events like Felix Baumgartner’s space dive. However, the Google owned site has been looking for content that is more than a one off global event...
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Square Reader Now Available At More Than 250 Canadian Retailers
By: Talha Bhatti | November 21st, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Mobile payments service startup Square recently launched its services in Canada, marking its first expansion outside of the United States. After only a few weeks of the announcement, the San Francisco based firm is creating new retail partnerships across Canada to help expand its business. Square’s mobile card reader which attaches to a smar...
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Kaltura Raises $25 million For Its Web Video Platform Thanks to Old and New Investors
By: Talha Bhatti | November 21st, 2012 | Business, News, Social Media
Online video was transformed by YouTube and user generated content. Now different businesses and organizations around the globe are producing their own content and looking for ways to transmit their videos online. Kaltura has developed an open source solution to this problem and the web vi...
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Amazon Launches Amazon Pages for Business, Amazon Posts and Amazon Analytics Before Christmas Season
By: Talha Bhatti | November 21st, 2012 | Business, News, Social Media
Amazon has been trying new ways to attract both buyers and sellers to its marketplace. Before Christmas shopping kicks into full gear, the technology company has quietly launched Amazon Pages which provides sellers “custom destinations” which act as their brand's own web page on Amazon. Users are now privy to custom URLs, dynamic designs, la...
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IntelliResponse Successfully Delivers Virtual Agent Technology To Customers Across North America From Toronto Headquarters
By: Talha Bhatti | November 21st, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Toronto based IntelliResponse is a fast growing technology company that has some of the largest brands in Canada and the US as customers for their virtual agent technology. The company has been flying under the radar since it got started in 2000, working hard over that time to accumulate an enviable client list including RBC, CIBC, TD,...
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Apple’s Newly Designed iMac Will Release Before December Despite Supply Constrains
By: Jeff Stewart | November 20th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Gadgets, iOS, News
After Apple’s iPads (Mini especially) and iPhone made its rounds through the hype machine, the handheld delights gave way to the hotly anticipated iMac. According to rumours that were swirling on the interwebs, the newly designed 21.5 inch iMacs, which were supposed to debut by November, have since been deferred till 2013. These rumours mad...
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CourseSmart Tool Allows Instructors To Monitor Students Progress Through Smart Textbooks
By: Kevin Green | November 20th, 2012 | Business, Living, News
Technology has been making the lives of students easier thanks to the digitization of content and better and more efficient learning tools and techniques. Now technology firms are also paying attention to teachers and their needs. CourseSmart is a digital course material publisher and platform and has developed an application that lets tea...
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Report States Apple Testing OS X 10.9 Integration With Siri and Maps
By: Kevin Green | November 20th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, News
9 To 5 Mac reports that unnamed sources have said that Apple’s next Mac operating system, OS X 10.9, will have Siri and Maps integration. This will bring services that were previously only available on iOS de...
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Home Developer Using Pinterest To Crowdsource Designs For Dream Homes
By: Kevin Green | November 20th, 2012 | Business, Living, Social Media
Taylor Morrison’s Ladera housing development in Bee Cave, Texas, looks like any other neighbourhood across the country from the outside. However, all buyers need to do is step inside to realize that the homes are something completely different. .The houses form part of a social community that Taylor Morrison calls interactive homes. In what is a first for builders, the revolutionary design of t...
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