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Canadian Firm Offers Mobile Property Protection With New App
0By: Talha Bhatti | September 25th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Security.ca is a Canadian security solution provider based in Ottawa that is using mobile technology to open up new markets. The firm has developed an automated inspection tool that is installed on a client's smartphone and then used to scan square QR codes. This will prompt the mobile app to bring up a check list relating to the item that has bee...
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Telly Labs Raises $13 Million in Funding to Bring Skype to Your TV
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 25th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Living
The company behind an innovative device that allows you to Skype chat from your television has raised $13 Million in new funding from Comcast Ventures and DCM. The news came by way of an SEC filing. Telly Labs flagship product is the aptly named TelyHD. The camera plugs into your...
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BlackBerry 10 L-Series Phone Images Leaked
By: Talha Bhatti | September 24th, 2012 | Gadgets, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion has been taking a beating in the smartphone market that it once used to dominate. The Canadian manufacturer of the BlackBerry devices has fallen severely behind competitors like Apple, Samsung and Operating System producers like Google. RIM had a failed attempt to enter the tablet market and decided to refocus ...
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Canada’s Me-ality Offers Custom Fit Using Body Scanner Technology
By: Talha Bhatti | September 24th, 2012 | Gadgets, News, O Canada
Me-ality is a Canadian startup that aims to solve one of the biggest issues with online retailing of clothes: sizing. As many shoppers know, even when buying clothes from a brick and mortar store, trying on clothes is one of the most important parts of the purchase process. This is because not every manufacturer creates simil...
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VIDEO: Must See Lego Machine is So Awesome it Hurts
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 22nd, 2012 | Gadgets, Living
We have two quick questions for you before we proceed further. Do you like Lego? Do you like awesome? If you answered an emphatic yes to both of those queries than we have got something glorious to share with you. Meet the Lego Great Ball Contraption a labour of love for Lego legend Akiyuki. Built in his home, the project totaled 600 hours of dedicated construction time and i...
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VIDEO: Meet Baxter – The Robot Set to Turn Manufacturing on its Head
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 22nd, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Living, News
Created as the brainchild of a living legend in the robotics world Rodney Brooks, Baxter is the next generation of industrial robots. At six feet tall and 300 pounds, the machine is capable of expressing what it is doing thanks to a screen that serves as its face. A digital pair of eyes is capable of looking concerned when the mach...
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BlackBerry 10 Apps And Features Revealed In RIM Domain Purchases
By: Talha Bhatti | September 22nd, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion (RIM) was reported to have gone shopping for domain names on last week as it gears up for an uphill climb back to relevance. The domain buying news was followed by industry analysts because bulk buying of domains by firms gives a good indication of what to expect from the company in the future. The BlackBerry maker is well known ...
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Kobo Drops Price Of Arc Tablets And Cancels 8GB Version in Favour of 64GB Device
By: Talha Bhatti | September 22nd, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Tablets
Toronto based eBook seller, Kobo recently announced that they would soon be launching their own tablet called the Arc. The Kobo device was meant to help the Canadian firm take on competition like Amazon's Kindle. The initial announcement was that the tablet will have a 1.5 GHz dual core proces...
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Canada’s Axine Water Technologies Raises Millions From Venture Capitalists In Clean Technology Sector
By: Talha Bhatti | September 20th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Health, News, O Canada
Vancouver based Axine Water Technologies has announced that it has successfully closed a multi-million dollar equity financing round. The funding was led by Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital who was joined by the Business Development Bank of Cana...
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Meet LIFX, the Kickstarter Light Bulb That You Control With Your Smartphone
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 20th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Living, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
An incredibly innovative Wi-Fi enabled light bulb called LIFX claims with great reason to be ‘the smartest light bulb you’ve ever experienced’. The LED bulb is impressive in a variety of ways ranging from its multiple colours, full Smartphone control and energy efficiency that can allow the bulb to last up to 25 years. The LIFX is created by Australian Phil Bosu...
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