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California Governor Jerry Brown Signs Google’s Self Driving Car Bill
0By: Talha Bhatti | October 3rd, 2012 | Business, Cars, Google, News
California Governor, Jerry Brown, signed the Google backed autonomous car bill at the end of September. The signing was broadcast by the California based technology giant on YouTube and was the culmination of efforts by Google to get self-driving cars onto the public roads of America. The bill breezed through the Senate with a 37-0...
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VIDEO: Google And Cirque du Soleil Work Together To Create Movi.Kanti.Revo
By: Kevin Green | October 2nd, 2012 | Gadgets, Google, News, O Canada
Movi.Kanti.Revo is an incredible new experiment from the Google Chrome team. The name Movi.Kanti.Revo is taken from the Esperanto words for moving, singing and dreaming. The sensory experiment was actually first showcased at Google's 2012
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11-Year-Old Developer Wins $20,000 for Anti Texting While Driving App
By: Talha Bhatti | October 1st, 2012 | Android, Apple, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones
AT&T is doing its part to reduce accidents and fatalities caused by people texting while driving by creating a mobile app to stop the illegal and dangerous activity. As part of its campaign, the American telecom giant also allowed participants at a Los Angeles hackathon to develop their own apps to solve the problem and announced a cash prize ...
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Poynt Updates Local Search App for iPhone to Increase iOS User Base
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Android, Apple, Business, Google, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
Calgary based technology firm Poynt launched an upgraded version of its iPhone app last week for the iOS platform. Poynt is a local search tool that is intended to be accessed from smartphones to provide the user with results based on their location. Poynt had initial success with Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry platform but the declining ...
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YouTube Expands Their Video Captioning Translation Tool to 300+ Languages
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 26th, 2012 | Business, Google, News
Google owned YouTube announced yesterday that they are making it possible for your videos to be enjoyed in more than 300 languages. This will be done through the t...
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Uber Free! Taxi Service Start-Up Uber is Giving Free Taxi Rides in Toronto Today
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 25th, 2012 | Android, Cars, iOS, Living, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Whether you call Toronto home or just happen to be visiting this week, the city has been a little more awesome the past two days. Smartphone based taxi and limo service Uber is providing unlimited free rides around the city until 11:59 tonight as part of a promotion to reward current users and attract future ones in the nation’s largest city. ...
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BlackBerry Distant Third Behind Apple and Android In Global Smartphone Market
By: Talha Bhatti | September 24th, 2012 | Android, Apple, Business, Google, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Technology research firm IDC recently released updated smartphone sales numbers which are not likely to go down very well at Research In Motion’s (RIM). IDC’s report shows that BlackBerry is far behind category leaders Android and Apple in global sales for th...
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Google Integrates Business Panoramic Images Right Into Google Maps
By: Talha Bhatti | September 24th, 2012 | Google, News
Google Maps is not satisfied with merely having the best online map services around and have been pushing to make their maps even better. The street view function was one of the coolest innovations to come from the search giant and Google looks like it wants to expand on that by integrating the panoramic views of business locat...
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Niagara Falls Becomes This Summer’s Most Searched Term On Google Maps For Canada
By: Talha Bhatti | September 24th, 2012 | Google, News, O Canada
Google search has become an indispensable part of our everyday lives and the search engine is used to look up varying types of information. The search giant's other services like Google Maps are also very popular and with its street view and 3D mapping features the map service has become even more user friendly. A lot of travel...
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VIDEO: Browsing Speed Test – iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy S III
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 23rd, 2012 | Android, Apple, iOS, Smartphones
The past couple of months have seen Apple and Samsung trade blows in the courtroom as well as in the advertising world with Samsung taking targeted shots at the iPhone 5 in both print (see below) and video advertisement.
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