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VIDEO: Innovative Dutch School Uses Facebook’s Timeline Feature to Teach History
0By: Kuljit Grewal | September 20th, 2012 | Living, News, Social Media
Of the myriad of industries, vocations and pockets of society that could benefit most from innovation and the integration of technology, educating the next generation of world changers is definitely at the top of the list. Understanding the importance of teaching and education, a forward thinking school in Amsterdam called 4e Gymnasium h...
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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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Wikipedia Now Offers an eBook Export Feature for Offline Reading
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 20th, 2012 | Business, Living, News
The Wikimedia Foundation, the NFP behind the wonderfully awesome Wikipedia online encyclopaedia announced today that they were enhancing their mobile experience in a major way. According to an official announcement
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Luxury Retreats Lands $5 Million In Funding from iNovia and Other VCs
By: Talha Bhatti | September 19th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
Online private accommodation booking services have become all the rage lately and VC firms are lining up to fund companies that have a good concept in the sector. Montreal’s Luxury Retreats picked up on the trend early and announced on September 17 that it had secured $5 million from VC’s led by
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Facebook for BlackBerry v3.2 Available Now On BlackBerry App World
By: Talha Bhatti | September 18th, 2012 | Living, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Social Media
The Official BlackBerry Blog announced on September 13 that Facebook would be releasing the 3.2 version of its app for BlackBerry OS. The upgraded Facebook app has a lot of new goodies for users of Research In Motion’s flagship BlackBerry smartphones. The latest app will be available for download ...
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The Company That Owns The Weather Network Acquires Beat the Traffic to Bolster Service Offering
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 17th, 2012 | Business, iOS, Living, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
In order to better serve their growing number of mobile users, Oakville, Ontario based Pelmorex Media Inc. acquired Beat the Traffic. The latter is a Santa Clara, California based provider of vehicle traffic solutions for companies in the weather broadcasting business....
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Monkey Business! Canadian Zoos are Using Apps to Teach Apes
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 15th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, Living, News, O Canada, Tablets
Of all the incredible uses and purposes mobile apps serve, the following is an amazing tale of how truly wide ranging apps’ audiences can be. Zookeepers across Canada and the U.S. are discovering that mobile apps can be used to train, educate and stimulate apes that call their zoos home. Mobile apps are being used as part of a large program called Apps for Apes being conducted at 12...
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Networking for Entrepreneurs: SproutUp is Coming to Montreal October 10
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 15th, 2012 | Business, Living, O Canada
Keen entrepreneurs in the fantastic city of Montreal listen up. SproutUp, an excellent networking opportunity coming to your city next month is a wonderful chance to network and share with like-minded individuals while enjoying good company and start-up demos. The event takes place Wednesday, October 10th at La Porte Rouge ...
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Canadian Start-up Guardly Partners With Traditional Firm To Grow User Base
By: Talha Bhatti | September 15th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Health, Living, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Guardly is a Toronto based start up that makes a security app for smartphone allowing users to send out emergency signals with just a tap. The application is being used by people who want to alert a group of friends or family in case of a number of different emergencies. For example people with allergies use it in case they have an allergic r...
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Chicago Makes Pedestrian Safety A Priority With New City Wide Plan
By: Talha Bhatti | September 15th, 2012 | Health, Living, News
Chicago has unveiled plans to make the streets of the Windy City a lot safer for pedestrians. The reduction of car accidents will be accomplished through an extensive pedestrian safety plan that has nearly 250 recommendations. The report highlights a varying number of tech...
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