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Canada’s First and Only Rotating House Being Built In North Rustico
0By: Talha Bhatti | September 13th, 2012 | Gadgets, Living, O Canada
Canada will soon be getting its very first rotating house in North Rustico. The couple commissioning the house to be built east of Cavendish, P.E.I., is going to become the only owners of a house that rotates within Canada. It may sound silly to have a rotating house but when the benefits of rotating windows to face the sun at all times to keep the house warm during winter and an ocean view from a...
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Canadian Website WagJag Buys ‘Deal of the Day’ From Yellow Media
By: Talha Bhatti | September 13th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
Canada’s popular daily deal website, WagJag, released a statement last month which made public the firm's purchase of Deal of the Day. The Toronto based WagJag increased its subscriber based significantly when it bought its latest acquisition from previous owner
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RocketOwl Uses Social Gaming To Battle Deforestation
By: Talha Bhatti | September 13th, 2012 | Business, Games, Living, O Canada
Canadian game development company, RocketOwl, is not your average start-up. The Ottawa based social and mobile game creator has a strong opinion about the need to protect our environment and the company is not afraid to let others know. In fact, the firm has tried to make sure that their tree friendly thoughts are front and center in their games...
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Ali Baba Expects To Leave Amazon And Ebay In The Dust Based On Transaction Value
By: Talha Bhatti | September 12th, 2012 | Business, Living, News
Alibaba Group’s Chief Strategy Officer, Zeng Ming, told reporters on Saturday, September 8 that his firm is forecasting their sales to exceed those of both Amazon and eBay combined. China’s largest ecommerce seller has been growing at bre...
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Google Glass Stands Out At New York Fashion Week
By: Talha Bhatti | September 12th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Google, Living
Google is known for innovative software but the search engine behemoth has never been popular as a design based firm. That has been Apple’s domain and the maker of the iPhone has shown that design is just as important as functionality. Google may have been paying attention to the late Steve J...
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ValoreBooks Acquired By SimpleTuition For Undisclosed Amount
By: Talha Bhatti | September 12th, 2012 | Business, Living, News
On Monday, September 10, SimpleTuition, made its acquisition of ValoreBooks public knowledge. There were no details of the exact purchase price but it is certain that the deal involved cash and stock. SimpleTuition got its start in 2006 and gives college and university studen...
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Researchers Showcase Brainwave Hacking To Highlight Future Security Concern
By: Talha Bhatti | September 11th, 2012 | Gadgets, Living, News
A group of researchers based in Oxford, UC Berkeley and the University of Geneva have recently released a report that states human brain can be hacked to reveal private data with the use of commercially available brainwave headset. The report is titled On...
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eSpark Hires Facebook Mobile Alum As CTO And Grabs $5.7 Million In Funding
By: Talha Bhatti | September 11th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, Living, News, Tablets
The iPad was expected to revolutionize the classroom and Apple has been quite successful at achieving their goal. Currently, there are over 100,000 educational apps and eBooks available on the iOS but users can have a hard time figuring out which ones are right for them. eSparks set out to...
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Wi-Fi Home Appliances Have Come to Canada Thanks to Samsung and LG
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 10th, 2012 | Gadgets, Living, News, O Canada
The next wave of fridges, washers and dryers created for the internet savvy generation has come to Canada thanks to Korean firms who are at the forefront of such technology. According to the Financial Post,
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Airlines Already Supporting Apple’s Passbook
By: Talha Bhatti | September 10th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, Living, Mobile Apps, News
Apple has proven that they can transform markets and it seems that businesses have taken notice. The iPhone 5 is yet to be released and the latest iOS 6 is expected to be released even later yet it has been confirmed by Austr...
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