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BDC Venture Capital Provides Financial Support to GrowLab’s Recent Graduates
0By: Zain Nabi | March 2nd, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
BDC Venture Capital, a venture capital investor in Canada, has invested in all four GrowLab recent graduates, according to Techvibes. The graduates of GrowLab, which supports entrepreneurs through seed funding, office space and mentorship, have received support from BDC Venture Capital in the p...
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BlackBerry Attracts New Users
By: Zain Nabi | March 2nd, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
A lot has been said about BlackBerry and its base of around 79 million loyal customers who had been expected to support the Canadian-based company during tough times by supporting the new smartphone devices the company has launched recently. Still, it was always said that the actual success of the new BlackBerry smartphone devices would be determined on its potential to attract new users. ...
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Judge Upholds $368.2 Million Suit Against Apple Causing VirnetX Stock To Soar
By: Talha Bhatti | March 1st, 2013 | Apple, Business, News
Apple does not lose a lot of battles lately in and out side the business world. One place it has found mixed results has been court in which it has won and lost some battles. Most of Apple's court cases have revolved around intellectual property which other have allegedly tried to infringe upon. One interesting case that made it to court and actu...
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Annual Fortune List Declares Apple the “World’s Most Admired Company” for a Sixth Time in a Row
By: Ali Raza | March 1st, 2013 | Apple, Business, Google, News, Smartphones
In spite of the fact that Apple’s shares are not performing well since last September, the California-based technology giant was able to grasp the number one spot in the annual Fortune list in which Apple was declared the "World's Most Admired Company" for the sixth year in a row. This certainly was a great honour for Tim Cookâ€...
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Groupon’s Stock Jumps Up 12 Percent After CEO Andrew Mason’s Departure
By: Ali Raza | March 1st, 2013 | Business, News, Social Media
Groupon's stock took a positive jump on February, 28 after the daily deal website announced that it has removed the CEO and founder of the company, Andrew Mason. According to the latest update, when the news surfaced on the trading floor Groupon’s shares posted an increase of 12 percent during the trading hour starting from a...
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Groupon Relieves CEO and Founder Andrew Mason of his Duties After Poor Earnings in 4th Quarter
By: Ali Raza | March 1st, 2013 | Business, News, Social Media
Popular daily deals website, Groupon, has proven to be a real disappointment for its shareholders as the company showed poor results when it released its last quarter earnings on Wednesday, February 26th. As a result of that its stock price plunged by 25 percent after which Groupon finally dismissed its founder and CEO, Andrew ...
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Facebook Confirms Buying Microsoft’s Ad Technology Platform
By: Zain Nabi | March 1st, 2013 | News, Social Media
Facebook has confirmed buying Microsoft’s ad technology platform Atlas Advertiser Suite, a leader in campaign management and measurement for marketers and agencies. Atlas Advertiser Suite will measure the effectiveness of the ads displayed on Facebook and help it better understand its performance. Owing to ever-increasing competition in the marketing world, many companies have start...
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More Than 1 Billion Downloads on iTunes U
By: Zain Nabi | March 1st, 2013 | Apple, Mobile Apps, News
Apple has served the education sector in different parts of the world quite nicely by introducing iTunes U, which allows its users to share educational details with each other in over 150 countries. Educators create their own iTunes U courses and aid their junior colleagues when they teach their respective classes. The success of iTunes U can be determined by a recent milestone that A...
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Rumour: Apple Working On Less Expensive iPhone, Defers Next Generation To 2014
By: Zain Nabi | March 1st, 2013 | Apple, News, Smartphones
While Apple chief Tim Cook tries to please the company’s shareholders by mentioning that great stuff is in the offing, the rumours regarding its new products have once again started floating. A recent report has now claimed that Apple is working on a cost-effective iPhone that will be released this year, and a follow-up of iPhone 5 that could be released next year. This seems an int...
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Snapchat Co-Founders Dragged To Court After Old Friend Claims App Was His Idea
By: Jeff Stewart | February 28th, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, Social Media
The co-founders of the popular photo messaging app Snapchat have been hit by a road block after 23-year-old Frank Reginald Brown IV, who is a resident of South Carolina, dragged them to a court of law by filing a law suit. In this law suit Brown claims that he was the one who had actually came up with the idea of Snapchat back...
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