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250,000 Twitter Users Effected By Sophisticated Hacker Attack
0By: Talha Bhatti | February 2nd, 2013 | News
Popular micro blogging site, Twitter, stated on February 1 that it had notices "unusual access patterns" during the week. The company claims that hackers may have gained access to 250,000 user's data. Twitter went on to say that it had unearthed "one live attack and [was] able to shut it down in process moments later." However, the site still...
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Vancouver General Hospital First In Canada To Use UV Technology to Disinfect Rooms
By: Talha Bhatti | February 2nd, 2013 | Gadgets, News, O Canada
Hospitals need to be sanitized to keep dangerous infections from spreading. Most standard procedures involves chemicals and some good old fashioned elbow grease to clean patient rooms. The Vancouver General Hospital has decided to take their cleaning to the next level with Trudi, a Tru-D SmartUVC, that is the first of its kind in Canada. The device uses UV to eliminate harmful elements from hospit...
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Facebook’s Face Recognition Tag Suggestion Feature Makes Come Back In U.S.
By: Talha Bhatti | February 2nd, 2013 | Business, News, Social Media
The world's biggest social network, Facebook, stated in a post on Thursday, Januray 31 that they were re-enabling the photo Tag Suggestions feature for users in the US. The feature was actually taken off line last year by Facebook to make technical improveme...
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Best Buy Closes Locations In Canada As More Consumers Shop Online
By: Talha Bhatti | February 2nd, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Large retail chains in Canada are facing a lot of pressure from online retailers. Just as big-box chains used competitive pricing, large selections and quality service to beat out smaller competitors, online retailers are quickly taking away customers from the large sellers by offering a new online shopping experience. The Canadian retail sector is going through a very shaky time as more American ...
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CB Insights’ Report States Canada Third Best Country For Tech Acquisitions
By: Ali Raza | February 2nd, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Acquisitions of technology companies remained high during 2012 with over 2,200 private corporations obtained across the globe. Canada was ranked the third best country in the world when it came to acquisitions after the US and UK, as per the latest report from CB Insights. Considering the fact that Canada’s population is j...
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The Source to Open 20 Stores in Canada
By: Zain Nabi | February 2nd, 2013 | News, O Canada
One of Canada’s leading consumer electronics and wireless retailer, The Source, has announced to open 20 stores in the country this year. These stores are going to be small as people are now turning more towards buying different products online rather than personally visiting big stores. The So...
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Lenovo To Challenge Apple and Samsung in Smartphone Market
By: Zain Nabi | February 2nd, 2013 | Business, News, Smartphones
Lenovo is set to challenge Apple and Samsung in the smartphone market. These companies are currently dominating it with its iPhones and Galaxys respectively. The Beijing-based company recorded huge profits in its third ...
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Apple Shipped More Phones in U.S. than Samsung in Q4
By: Zain Nabi | February 2nd, 2013 | Business, News
Apple left Samsung behind by shipping the most number of mobile phone devices in the U.S in the fourth quarter, according to Strategic Analytics. This is the first time ever that Apple has topped this race. Apple s...
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Gene Associated With Large Vessel Strokes Discovered
By: Zain Nabi | February 2nd, 2013 | Health, News
Scientists have discovered a gene responsible for large vessel and cardioembolic stroke in a study led by King’s College London, Science Daily has reported. After carrying out a number of experiments, these scientists studied genetic variation linked with blood clotting and found out the new gene, which...
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Facebook Introduces Facebook Cards
By: Zain Nabi | February 1st, 2013 | Business, News
Facebook has introduced a new service allowing its users to send gifts to their connections using “Facebook Card” that will be delivered to the people who are selected to receive the gift through a mail. The approach of physically providing gifts seems to be a big and gutsy step from Facebook that has joined hands with some retailers to make this project a success. According to the
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