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Indiegogo Announces Campaigns Now Accepting Canadian Dollars
0By: Kevin Green | December 7th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Indiegogo is a popular San Francisco-based startup that uses crowd sourcing to help artists and charitable causes raise money for projects. The site offers its services for a percentage of the money raised on its platform and Canadian entrepreneurs have realized that Indiegogo is a great way to start projects that would otherwise not be able...
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CipherCloud Gets $30 Million Investment For Cloud Security Business
By: Kevin Green | December 7th, 2012 | Business, News
Cloud security startup, CipherCloud, announced on December 5 that it had received a $30 million dollar investment from Andreessen Horowitz who also took part in the $1.4 million seed funding round the company received when it got started. Horowitz will not sit on the ...
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Samsung Galaxy S III Outshines Apple’s iPhone 5, Remains the UK’s Most Popular Smartphone
By: Jeff Stewart | December 7th, 2012 | Android, Apple, Business, News, Smartphones
Last month, we at TQ had informed you that the Samsung Galaxy S III had snagged the world’s most popular smartphone title from Apple’s iPhone on the basis of excellent sales during the third quarter of this year. A recent report based on p...
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Researchers Believe Twitter Can Be Used to Mitigate The Risk of Disease Outbreaks
By: Jeff Stewart | December 7th, 2012 | Health, Living, News
Many people believe that Twitter is nothing more than a micro-blogging website where users spend time have fun with friends or update themselves with the latest news and information from their favourite celebrities and tweeters. However this is just one part of the site's true power, as Twitter is much more than a medium for passi...
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Startup Village in India Gets1 Gigabit Per Second Internet Connectivity
By: Jeff Stewart | December 6th, 2012 | News
Recently Google’s Startup Village in the US, Kansas City gained the fastest wide scale internet connection in the world, with a speed of 1 gigabit per second. At that speed, it would take people in Kansas City 30 seconds to download a high definition two hour feature length film . This internet connectivity made Kansas the first and only city to have this kind of connection. With t...
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Nintendo Announces Google Street View And Google Maps Coming to the Wii U
By: Talha Bhatti | December 6th, 2012 | Business, Games, News
On December 5, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata showed a lot of game footage to the fans in attendance at his Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation. The Nintendo president also stated that Google maps and street views would also be available on the Wii U ...
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Meet Bow & Drape – The eCommerce Site That Marries The Art of Dressmaking With Modern Technology
By: Talha Bhatti | December 6th, 2012 | Business, News
Bow & Drape is US retailer that sells custom made dresses online using exact measurements to create the perfectly fitting dress. The ecommerce site also allows design customization and offers basic styles upon which customers can add their own personal touches. The startup's customers can choose unique embellishments, colour, material,...
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Curved LCD Display Allows for Augmented Reality Contact Lenses
By: Talha Bhatti | December 6th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News
Imec made an interesting announcement on December 5 that could make the much hyped Google Project Glass look obsolete. The nano-electronics researcher claimed that its lab in Ghent, Belgium has created a LCD display that is curved and has the ability to be imbedd...
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Green Throttle Games Raises $6 Million for Android Smartphone to TV Gaming
By: Talha Bhatti | December 6th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Games, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones
Video game developer startup, Green Throttle Games, has just received $6 million in their first round of funding from Trinity Ventures. The game developer is looking to implement a system that lets Android powered smartphones become game consoles for video games t...
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Research In Motion Getting Ready To Launch BBM Money In Indonesia
By: Talha Bhatti | December 6th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion has been taking a beating over the past year as it has seen share prices weaken and market share drop. The one aspect of the RIM business that has stood the test of competition is the Canadian firm's ever popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service which is now a significant part of the company’s vision for the future. 60 millio...
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