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Evernote Cashes Out Early Investors and Employees Following $85 Million Funding Round
0By: Talha Bhatti | December 3rd, 2012 | Business, News
Popular online note-taking service, Evernote, has been building an incredible reputation and user base since 2007. The success of the startup has led many IPO rumors to hit the markets but no such move has been made by the company’s head honchos. Evernote CEO, Phil Libin, claims that he wants to keep...
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Fashion Startup Rent The Runway Secures $20 Million in Funding, Adding Condé Nast Publications to Board of Directors
By: Jeff Stewart | December 3rd, 2012 | Business, News
Rent The Runway is a fashion startup that provides designer clothes, jewellery and accessories to women on rent at pretty affordable prices. Recently, this sartorial startup concluded a funding round in which the firm raised $20 million. Condé Nast
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Research Reveals Sales of Microsoft Windows 8 are Underwhelming
By: Ali Raza | December 3rd, 2012 | Business, News, Tablets
Observers and analysts had their doubts that Microsoft’s first tablet, the Surface would do well, but very few of them thought that the giant software maker’s bread and butter system Windows 8 would be a flop. The latest research study from NPD reveal...
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Research Firm Claims Apple May Launch iRadio Streaming Service in 2013
By: Talha Bhatti | December 3rd, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, News
Apple has dominated digital music with its iTunes service and devices like the iPod. However, the technology giant is feeling the pinch of competition as new services like Pandora offer online music streaming. This has led to many rumours that the California based iPhone maker will be releasi...
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Kngine Aims To Answers Any Question With a Natural Language Interface
By: Talha Bhatti | December 3rd, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones
Kngine is a natural language mobile app whose purpose is to answer any question the user may have. If that sounds a lot like Apple’s personal concierge Siri, it is not by accident. Kngine’s co-founder and CEO Haytham ElFadeel is quite happy to make the comparison. Kngine does differ in that the Knowledge Engine’s goal is not the same as S...
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Research Reveals 3D Printing Possible With Moon Rocks
By: Talha Bhatti | December 3rd, 2012 | Gadgets, News
Professor Amit Bandyopadhyay of Washington State University is working to make science fiction reality thanks to his work on 3D printers that can create objects out of moon rocks. Bandyopadhyay and his group of researchers have taken 3D printing technology and used it to print tools. For the study the team used regolith simulant parts or fake moon...
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Cinemagram’s Moving Image Sharing Service Gets $8.5-million In Series A Round
By: Talha Bhatti | December 3rd, 2012 | Business, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Social Media
Canadian animated photo-sharing startup, Cinemagram, has successfully closed a series A round of funding that netted the Montreal-based firm $8.5-million for its iPhone app. The mobile app is only available for Apple’s iPhone for now and lets users take videos and turn them into animate...
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Google Acquires Coupon Marketing Startup Incentive Targeting
By: Ali Raza | December 3rd, 2012 | Business, Google, News
It is no secret that search engine giant Google has been trying to get into the coupon industry for quite time. It seems that their efforts have finally bore fruit, as the multinational corporation was able to strike a deal and purchased Cambridge based startup,
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Unlocked iPhone 5 Now Available for Sale in Canada’s Apple Stores
By: Ali Raza | December 2nd, 2012 | Apple, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Apple's iPhone 5 made its debut on Canadian soil on September 21, leading to thousands of people rushing to their local stores and retailers for the latest edition of the iPhone device. All iPhone 5 devices sold in Canada thus far have been locked by local retailers including the likes of
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Enhanced Ability to Solve Math Problems With the Help of Collaborative Touch Desks
By: Jeff Stewart | December 1st, 2012 | Gadgets, Living, News
No matter where you go in the world, the majority of students will always say that math is one of the most difficult subjects to master. Although numerous methods have been introduced over the years to help students develop mathematical fluency including designing activities and continual practice, none of them have proven to be as effective as hoped. In an effort to buck the trend,
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