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Samsung Galaxy Camera With Android Jelly Bean Coming To Canada On December 7
0By: Talha Bhatti | November 23rd, 2012 | Android, Gadgets, Google, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Digital cameras have struggled lately because the cameras on smartphones like iPhone and Android powered devices have been increasing in quality very quickly. Add the fact that mobile devices are constantly by our side and cameras find themselves in a precarious situation. Users do not find the need for a separate camera when their smartphones offer almost similar quality with many new apps to hel...
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iTunes 11 Faces Tough Competition From New Methods Of Music Discovery And Consumption
By: Talha Bhatti | November 23rd, 2012 | Apple, iOS, News
Over a decade ago Apple was not the major consumer brand it is today. The rebirth of the technology giant started with a piece of software called iTunes. The Mac only version of the popular tool was launched to allow users to simply arrange, store and play music. With the release of the ...
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Facebook Proposes End To User Vote On Privacy Policy Changes
By: Talha Bhatti | November 23rd, 2012 | Business, News, Social Media
The world’s largest social network, Facebook, has floated plans to stop letting users vote on updates to the site's privacy policy but will let users comment and give feedback on proposed changes to the policy. Facebook made their plans public on November 21 in a blog post that talked about developing a voting system that only turns on if en...
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Facebook Focuses On Mobile With Updates To Insights for Open Graph
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Android, iOS, News, Social Media
On November 21, popular social network Facebook publicized a large number of updates that were made to the platform that are geared specifically towards developers. The major change came by way of Insights for Open Graph with updated versions of the publish, impression, and referral clicks functions for mobile devices. Developer...
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Airbnb Moves Into Asia With Plans For Regional Headquarters And Local Customer Service
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Business, Living, News
Airbnb, a leading peer-to-peer rental service provider, made public their plans to develop local customer support branches in Asia. Co-founder and CTO of the startup, Nathan Blecharczyk, also stated that his firm could easily get 2 million properties in Asia for their portfolio. Currently, Airbnb has a total of 250,000 properties in...
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YouTube Channel Gets 26 Million Views For Halo 4 Miniseries
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Games, Google, News
Xbox, the Microsoft owned gaming console, has seen millions of copies of the first person shooter game Halo played by its users the world over. With the latest version of Halo being released before the Christmas season, Microsoft wanted to give its video game franchise another winning title. ...
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Google Maps For Desktops Gets Indoor Mapping Service With 10,000 Floor Plans
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Google, News, O Canada
On November 21, Google made public the updated version of its desktop mapping service which will now have indoor maps. Previously, only the Android version of Google Maps had floor plans but thanks to the announced change, now anyone running maps on their desktop can have access to 10,000 i...
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Location Based Social Network Foursquare Hits 3 Billion Check-ins
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, Social Media
Foursquare, a location based social network, has grown rapidly thanks to the popularity of smartphones and their continued adoption by consumers. The startup now has 25 million users worldwide and recently announced that it had gotten its 3 billionth check-in. Foursquare was over the moon two years ago when it reached 380 millio...
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Networking Experts From Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Meet To Develop Regional Plan
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Networking specialists hailing from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia will meet on November 28th in Sackville to develop plans to join high-speed networks between the two Canadian provinces. The leaders in their field will discuss the best path to take to reach their regional goals. The latest meet up of the group was held after an Executive TeleForum that took place in October. Overall,
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Jefferies & Company’s Analyst Gives BlackBerry 10’s Operating System 20 to 30 Percent Chance of Success
By: Jeff Stewart | November 21st, 2012 | Android, Apple, Google, iOS, News, Smartphones
The well-known Jefferies & Company tech analyst Peter Misek said on Tuesday that he has raised the chances of Research In Motion's (RIM) latest operating system (OS) success in his recent assessment. However, the percentage of success that Misek has declared ...
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