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TELUS Offers 16GB Samsung Galaxy SIII at a Reduced Price
0By: Jeff Stewart | October 24th, 2012 | Android, News, O Canada, Smartphones
When Samsung launched the Galaxy SIII, the initial starting price of this new flagship device with 16GB memory was $529. At that time many people did not buy it because they found that Galaxy SIII price point to be too high. Moreover, they would have to pay for the contract separately, which would have cost them at minimum $600...
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Canada May Gain From Looking at the Government Support of Ireland’s Start-up Sector
By: Kevin Green | October 24th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
In a recent blog post, Mark Evans, head of ME Consulting, spoke about his visit to the Web Summit conference held in Dublin, Ireland. Evans works with startups and entrepreneurs to fulfill their marketing needs and claims in the post that the Irish start-up scene and the Canadian star...
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Memoto Looking to Launch Lifelogging Device That Will Record Your Entire Life in Images
By: Kevin Green | October 24th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Living, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones
Memoto has become a huge hit on the crowd funding site KickStarter. The startup is asking users for help raising $50,000 for the opportunity to wear a camera that will take images every thirty seconds. "The world's smallest wearable...
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Apple Reacts To Competition With Launch of Smaller iPad Mini
By: Kevin Green | October 24th, 2012 | Apple, News, Tablets
On October 23 Apple launched its much talked about iPad Mini. The event also served to announce the new Retina MacBook, Mac Mini and the iMac. The star of the show was of course the 7.9-inch iPad Mini which weighed in at an impressively lean .68 pounds. The baby brother of th...
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Microsoft Launching First Retail Site in Toronto While Also Opening “Pop-up” Stores Across Canada
By: Jeff Stewart | October 23rd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Tablets
Good news for those of you who reside in Toronto. Microsoft has announced that they will soon open their first ever retail site in Canada (TQ was on it). And for this very purpose, Microsoft has already chosen a spot, the famous Yorkdale Mall which seems to get busier with the passing months. In addition to this, Microsoft is also planning to open “pop-up” stores across Canada ...
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Peek.com Wants To Become Travelers One-Stop Shop For Bookings and Information
By: Talha Bhatti | October 23rd, 2012 | Business, Living, News
Peek.com launched on October 11 in San Francisco as a start-up that aims to serve all of a traveler’s needs. The service wants to make planning a trip much easier by offering all travel related services in one location including bookings, tours, hotels, restaurants and other essential. Ruzwana Bashir, co-founder of Peek.com, sa...
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Georgia Tech Receives Grant to Create MacGyver bots
By: Talha Bhatti | October 23rd, 2012 | Gadgets, News
As robots get more sophisticated researchers are more and more uses for our mechanical friends. One of the most common areas that scientists are looking to use robots are in areas where there is danger to human life and health. This can include hazardous work environments, war zones or disaster zones. Recently, Georgia Tech U...
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Norwegian Firm Thinfilm Selected as Runner-up for Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award
By: Talha Bhatti | October 23rd, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News
Thin Film Electronics ASA sent out a press release earlier this month announcing that the start-up had been named a runner-up by The Wall Street Journal for the Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award. Thinfilm received the acc...
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Orascom Takes Over Canadian Wireless Startup Wind Mobile
By: Talha Bhatti | October 23rd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Wind Mobile was officially taken over by its foreign financial backers on October 21 as a part of a deal that will create the first fully foreign-owned wireless carrier in Canada. The struggling start-up will also get the advantage of having half a billion dollars worth of interest written off as part of the agreement....
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Buzzam Radio is Looking to Revolutionize Radio As We Know It
By: Ali Raza | October 23rd, 2012 | Apple, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones
With the passage of time radio seems to be vanishing away from our lives. Observers believe that satellite TV and the latest smartphones have together diminished this service out of our daily routine. However, Greg Starling the COO and President of Buzzam Radio thinks otherwise. According to him, "Millions have become frustrated with 'ol...
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