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AMD Discharges 15% of its Labour Force as Profits Slide in Third Quarter
0By: Jeff Stewart | October 23rd, 2012 | Business, News
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a PC chip maker that once used to stand among the most profitable companies in the world, has posted a net loss of $157-million in Q3 of this fiscal year. A year ago, the Sunnyvale, California based company was earning decent profits, having posted profits of $97 million at the time, thus ma...
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[RUMOR] – 13-inch MacBook Pro With Retina Display Will Cost $500 More Than its Predecessor
By: Ali Raza | October 23rd, 2012 | Apple, iOS, News, Tablets
Apple’s next media event is scheduled for Tuesday and the rumours regarding the affair are lighting the online world on fire. The latest buzz related to the much anticipated iPad Mini launch event is the speculation that the 13-inch version of Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina Display will also be showcased. According to fresh reports it is expected that the price of the 13-inch MacBo...
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Canada’s Telecom Watchdog CRTC Issues New Guidelines for Companies
By: Jeff Stewart | October 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released two bulletins that feature guidelines for Canadian businesses in an attempt to raise awareness of the anti-spam laws of the country. In announcing the guidelines CRTC said that they expect the legislation to come into force in 2013. ...
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Wi-Lan Inc. Files Law Suit Against Toshiba for Patent Infringement
By: Jeff Stewart | October 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Patent rights enable companies, firms and individuals to use specific technologies exclusively, and if someone violates these rights they can take action against them in the court of law. Such legal proceedings are becoming more common with the passage of time, especially within the information and technology industry (see Apple and Samsung he...
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Stripe Connect Aims To Simply Payment Processing Online
By: Kevin Green | October 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Stripe, an online payment system developer has launched Stripe Connect as of October 10 to serve as a tool that eliminates as many extra steps as possible to simplify the acceptance of mobile payments for various retailers.. The new system lets e-commerce sites that want to accept online ...
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New Samsung Chromebook To Be Released in US and UK with Updated Hardware and Software Specs
By: Kevin Green | October 22nd, 2012 | Android, Gadgets, Google, News
On October 18, Google revealed a new Chromebook that will be manufactured by South Korean electronics maker Samsung. The latest device will have all new specs with and is expected to retail at a very favorable $249. The Samsung Chromebook version will do ...
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Magic Finger Allows Any Surface To Become Interface for Smartphones or Computers
By: Kevin Green | October 22nd, 2012 | Gadgets, News, O Canada, Smartphones
A collaboration between Autodesk Research, the University of Alberta, and the University of Toronto has recently unveiled the ‘Magic Finger‘ prototype. The unique input device is a ring that attaches to a user's...
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WonderVoice Releases iPhone App That Lets Users Interact With Facebook With Voice Commands
By: Kevin Green | October 22nd, 2012 | Android, Business, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Social Media
WonderVoice launched its voice based iOS app for social networking earlier this month. The Tel-Aviv based start-up has developed an intelligent voice platform that lets users communicate with social networking site Facebook. The app work on voice commands and also has a number of other features including the ability to read News F...
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Bell, Roger and TELUS Joint Venture EnStream Sells Zoompass to Paymobile
By: Kevin Green | October 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
On October 16th, it was announced that Paymobile has acquired the Zoompass mobile wallet from EnStream. Zoompass was a product created by the large Toronto-based mobile-commerce joint venture between Canadian wireless providers Bell, Rogers and T...
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Nissan is Set to Introduce Computer Controlled Cars by Next Year
By: Ali Raza | October 22nd, 2012 | Business, Cars, Google, News
Just like other industries, the automotive world is also bringing in new reforms in their approach towards both car manufacturing and driving through technology in order to add more ability and value to their products. As a result of that, today we can already see numerous auto manufacturing firms using computerized systems and robots to manufacture their cars. The next step in th...
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