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Canadian Music Aggregator Startup MyMusic.Com Starts With $1 Million Investment Round
0By: Kevin Green | October 14th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
MyMusic.com launched out of beta late last week following the reception of a $1 million round of funding last May. The angel investors that gave the music aggregator funding belonged to Ottawa and Toronto and helped the Canadian start up with cash and a high caliber advisory board. MyMusic.com is a music content aggregator that highl...
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Kobo Buys French Self Publishing Company Aquafadas
By: Kevin Green | October 14th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Canadian e-book seller, Kobo, announced late last week that it had acquired French company Aquafadas but did not give any further details regarding the financial parameters of the deal. The Toronto based Kobo bought Aquafadas so that it could add magazines, comics, and children’s books to...
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Meet Everpurse – The Purse That Charges Mobile Devices Wirelessly on the Move
By: Ali Raza | October 14th, 2012 | Android, Apple, Gadgets, Living, News, Smartphones
There is an incredible purse coming to the market that will charge mobile phones on the move wirelessly and fashionably. This small bag is called Everpurse, and the innovative device will allow women to carry it in their main purse easily. This small purse was created by Liz Salcedo, a social worker who tired of her phone’s battery being drained far too early in the day and her partner Dan Salce...
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Tindr Solutions Inc. Sets Off On Their Own After Splitting From Maplesoft
By: Jeff Stewart | October 14th, 2012 | News, O Canada
Tindr Solutions Inc. provides a wide range of services from strategic project advice to software development and has recently announced that they will be separating form their parent company Maplesoft Group. Originally, Mike Kelland, who was the vice-president of corporate architecture and engi...
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Lockitron Founders Grateful to Kickstarter for Crowdfunding Concept
By: Jeff Stewart | October 13th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Living, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones
Kickstarter has done a great job of setting itself apart as a platform that provides a way to get crowdfunding for creative projects. Lockitron founders Paul Gerhardt and Cameron Robertson were very excited about using Kickstarter to get funding for their own hardware oriente...
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Openera Becomes the “Most Anticipated Early Stage Startup in Canada”
By: Jeff Stewart | October 13th, 2012 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
When unprepared Peter Lalonde pitched the idea for his start-up Openera at the Canadian Digital Media Network’s Canada 3.0 conference last April, he never thought his idea would win. The quality of his idea prevailed however, as the entrepreneur ended up winning even though he was a last minute ...
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Google Maps Makes Largest Ever Update to Street View Including Several in Canada
By: Ali Raza | October 13th, 2012 | Google, News, O Canada
Google Map users in Canada have something to celebrate now that brand new street views of previously unavailable locations in Canada are live. The most popular maps service in the world has made a big leap forward by giving their service its largest updates ever for Street View Imagery. With this latest de...
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MindMeld Looking to Give Google Now and Siri a Run for Their Money
By: Ali Raza | October 13th, 2012 | Apple, Google, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones, Tablets
Google Now and Siri will soon have a new competitor after Tim Tuttle introduces his latest iPad application called MindMeld. The application is expected to be available in the fall and is taking...
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CRTC Getting Ready To Create Code Of Conduct For Wireless Sector With Consumer Help
By: Kevin Green | October 13th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is looking for the Canadian populace to tell them about their experiences with wireless providers in the country. The reviews, which can be both positive and negative, will be used by the federal body to create a code of conduct for wireless service provi...
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HouseTrip.com Grabs $40 million In Series C Funding From Accel Partners
By: Kevin Green | October 13th, 2012 | Business, Living, News
London based start-up, HouseTrip.com, has recently gone through a Series C funding round and has walked away with $40 million thanks to new investor Accel Partners. The previous investors in the business, Index Ventures
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