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BlackBerry Q5 Finally Makes Debut in Canada
0By: Ali Raza | August 15th, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
After a long wait, BlackBerry finally launched its third BB10 smartphone, the Q5, in Canada on Tuesday, August 13th. The new Q5 is actually a mid-level smartphone that is now available from most of retailers and wireless carriers in Canada, which includes TELUS, Bell, Koodo, Fido, Sasktel and Virgin Mobile. In addition to t...
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Edmonton Based Mover Raises $1 Million in Seed Funding
By: Talha Bhatti | August 15th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian and American investors injected $1 million into Edmonton based file sharing and moving platform Mover. The one year old firm aims to provide users with a swift method to store and move data. The hassle of carrying heavy equipment and accessories to carry one’s data is a thing of the past according to Mover’s representatives. Mover provid...
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North Korea Unveils ‘secure, homemade’ Smartphone
By: Zain Nabi | August 15th, 2013 | News, Smartphones
North Korea has introduced a smartphone that is manufactured domestically. North Korea is known as one of the most isolated and censored societies in the world. Arirang, a well-known mobile phone manufacturing company in the country, has introduced Google's Android operating system in its new smartphone.
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Smartphones Outsell Basic Mobile Handsets For First Time
By: Zain Nabi | August 15th, 2013 | Gadgets, Living, News, Smartphones
In the second quarter of 2013, Samsung sold its 71 million handsets enabled with Internet. Samsung by increasing its shares from 30% to 33% in the mobile market has made its position strong as the world’s leading smartphone vendor. According to the latest ...
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Four Out Of Five Facebook Users Daily Log On Via Smartphone or Tablet
By: Zain Nabi | August 15th, 2013 | News, Smartphones, Social Media
Facebook has reached millions of people and affected their behavior patterns on way or the other. Today more than 24 million people every day visit social networking websites like Facebook or Twitter while 33 million people visit each month. On a daily basis, about 20 million - 83% -
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ATK Wins Orbital Sciences Order For Space Transport Vehicle
By: Zain Nabi | August 15th, 2013 | News
ATK or Alliant Techsystems Inc on Tuesday won orbital sciences order for space transport vehicle. According to this order the company needs to provide solid rocket motors for new air-launched system of space transport. This system is the major part of co-founder of Microsoft Paul Allen’s latest venture. ATK is a well-known global aerospace, defense and commercial products company de...
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BlackBerry Up For Sale As New Devices Fail To Beat iPhone, Android
By: Zain Nabi | August 15th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Unable to cope up with the demanding challenges of the industry, BlackBerry, the smartphone manufacturer that recently made attempt to revamp its tarnished image by releasing two smartphones, has put itself up for sale, apparently giving up on its ambitions of beating iOS, Android. BlackBerry made remarkable achievement in sales when it was launched in 1999, but it failed to match the...
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Blackberry’s Recent Downslide May Force The Company To Go Private
By: Talha Bhatti | August 14th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
A big announcement came in this Monday, when senior representatives of Blackberry told sources that the multimillion dollar Canadian company is looking to go private. This came just before the stock markets opened in the United States and has caused much speculation amongst investors. Blackberry once owned a large share of the smart phone m...
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Jack Dorsy, cofounder of Twitter, will be visiting Waterloo and Toronto in September
By: Talha Bhatti | August 14th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Students at the University of Waterloo are in for a treat as one of the leading entrepreneurs of his time and one of the youngest if not the youngest tech executives Silicon valley has ever seen, the co-founder of the multimillion dollar Twitter social network, Jack Dorsy, will be visiting the university and addressing young students and prospe...
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DMZ’s Set Scouter Has A New Way to Find Film Sets
By: Talha Bhatti | August 14th, 2013 | News
Digital Media Zone recently started a new venture called Set Scouter which became famous when it provided services for Canadian band Hedley. Set Scouter is a modern new convenience for those looking for particular sets for any video or ...
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