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11-Year-Old Developer Wins $20,000 for Anti Texting While Driving App
0By: Talha Bhatti | October 1st, 2012 | Android, Apple, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones
AT&T is doing its part to reduce accidents and fatalities caused by people texting while driving by creating a mobile app to stop the illegal and dangerous activity. As part of its campaign, the American telecom giant also allowed participants at a Los Angeles hackathon to develop their own apps to solve the problem and announced a cash prize ...
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Canada Revealed As Top Music Piracy Nation In The World
By: Talha Bhatti | October 1st, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
TechVibes revealed on September 24 that on a per capita basis, Canadians download more illegal music than anyone else in the world. Even though Canadians have a reputation for being law abiding citizens, it seems that overpriced internet services and extremely ...
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RIM’s CEO Heins Says BlackBerry 10 “Processing Power Close To A Laptop”
By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion (RIM) is using the BlackBerry Jam Americas developer conference as a showcase of the Canadian firms BlackBerry 10 Operating System. The struggling company has fallen from its top spot in the smartphone market as competitors like Apple and Samsung have dominated the industry as of late. Many analysts believe that the BB10 software...
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TELUS Offers Customers 32GB iPhone 5 Because Of 16GB Version Shortage
By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The recent release of the iPhone 5 has seen the phone become a huge hit and the global demand for the device has caused major shortages. Some customers who pre-ordered the device have had to wait to receive their Apple devices. Canada has had similar problems to the rest of the world and...
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Desire2Learn Named One of “Canada’s Top 100 Employers for Young People”
By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
Canadian start up, Desire2Learn, released a statement on September 25 that it had been included in Canada's Top 100 Employers for Young People list. The Waterloo based firm is a global leader in cloud learning solutions for higher education, K-12 and large corporations a...
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RIM Showcases Hub, Peek and Flow Features Of BlackBerry 10
By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry Jam from Research In Motion (RIM) is underway and the Canadian firm is making sure that it is keeping app developers in the loop about its latest BlackBerry 10 operating system. RIM demonstrated some of the newest features and capabilities of BB10 that the Waterloo ba...
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Canada’s Porter Airlines Launches Passbook Ready Tickets
By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
iOS 6 quickly followed the release of the iPhone 5 and one of its significant changes saw Apple include its new digital wallet called Passbook. Many first movers have already integrated their businesses with the feature, allowing their users the opportunity to take advantage of Apple’s attempt at changing the sector. Passbook is an application...
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SimpliVity, Makers Of Data Center In A Box Technology, Secure $25 Million In Series B Funding
By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News
SimpliVity, the makers of the “data center in a box,” has successfully completed a Series B round of funding that raised a total of $25 million for their disruptive technology. The cash injection was provided by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) along with Accel Part...
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Nintendo Wii U Coming To North America On November 18
By: Talha Bhatti | September 28th, 2012 | Gadgets, Games, News, O Canada
November 18 will be a big day for Nintendo fans as the Wii U officially lands in North America. 23 titles for the handheld console will also be available at the same time to coincide with the hardware release. Some of the video games that will be on the shelves will include names like Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, New Super Mario Bros. U, and FIFA Soccer 13. A minigame collection called Nintendo Lan...
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SocialFollows Aims To Make Social Media Dashboard Intuitive
By: Talha Bhatti | September 28th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Social Media
Social networks and other social platforms have become a major focus of marketers and companies looking to get in touch with customers. However, dealing with many different platforms and accounts can be a confusing task for companies of any size. The fact that each social website also has its own interface and content system, updating even a few accounts can become troublesome. Several start ups h...
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