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Quantum-Nano Centre To Open Soon At University of Waterloo
0By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Gadgets, News, O Canada
Mike Lazaridis, the founder and former CEO of Canadian technology giant Research In Motion (RIM), has funded a new initiative called the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre which...
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Rogers Looks to Launch Digital Wallets and Virtual Credit Cards
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The Canadian Telecommunication giant, Rogers, has made public plans to launch a virtual wallet that will contain a credit card. The news confirms the continued push into the mobile payments category for the Canadian Wireless service provider. Nadir Mohamed, CEO for Rogers, gave a speech at the Canadian Club in Montreal and then spok...
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Founders Of BioWare Announce Retirement After 20 Years In The Video Game Industry
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Games, News, O Canada
On September 18, the video game industry heard the unexpected announcement that the two founders of the electronic entertainment firm BioWare were retiring. Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk founded the company and will be leaving the video game industry after 20 years. The two friends and video game enthusiasts put their farewell letters on BioWare...
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Justin Bieber’s Address Made Public by Anonymous On Twitter
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | News, O Canada
Anonymous, a well known hacktivist (hacker activists) group, was in the news recently for claiming that they had hacked an FBI agent's laptop and retrieved 12 million Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs). The group asserted that only 1 million Apple IDs had been posted online as proof. Anonymous does often leak other less serious types of info...
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Rogers Releasing Canada’s Fastest Smartphone In November
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Gadget junkies in Canada can now rejoice as Rogers is offering the country’s fastest smartphone starting November. In collaboration with LG, Rogers announced that a one of a kind 2600 MHz version of the LG Optimus G would be ready for sale right in time for Christmas. ...
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Salesforce Renames And Launches Recently Acquired Rypple as Work.com
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Salesforce, a leader in Customer relationship management (CRM) software & cloud computing, launched their latest service called Work.com one week ago. The newest addition to the Salesforce roster is a social talent management software that has a tie in with
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Poynt Updates Local Search App for iPhone to Increase iOS User Base
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Android, Apple, Business, Google, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
Calgary based technology firm Poynt launched an upgraded version of its iPhone app last week for the iOS platform. Poynt is a local search tool that is intended to be accessed from smartphones to provide the user with results based on their location. Poynt had initial success with Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry platform but the declining ...
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Apple Supplier Foxconn Shuts Down Factory After Massive Brawl Between Thousands of Workers and Police
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 26th, 2012 | Apple, Business, News, Smartphones
The integral smartphone and tablet supplier to the industry’s most influential players, Foxconn has a well-documented history of employee suicide and sub-standard working and living conditions. The absolutely massive company is known to house up to 400,000 staff in dormitories as they work high pressure and monotonous line work day in and da...
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Koodo Spreads Their LTE Network Across Canada
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 26th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
For those who don’t know Koodo launched their LTE capability across Canada last Friday. The launch coincided with the iPhone 5 launch date as the Apple device is the first device to be LTE enabled. The TELUS-owned mobile provider benefits from the same coverag...
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YouTube Expands Their Video Captioning Translation Tool to 300+ Languages
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 26th, 2012 | Business, Google, News
Google owned YouTube announced yesterday that they are making it possible for your videos to be enjoyed in more than 300 languages. This will be done through the t...
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