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WORD IS: Facebook Enlisting HTC to Build a Phone for Mid-2013
0By: Kuljit Grewal | July 26th, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones, Social Media
According to several sources with intimate knowledge of the goings on, Facebook (FB) has enlisted the help of manufacturer HTC Corp. in order to create a Smartphone. The device is expected to be released in mid-2013 to allow HTC to focus on various other products beforehand. Alth...
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RIM’s Playbook Video Store Makes Its Way Back Home to Canada
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 25th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Tablets
RIM’s Playbook Video Store is now available in the company’s home country. Having been only available for U.S. PlayBook owners, RIM announced the Canadian version of the application today. Available for download in the BlackBerry App World, the Store offe...
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Taking a Bite Out of Apple’s Q3 Results
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 25th, 2012 | Apple, Business, News, Smartphones, Tablets
Although 26 million iPhones and 17 million iPads sounds like a lot of units, Apple fell victim to their own success when they were unable to meet analysts’ incredibly lofty sales estimates. The company reported $35 billion in revenues for the months of April to June along with $8.8 billion in net profit ($9.32 per diluted share). Revenue was expected to be $37.25 billion, but hey, nobody is perf...
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New York Times Discontinue Their BlackBerry App
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 25th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
After a long number of years and plenty of analysis, New York Times Co. , who own and operate the iconic news brand and paper have elected to no longer have a BlackBerry App. The decision is based on usage of the app, which has decreased significantly on the BlackBerry platform. The news comes following what has been a bad run for the Waterloo mob...
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TELUS Reaches Across Our Nation, Invests $8.4 Million in Atlantic Canada
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 25th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Vancouver’s TELUS Mobility has elected to invest another $8.4 million into Altantic Canada over the next three years. The large telco, who already have $45 million invested in the area will be using the new infusion of funds towards advanced technologies, mainly in improving their wireless speed. The investment will also stimulate job...
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WORD IS: The iPad Mini Will Launch in September Following Next Gen iPhone
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 24th, 2012 | Apple, Business, News, Tablets
According to several sources across the web, Apple will be launching their highly anticipated iPad Mini in late September of this year. The launch will bat clean up behind the most anticipated release of the year, Apple’s new iPhone 5 earlier that month. The iPad Mini is the 7.85” version of the world’s most popular tablet. Offering a smaller, more travel friendly product, Apple...
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Salesforce.com Continues Their Canadian Acquisition Spree with Rypple Inc.
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 24th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Oh Canada. Salesforce.com, the cloud based enterprise software company known best for their Customer Relationship Management (CRM) products has been making its presence felt north of the border. Their latest acquisition, Rypple Inc. was completed for an estimated $65 million dollars. The move indicates that Microsoft is opting to make the Toronto-ba...
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Amazon is Tapping Into Canada’s Population to Develop Their Tablet Browser Silk
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 23rd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Tablets
Amazon Web Services recently held an event in Vancouver targeting Canada’s West Coast to add to their workforce. Web Services along with the team working on Amazon’s ambitious tablet web browser known as Silk will be hiring aggressively in order to grow their Vancouver workforce and gain more ground on Apple and And...
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Lycamobile Looking to Add an Element to Canada’s Mobile Phone Business
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 23rd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
There’s poised to be a new entrant in Canada’s wireless phone market and they are looking to address some unmet needs that might interest you. Lycamobile, a UK based firm is targeting a significant portion of Canada’s population; immigrants and those with relatives overseas who are looking for international unlimited talk and text plans. &...
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GREE Announces New Vancouver Development Studio
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 23rd, 2012 | Business, Games, News, O Canada, Social Media
It is often said that when one door closes, another opens. That seems be the case for Vancouver’s gaming industry following news that Radical Entertainment laid off 89 employees and closed their doors. They have instead been replaced in BC’s gaming landscape by GREE, a Japanese giant who are looking to expand their operations. The Vancouver studio will fo...
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