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HootSuite Now Offers Google+ Pages to All Users
0By: Kuljit Grewal | July 20th, 2012 | Google, News, O Canada, Social Media
Due in large part to a tidal wave of requests, social media management company HootSuite has began offering Google+ page integration to all of its 5 million plus users. This feature, which until now has only been available for enterprise users, is now compl...
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Meet Raspberry Pi – the Credit Card Sized Computer
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 19th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Living, News
An incredible little computer that fits in your hand, the Raspberry Pi is officially a hit. Don’t believe us? Consider the fact that following pre-order sales in the tens of thousands, the foundation behind the devices has had to ramp up their manufacturing capacity to keep up. The device which runs on four AA batteries and cost $33 US is an absolute dyn...
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BlackBerry App World Reaches 3 Billion Downloads
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 19th, 2012 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Although 2012 has felt like the end of the world for RIM, perhaps the company and their leadership were taught to look for silver linings in even the darkest of storms. The company recently had reason to celebrate, as their BlackBerry App World reached 3 billion downloads earlier this month. All in all, it has t...
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HootSuite’s Next Move? International Expansion
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 18th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Social media management service HootSuite is looking to spread their wings outside of North America, opening a new office in London, England earlier this week. The Vancouver based company is one of the largest in an increasingly important field; the dashboard style handling of social media for the purpose of brand management. Since its inception in 2008, the c...
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Twitter for BlackBerry to be Updated as Well
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 18th, 2012 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Social Media
Although many may considered RIM and their BlackBerry devices a sinking ship that does not mean that their apps are getting short changed, at least not under Twitter’s watch. After announcing updated versions of their app that will feature greater interactivity as well as other user friendly features for the iOS, ...
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Blade Runner’s Quest for Olympic Glory
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 18th, 2012 | Living, News, Sports
Throughout the history of the amateur sporting events there has been a clear distinction made between the Olympics and Paralympic games. That is until a paralympian won his long battle to compete and will by making history by participating in this year’s London Olympics. His name is Oscar Pistorius, also known as the Blade R...
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You Won’t Believe What Canada’s Second Most Popular Tablet Is
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 18th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Tablets
Although the iPad is still the head honcho of the tablet world, Canadians as a whole have warmed up to the rest of the field to some degree. To be fair, a lot of this has to do with the competitors catching up to Apple and introducing excellent devices of their own, the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity and Google Nexus 7 to name a couple. Incredibly though, the competitor who has managed to strangle...
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Canada’s QuickPlay Media Has New Ownership
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
QuickPlay, the Toronto based firm that specializes in cloud based distribution of media content to IP-connected devices has a new majority shareholder, Madison Dearborn Partners. The deal totals $100M in value, leaving Madison and QuickPlay’s employees owning the vast majority of the company. The deal served to buy out former...
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WORD ON THE STREET: Amazon is Getting Into the Smartphone Business
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 17th, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones
According to various sources, e-commerce giant Amazon is working with Foxconn International Holdings to create a Smartphone. The Kindle maker is already said to be testing the device inAsia with the aim of incr...
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Apple’s Hotly Anticipated New iPhone Should Feature a Thinner Screen
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 17th, 2012 | Apple, Business, News, Smartphones
According to various online sources, one of which is the Wall Street Journal (via Apple Insider), Apple’s latest iPhone incarnation should have a substantially thinner screen that those found in current generations. The new screen will use what is known as in...
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