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OTG Management Bringing iPads to Toronto’s Pearson Airport
0By: Kuljit Grewal | July 14th, 2012 | Apple, News, O Canada, Tablets
Award winning airport food and beverage operator OTG Management will be outfitting Toronto’s Pearson Airport with 2,500 iPads in a bid to enhance travellers’ overall experience. The rollout is planned to over the next 18 months with similar tablet installations occurring at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and t...
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Could the iPhone 5 be Announced Soon?
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 13th, 2012 | Apple, Business, News, Smartphones
Apple’s hotly anticipated sixth generation iPhone may be available in the very near future according to some buzz permeating throughout the mobile tech blogosphere. It is highly possible that the Cupertino based company might be in a rush to bring their phone to market due to the success and widespread acclaim for the Samsung Galaxy S III, which released in Canada last month. Accord...
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Mobilicity is Expanding Their Unlimited Network
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 13th, 2012 | News, O Canada
In their crusade to bring highly affordable service to Canadians, discount telco Mobilicity is expanding their unlimited zones around some of Canada’s largest cities. The announcement was made by company President and CEO Stewart Lyons who explained the company’s strategy up to and beyond this point in the following: “We’ve spent the last ye...
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Tim Hortons Introduces Free WiFi
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 12th, 2012 | News, O Canada
Although slightly late to the party, Tim Hortons has finally made what appears to be an extremely popular move with coffee drinkers and Timmy’s fans alike. The Canadian staple announced its plans to introduce free WiFi to over 90% of its current locations (2,000 plus), exempting kiosk, gas station and hospital locations. Quick...
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Kiip May Have Earned a $50 Million Valuation
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 12th, 2012 | Business, Games, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
According to several sourced across the interweb, Canadian founded Kiip, which is based out of Silicone Valley may have raised anywhere from $8 to $10 million for a 20% equity stake in their burgeoning company. This would indicate a valuation of anywhere between $40 and $50 million. Kiip has revolutionized the way that companies advertise within mobile games, opting t...
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RIM Set to Cease Production of Their 16GB PlayBook
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 12th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Tablets
The news continues to grow bleak for Waterloo’s Research in Motion as their less than stellar stab at the tablet market has left them having to eliminate a member of their PlayBook offering. The company’s struggles to innovate and create products that would wrestle consumers away from industry stalwarts such as the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab has put them in a position to make the tough call t...
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Perfect Storm Causes RIM Shares to Plunge Nearly 18 per cent
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 9th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
RIM CEO Thorstein Heis announced that his company’s swing for the fences, theBB10 platform and updated smartphone line up will be delayed until the 2013 calendar year late last month. The fact that RIM elected to use a strategy that relied on their in-house knowledge rather than collaborate with another player in the Smartphone industry is looking more and more like the incorrect choice. The Wat...
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Microsoft’s Stores and Surface Tablets are Coming to Canada
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 8th, 2012 | Business, News, Tablets
Last month Microsoft unveiled their new Surface Tablet, which has garnered quite a bit of positive hype following CEO Steve Ballmer’s formal announcement. Since then, several sources including the Toronto Star have reported that Microsoft will also be opening their first ...
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Kobo’s Vox Leading the e-Reader Evolution
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 7th, 2012 | Android, Google, Mobile Apps, News, Tablets
Toronto-based Kobo announced recently that their 7” colour screen e-reader the Vox has integrated Google Play into its repertoire, bringing a whopping 500,000 plus apps and features to the popular product. The addition makes the Vox a formidable tablet style device that also features everything we still love about the electronic ink screen...
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Ayoudo, Vancouver’s Help Website is Set to Launch Across Canada
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 1st, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Social Media
Combining features of Craigslist, social networking and eBay, Vancouver-based website Ayoudo is ready to expand to 50 cities across this great nation of ours. The innovate website and app is based around uniting those who are seeking help with those who are willing to provide help. The expansion will begin on the other end of the country in St. John’s, Newfoundla...
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