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Google TV is Coming to Canada
0By: Kuljit Grewal | June 27th, 2012 | Android, Gadgets, Google, News, O Canada
It seems as though the battle between Apple and Google will be coming to a television near you. As a direct counter against Apple’s extremely popular Apple TV, Google has partnered with Sony to launch a similar set-top box product that will turn any existing TV into an internet ready device. Although Google TV has already been available in the U.S. since 2010, the product will make ...
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OMERS Ventures Invests $16M in Vancouver Firm BuildDirect
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 25th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
BuildDirect, the west coast firm that specializes in the manufacture and online sale of heavy duty construction and building materials has secured $16M in growth stage financing from OMERS Ventures, the VC arm of OMERS (the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System). Founded in 1999, BuildDirect has survived the dot-com bubble, U.S. housin...
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Udemy and Other Sites Allow Anyone With a Desire to Learn the Ability to do so
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 19th, 2012 | News
Education, whether formal and structured or sought in bits and bobs from various sources is one of the most valuable resources available. We have all heard that knowledge is power, however I humbly believe that it is specific knowledge directed towards goals or self-improvement that provide what is learnt with power. Everyone among us that possess the desire to learn, regardless of their craft, fi...
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Governments Still Believe in RIM and BB7 as Their Platform
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 19th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
Although very few sentences put into type over the past few months that have included the acronym RIM have been gloom and doom free, the following piece promises to be so. In the past month, the U.S. Department of Defence (DOD) awarded the new BlackBerry 7 platform a high seal of approval, and has been working to create specific departmental apps for the related devices. In similar ne...
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Spotify Could be Raising $220 Million in Funding, Valuing Them at $4 Billion
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 19th, 2012 | Business, News, Social Media
According to several sources (including The New York Times), Swedish music service Spotify could be raising up to $220M in a new round of funding led by large investment bank Goldman Sachs, who would foot 50% of that total. Although ...
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Google Chrome Coming to an iPhone and iPad Near You?
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 19th, 2012 | Apple, Google, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones
Although their full-fledged battle for smartphone dominance cannot be denied, there is a chance that Google’s impressive browser Chrome (TQ’s unabashed favourite) may finally be coming to the App Store. The report comes from Macquarie analyst Ben Schacter, who reports that Apple may already be in the process of reviewing the application and that it may arrive as early as the end of 2012’s se...
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Toronto-based Scalability Inc. Looks to Help Businesses Behind the Scenes
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 19th, 2012 | News, O Canada
For many new start-ups and growing businesses, the time commitment, paperwork and expertise required for accounting, administration and human resources is both beyond the scope of the businesses’ founders and detrimental to the focus required to build a business. These facts created a need for a company like Scalabiity.ca, which aims to aid businesses of ...
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Moglue Allows Anyone to Create and Publish Interactive eBooks
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 19th, 2012 | Mobile Apps, News
Moglue, a company that is based in both New York and Seoul, Korea has created software that allows anyone and their uncle to create rich and highly interactive eBooks regardless of their experience level. The company that was a finalist in the TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing has two related products, MoglueBuilder, which allows the creation of interactive eBooks as ...
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It’s a Bring Your Own Device Party for West Coast Firm Absolute Software
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 19th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
Among the biggest challenges for businesses in this day and age is the integration of various mobile platforms as viable work devices. It goes without saying that the days of BlackBerry dominance with suits and executives are long gone, and for Vancouver’s Absolute Software, this represents opportunity meeting preparation. An emerging concept f...
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LaunchGram Aims to Turn the Search Engine Concept on its Ear
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 19th, 2012 | News
Andy Sparks might just have what can be considered the ultimate concept for the lazy man’s way of searching the internet. The aforementioned service, entitled LaunchGram.com allows people to create an account on the company’s website and subscribe to news and information that appeals to them, mainly surrounding such things as product launches and upcomi...
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