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App Performance Management Company Crittercism Secures $5.5M in Series A Funding
0By: Kuljit Grewal | June 19th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News
Following a $1.2M seed funding round roughly ten months ago from large VCs such as Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Opus Capital, Shasta Ventures and AOL Ventures, San Francisco’s Crittercism is back at it again. The start-up has kicked off June with an additional $5.5M in Series A funding for its mobile diagnostic and management tools. The...
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Telus to Hire 3,000 Employees Across Canada as Part of 4G LTE Roll Out
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 19th, 2012 | News, O Canada
In an effort to bring their new 4G wireless network to more communities nation-wide, Telus Mobility announced that they will be hiring 3,000 people this year, nearly 1000 of which will be in Ontario. The hiring spree is part of an overall investment of $650 million in Ontario alone on their LTE network in an attempt to compete with Rogers and their stronghold in the populated province. ...
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Big Names Backing the Video Application Socialcam
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 18th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, Social Media
With Facebook’s highly publicized (and high worth) acquisition of photography wonder Instagr.am, the competition to become the equivalent for video is getting increasingly fierce. With that being said, Socialcam, a byproduct application of Justin.tv that allows anyone to create videos, add filters and store those videos onto a cloud or share via Facebook, Twit...
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Internet TV Network Revision3 Acquired by Discovery Media
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 18th, 2012 | Business, News
Internet television pioneer Revision3 has agreed to terms with Discovery Media regarding an acquisition according to both parties. TheSan Francisco based company which was founded in 2005 as a collaborative effort between Digg.com alumni Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson along with TechTV founders David Prager and Jim Louderback (current CEO) is the first such network ...
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FreshBooks Introduces Expense Receipts for Invoicing
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 18th, 2012 | News, O Canada
Toronto-based company FreshBooks, who deliver invoicing and time-tracking solutions for enterprises of all sizes in order to save time and manage files easily and accurately have introduced new features as announced today on their blog. This feature allows users to attach expe...
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Facebook Looking to Relocate to New Exchange?
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 18th, 2012 | News, Social Media
According to several sources including heavy hitters Reuters and Bloomberg news, Facebook may be in talks with NYSE Euronext, Inc., who operate the New York Stock Exchange regarding a possible move from NASDAQ. Although thus far the reports have been vehemently denied by repr...
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Montreal Accelerator Fund FounderFuel Graduates 11 Canadian Start-ups
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 18th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
FounderFuel, a wonderful and successful accelerator fund take it upon themselves to select and develop entrepreneurial teams over a 12 week period in order to prepare them for the funding process. The firm supports entrepreneurs through a mentor based system along with seed funding and access to influential angel investors and VCs. According to company, the...
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The City of Ottawa Will be a More Wi-Fi Friendly Place Come Summer
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 18th, 2012 | News, O Canada
According to the National Capital Commission (NCC), major landmarks throughout the downtown core of Ottawa will be transformed into Wi-Fi hotspots by mid-August. The list of locations includes venues such as Parliament Hill, Major’s Hill Park, the National War Museum, Jacques Cartier Park as well as the famed National Gallery of Canada. The agreement marks the second such attempt at...
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Facebook IPO – Much Ado About Nothing?
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 18th, 2012 | Business, News, Social Media
For all the hype and build up that went into the largest technology IPO in history, the company’s stock closed at $38.23 a share (FB, NASDAQ). This is all well and good, until you consider that the stock was priced with much fanfare and hype at $38 a share, earning a meager $0.23 on the day after reaching an opening trading price high of $42. Although that share price values the 8 y...
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Samsung Retail Store in Canada to Open Come Summer
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 17th, 2012 | Android, Google, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The planet’s largest Smartphone manufacturer and overall tech conglomerate Samsung is set to open their very first Canadian flagship store this summer. According to Samsung Electronics Canada, the store is already under construction at Metropolis in Metrotown, a mall in Burnaby, BC, just east of Vancouver. The mall is Metro Vancouver’s larges...
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