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Canadian Startup Auvik Networks Raises $6 Million Funds from its Founders and Others
0By: Jeff Stewart | May 16th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian startup Auvik Networks declared on Tuesday, May 14th that it has successfully raised $6 million in its first round of funding. Auvik is based in Waterloo and has managed to seize this amount from BDC Venture Capital IT Fund, Rho Canada Ventures, Celtic House Venture Partners and from its own founders. The founders of thi...
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CEO of Apple Tim Cook to Testify in Front of US Senate Over Company’s Offshore Tax Practices – Report
By: Jeff Stewart | May 16th, 2013 | Apple, Business, News
Polotico has reported that the technology giant Apple has been under attack for its poor tax practices and as a result of that CEO Tim Cook now has to testify in front of the U.S. Senate to give an explanation on the offshore tax strategies of the multinational corporation. Here is an extract from Polotico’s report: “Apple CEO...
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Google Updates Google TV to Android Jelly Bean OS 4.2.2 to Give Users Speedy Updates and Secure Content
By: Jeff Stewart | May 16th, 2013 | Android, Google, Mobile Apps, News
Google made several announcements on Wednesday, May 15th and one of them was that it has made significant updates to Google TV. In an official announcement the search engine giant stated that “Today, Google TV is moving to the latest version of Android (Je...
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Apple and Samsung Devices May Increase Security Concerns for Pentagon
By: Zain Nabi | May 16th, 2013 | Android, Apple, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Although the Pentagon has given its staff the approval to use devices manufactured by companies other than Canadian-based BlackBerry, some independent security analysts fear that the Defense Department stands exposed to security threats if Apple and Samsung devices are used by its staff. Previously, the Pentagon staff only used to have BlackBerry devices, but recently the department a...
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BlackBerry World Now Boasts More Than 120,000 Apps
By: Jeff Stewart | May 16th, 2013 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
When BlackBerry was gearing up to launch its latest BlackBerry 10 platform at the start of this year, one of the top priorities of the Waterloo-based company was to launch it with a decent number of apps so it could lure more users. The Canadian smartphone manufacturer promised that it will launch the next-gen BB10 platform w...
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BlackBerry Reveals Q5, The First Mid-Range BB10 Smartphone for Select Overseas Markets
By: Jeff Stewart | May 16th, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
After releasing two high-end smartphones, BlackBerry has now launched its first mid-range handset, the Q5, which is powered by the latest BB10 OS from the Canadian company. BlackBerry CEO, Thorsten Heins, revealed the new Q5 with its physical QWERTY keyboard on Tuesday, May 14th at BlackBerry Live, the annual conference of the company. In fact, the two physical QWERTY smartphones from BlackBerry ...
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Nokia Launches Windows-Based Lumia 925 Smartphone with Metal Casing
By: Jeff Stewart | May 16th, 2013 | News, Smartphones
Finally the much rumoured Windows-based smartphone with a metal body from Nokia makes its debut on Tuesday, May 14th when the Finnish mobile manufacturer announced the Lumia 925 handset that sports a 4.5-inch super bright AMOLED screen and an enhanced low-light camera which certainly gives it an edge over its predecessors. The Nex...
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Microsoft to Add Google Talk to Outlook.com to Lure Gmail Users
By: Ali Raza | May 16th, 2013 | Google, News, Social Media
Microsoft has completely overhauled its Li...
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BlackBerry Gearing Up To Launch Mobile Social Network – BBM Channels
By: Talha Bhatti | May 15th, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry maybe struggling but its Messenger service is still quite popular with 60 million users sending 10 billion messages every day. That number is set to increase with BBM coming to both the iOS and Android platform. Chief executive officer for BlackBerry, Thorsten Heins, is quick to note that BBM users are highly engaged and half of t...
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BlackBerry says BBM is Coming to Android and iOS Platforms In The Summer
By: Ali Raza | May 15th, 2013 | Android, Apple, iOS, Mobile Apps, News
Numerous rumours had previously indicated that BlackBerry was looking to bring its popular BlackBerry Messaging (BBM) service to other platforms and on Tuesday, May 14th the Waterloo-based company officially made it known that it is rolling out BBM for both Android and iOS sometime during this summer. However, the availabilit...
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