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Canadian Gaming Studios Get Ready For Ottawa International Game Conference
0By: Talha Bhatti | May 21st, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
The Canadian gaming industry will be converging on the Ottawa Convention Centre at the Ottawa International Game Conference (OIGC) on Wednesday, May 29 to see the latest developments in the country's and more specifically Ottawa's gaming sector. The event is a recent addition to the schedule of many attendees after it got its start in 2012 thanks...
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Vancouver Based Progrid Launches “Important information relayed in seconds” App
By: Talha Bhatti | May 21st, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Technology has given people from around the world numerous ways to communicate with each other. However, as the number of different methods increase the harder it gets to keep up with all the email, text messages, phone calls and social media communication causing important messages to slip through the cracks. Canadian startup Progrid Tech...
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Visa Canada Getting Ready To Launch Mobile Payment Systems With NFC
By: Talha Bhatti | May 18th, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Smartphones are leading the charge in the creation of a wallet free payment system. Visa Canada's head of mobile innovation, Derek Colfer, believes that this new paradigm is already possible thanks to near field communications (NFC). Colfer spoke to TechVibes about the mobile payment future and why Visa is focusing on the NFC standard. He says, â...
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BlackBerry Doubles its Market Share in Canada but Losses Ground Internationally
By: Ali Raza | May 18th, 2013 | Apple, Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry has been in the news for the past several because of several announcements made during its annual conference called BlackBerry Live in Orlando. Now Tavis McCourt’s analyst Raymond James has revealed that the market share of BlackBerry in Canada has doubled from last year's 6 percent stake. On Friday, May 17th the...
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Samsung Claims to be Working on 5G Wireless Technology That will Enable Users to Download Full HD Movies in Seconds
By: Jeff Stewart | May 17th, 2013 | News, O Canada
AppleInsider has released a new report which divulged that South Korean electronics giant Samsung has claimed that the company is developing 5G wireless technology which is going to be a hundred times faster than the existing 4G LTE network. This would enable users to download full high definition movies in seconds. The Gala...
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TELUS Finally Buys Mobilicity for $380 Million
By: Jeff Stewart | May 17th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Rumours about Canadian telecom carrier TELUS have come true as the company declared on Thursday, May 16th that it has decided to buy Mobilicity, a wireless startup, for an amount of $380 million. As a result of this move, TELUS will now be able to w...
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Canadian Startup Auvik Networks Raises $6 Million Funds from its Founders and Others
By: 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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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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