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BlackBerry Gearing Up To Launch Mobile Social Network – BBM Channels
0By: 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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Shazam Gives Canadian Users The Ability To Consume Music Through Rdio
By: Talha Bhatti | May 15th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Music discovery app Shazam is quite popular among users all over the world and the latest data shows the service is available in six countries with 120 million users. Canada has a nice share of the user base with 7.5 million in the country accounting for 22% of Canada. The popularity of the app stems from its uncanny ability to identify music a...
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Following Boston’s Lead, Canadian Broadcaster CBC Switches its Staff Members to Google Apps
By: Ali Raza | May 15th, 2013 | Google, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
The Boston Globe has recently reported that Boston city is soon going to make a switch to
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Canadian Startup Suitly Offers Custom Tailored Suits With Perfect Fit Guarantee
By: Talha Bhatti | May 14th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, TQ Profiles
The e-commerce sector has been pushing the boundaries of what can be sold online and is threatening physical retailers on all fronts. Some startups like Indochino and Frank & Oak are leading the charge in custom mens clothing and are successfully finding finding customers. The latest addition to this sector is the Canadian company Suitly Apparel
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Apple Rolls Out 2-Step Verification Feature for Canada, Pakistan and Other Countries
By: Ali Raza | May 13th, 2013 | Apple, iOS, News, O Canada
When Apple discovered a major loop hole in its account security system the technology giant decided to enhance the security and rolled out a 2-step verification for the first time in March of this year for Apple ID and iCloud users located in UK, USA, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Now on Friday, May 10th the Cupertino-based ...
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7Geese Pens a 3 Year Deal With US Health Information Management Solution Provider IOD
By: Talha Bhatti | May 10th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Vancouver-based 7Geese anounced on Thursday, May 9 that it had closed a 3-year deal with IOD, a top Health Information Management solution provider located in the US. The Candian startup will help the Wisconsin based IOD and its 2000 emplyees get rid of performance reviews...
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BDC Venture Capital Increases Canadian Technology Accelerator Program’s Footstep in US with DFAIT Partnership
By: Talha Bhatti | May 10th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Technology accelerators that are guiding Canadian innovators have set up shop in several cities in the US including New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Silicon Valley. The different venues in North America help startups get the most exposure and increase their chances of survival. BDC Venture Capital is now taking these endeavors to the next level w...
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J.D. Power & Associates Study Claims Canadian Wireless Bills Have Climbed 13% In One Year
By: Talha Bhatti | May 10th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The latest J.D. Power & Associates Canadian Wireless Total Ownership Experience Study for 2013 shows that the average reported wireless monthly phone bill for users in Canada has taken a 13% jump to a $77 total. This is an increase of $9 from the previous year's J.D Power & Associates study. The
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Canadian Tire’s CTO Praises New BlackBerry 10 Devices
By: Ali Raza | May 8th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry has made a comeback in Canada with the launch of its latest BlackBerry 10 software and hardware, as its brand new smartphone, the all-touch Z10 and physical QWERTY keyboard enabled Q10, were warmly greeted by users. Moreover, this list of users not only includes individuals it also includes enterprise clients too w...
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QuickMobile Gets $3.2 Million in Funding from BDC IT Venture Fund and Vancity
By: Talha Bhatti | May 8th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian startup, QuickMobile, has just announced that it has received $3.2 million of funding from BDC IT Venture Fund and Vancity. The Vancouver based firm will...
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