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Cloud Based 3D Rendering Platform Lagoa Gets $1.6 Million In Funding
0By: Talha Bhatti | April 5th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Atlas Ventures, Real Ventures, Rho Canada Ventures and 500 Startups have recently injected $1.6 million into a cloud-based 3D design platform named Lagoa. The Montreal-based start up works with cutting edge technology in the digital rendering sphere and is led by CEO Thiago Costa. The company's head believes the sector has lacked innovation bec...
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Mid-Level BlackBerry Handset Images Leaked Once Again
By: Ali Raza | April 5th, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
A few days back TQ updated its readers about an alleged 2013 road map of BlackBerry, which showed that the Canadian smartphone manufacturer would launch four new devices in each quarter...
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Canadian Telecom Carriers Oppose Federal Government’s Planned Involvement in Transfer of Spectrum Licenses
By: Ali Raza | April 5th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Christian Paradis, the Minister for Canadian Industry announced back in March that they are looking to boost the competition in the wireless industry so consumers in Canada would be able to get better services and prices. The Federal Government announced its intentions to “promote at least four wireless providers in every region of the country.” Apart from this the Minister announced other pla...
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BlackBerry Looking to Launch Refreshed BB7 Devices as CEO Thorsten Heins Claims “BB7 is Still Very Successful”
By: Ali Raza | April 3rd, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry 10 is the latest operating system from Canadian firm BlackBerry which the company launched at the start of February. The new software currently powers the latest BlackBerry Z10 smartphone and soon consumers will be able to experience it on BlackBerry Q10 as well. Andrew MacLeod, Managing Director of BlackBerry Cana...
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BlackBerry Q10 Likely to Hit Canadian Market in April
By: Ali Raza | April 3rd, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
Roughly two months after the launch of the all-touch BlackBerry Z10 smartphone,BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins has made it known that the QWERTY/Touch Q10 handset is likely to hit the Canadian market in April and at this point in time it is being tested in 20 countries by 40 different telecom carriers. Heins revealed this news ...
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BlackBerry Sets Eyes on Thailand
By: Zain Nabi | April 3rd, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
After being made available in Europe, Canada, and the U.S., BlackBerry is fast exploring Asian markets as the company continues with its ambition of expanding its consumer base and increasing market penetration all over the world. The new smartphone (Z10) of the company is already available in main markets of India and China, but now BlackBerry has set its eyes on Thailand where the new smartphone...
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BlackBerry to Introduce Cost-Effective Devices
By: Zain Nabi | April 1st, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
In what seems to be a move towards increasing marketing penetration and expanding consumer base, BlackBerry chief Thorsten Heins has hinted at introducing cost-effective smartphones that will take the brand to a broader audience. In an interview with...
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Alleged 2013 BlackBerry Road Map Reveals BB10 Tablet and Phablet
By: Jeff Stewart | April 1st, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Recently a Twitter account dubbed as @BB10Leaks has revealed an interesting image that is related to BlackBerry. The image is basically showing a road map of BB10 for 2013 in which the sketch of the all-touch Z10 smartphone of BlackBerry can be clearly seen...
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CEO of CWTA says Canadian Wireless Industry is More Competitive than What Professor Michael Geist Believes
By: Ali Raza | March 30th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
At the start of this month the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Michael Geist, issued a report in which he had mentioned 10 reasons why the wireless market in Canada is “woefully uncompetitive.” Geist’s report gave birth to a new debate in the country which has b...
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BlackBerry Q4 Results: Analysts’ Response
By: Zain Nabi | March 29th, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry surprised many analysts by returning to profit in its Q4 report for fiscal 2013 that was released on Thursday. There had been predictions that the Canadian-based smartphone manufacturer would not be able to do well in the market, but the results show that even though BlackBerry lost its consumer base a bit, it was able to secure better revenue. The new Z10 smartphone that B...
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