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BlackBerry Chief Thorsten Heins Says iPhone’s User Interface is Old
0By: Zain Nabi | March 18th, 2013 | Apple, News, O Canada, Smartphones
One of the main reasons behind Apple’s dominance in the smartphone industry was the company’s innovative approach in terms of designing and launching new products. The credit, without any doubt, goes to the company’s co-founder Steve Jobs (late). Jobs’ departure has raised many questions on the ability of the present management of the company to come up with the same approach as Apple has ...
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7Geese Integrates its Social Performance Management Software With Microsoft-Owned Yammer
By: Jeff Stewart | March 16th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
The social performance management software, 7Geese, announced on Thursday, March 14 that it has created an integration with Microsoft’s Yammer, a social networking site for enterprises. As a result of this integration 7Geese will now provide its so...
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BlackBerry Set to Begin Jam Starter Sessions In Different Cities Across Canada
By: Jeff Stewart | March 15th, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry has launched its latest BB10 hardware and software on February 5th and has released its ecosystem in more than 20 countries across the world since then. At the same time BlackBerry has also increased the number of apps on its app store which started from just over 70,000 and has now grown to more than 80,000 apps. ...
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Ontario Entrepreneurs Get a Boost With N100 Competition’s $100,000 Prize
By: Talha Bhatti | March 15th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Toronto may be a regional hub for entrepreneurs but Eastern Ontario is looking to give the city a run for its money by promoting local business. A new competition has been launched by the The Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) named the N100. The contest is now underway and will accept applicants all the ...
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Samsung Canada says Galaxy S IV is Coming to Canadian Telecom Carriers in Second Quarter
By: Ali Raza | March 15th, 2013 | Android, Google, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Samsung announced the Galaxy S IV on Thursday, March 14th and also revealed which telecom carriers in and outside the US will be making the new smartphone available to their consumers. As far as Canadians are concerned, soon we will also be able to get our hands on the Galaxy S IV in “frost white” and “black mist” colour...
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Mobify Defines Creativity With its Upcoming “Murder Mystery Hackathon” Called Morbify
By: Ali Raza | March 15th, 2013 | News, O Canada
To host and organise a successful event it is necessary that companies pay more attention to creativity just as Canadian startup Mobify has done. The Vancouver-based organization is holding an event next weekend in Vancouver by the name of Morbify that is basically a "murder mystery hackathon." Mobify has invited Vancouver resid...
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LX Ventures Buys Canadian Crowd Funding Platform Weeve.it
By: Talha Bhatti | March 14th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian crowd-funding platform for non-profits, Weeve, has been bought by Vancouver-based LX Ventures. The deal will give the firm control of Weeve's assets including their website that helps non-profit organizations raise awareness and money for their cause for free. All the mo...
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Vancouver-based Fanbase Helps Marketers Harness The Power Of Instagram
By: Talha Bhatti | March 14th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, TQ Profiles
Fanbase is a Vancouver-based startup that is giving marketing in the fashion industry a new twist. The firms application utilizes Instagram to help the marketing efforts of a company much like services for exploiting the potential of Facebook and Twitter. Fanbase founder Michael Zsigmond started the company last year and now has an internation...
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New Report Shows Major Increase In Internet Usage Among Older Canadians
By: Talha Bhatti | March 14th, 2013 | News, O Canada
Most people believe that older individuals have a problem with new technologies like computers and the internet. However, with computing devices starting to penetrate deeper into our every day lives it is becoming even more important for older Canadians to learn to use newer technologies to communicate, work and play. A new study released by
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Vimeo On Demand Gives Independent Content Creators A Boost In Canada
By: Talha Bhatti | March 13th, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
Video hosting platform, Vimeo, allows users to upload and share videos with any number of friends or the public in a simple format that makes it very easy to use. The company has recently launched it own on demand video service that allows users the chance to purchase and stream video content like movies, TV shows, and short films. Canadians can uti...
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