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Results of the Second Annual Most Influential Brands Study Announced
0By: Zain Nabi | February 2nd, 2013 | Business, O Canada
The Institute of Communication Agencies (ICA), which represents Canada’s advertising and communication agencies, and Ipsos Reid, a leading marketing research firm, have announced the result of this year’s Most Influential Brands study. The study ranks the most influential...
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The Source to Open 20 Stores in Canada
By: Zain Nabi | February 2nd, 2013 | News, O Canada
One of Canada’s leading consumer electronics and wireless retailer, The Source, has announced to open 20 stores in the country this year. These stores are going to be small as people are now turning more towards buying different products online rather than personally visiting big stores. The So...
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Canadian Startup Shnarped Adds New Features to App that Connects Fans Directly with Pro Hockey Players
By: Jeff Stewart | February 1st, 2013 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
Canadian startup Shnarped has announced that it has released a new feature for its app on Thursday, January 31 that will enable the hockey fans to directly get in touch with National Hockey League-level players. At this point in time the mobile app from the Launch Academy-bred startup has 30 professional NHL players, who are p...
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Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield Answers Elementary Student’s Questions From ISS
By: Talha Bhatti | February 1st, 2013 | News, O Canada
200 elementary students from Canada got a chance to talk to astronaut Chris Hadfield on Wednesday, January 30. The captivated crowd of 5th and 6th graders from six schools in the area watched from the the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum as Hadfield spoke to them from the International Space Station. A live video link gave the young scholars a chance to see the Canadian astronaut and ask him que...
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BlackBerry Executive Admits “40 Percent [of BB10 apps] are Wrapped Android Applications”
By: Ali Raza | February 1st, 2013 | Android, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Bringing more than 70,000 apps to their latest BlackBerry 10 platform will be tough for BlackBerry, especially considering the fact that Canadian company has claimed that the 70,000 apps will be specially made for the new platform. However, BlackBerry's efforts have supposedly fallen short in one aspect according to an execut...
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BlackBerry Link Now Available for Download, Syncs Desktop and BB10 Smartphone
By: Ali Raza | February 1st, 2013 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry, formally known as Research In Motion, has been very consistent with meeting many of its proposed goals for the launch of the BlackBerry 10 platform. One fulfilled promise was the launch of the latest BlackBerry Z10 smartphone on January 30th and making 70,000 apps available on the company's app store known as Blac...
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Sierra Wireless Sells AirCard Business for $144 Million to Netgear
By: Jeff Stewart | February 1st, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
The leading wireless solution provider for machine to machine and mobile broadband apps, Sierra Wireless, has declared that they are selling their AirCard business for $144 million to Netgear, a company that provides innovative products to ISPs, busin...
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Three Ways Canadian Startup Cinemagram is Better than Twitter’s Vine
By: Jeff Stewart | February 1st, 2013 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Social Media
Some time ago Twitter introduced a mobile app called Vine that let people share short videos through the micro-blogging platform. The idea for Vine was quite similar to Montreal-based startup, Cinemagram, wh...
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SaskTel Launching 4G LTE Network In Saskatchewan
By: Talha Bhatti | January 31st, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation (SaskTel) will be launching a cutting edge 4G LTE network on Thursday, January 31. The province has double the number of towers for LTE than other networks and the SaskTel service should be 33 percent faster compared to what other providers are offering in the area. For now the new network w...
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ICF Names Two Canadian Cities Among the Top 7 “Intelligent Communities” of 2013
By: Ali Raza | January 31st, 2013 | Living, News, O Canada
Canadians should be extremely pleased to know that two cities made it to the ICF 2013 Top 7 “Intelligent Communities” in the world. The Intelligent Community Forum has just named the top seven communities for the year including Oulu, Finland; Columbus, USA; Stratford, Canada; Taoyuan County, Taiwan; Tallinn, Es...
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