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Vancouver Based Startup Jostle Gets $3.1 Million Equity Investment In Series A Round
0By: Jeff Stewart | January 19th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
On Friday, January 18, 2013 Canadian startup, Jostle Corporation, successfully raised $3.1 million in equity investment in a Series A round. Explaining the good response to the funding round, Managing Partner of Espresso Capital, Gary Yurkovich said that, "The success of this investment round was due to the targeting of qualified...
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Video-Blogging Site Keek Secures $18 Million In Recently Concluded Funding Round
By: Ali Raza | January 19th, 2013 | Android, Business, iOS, News, O Canada, Social Media
Keek is a microvideo sharing platform that has successfully secured $18 million investments from a recently concluded funding round. The Twitter like service has so far raised capital worth $30 million ever since its inception. The latest injection of cash came from were obtained from Plazacorp Ventures, AGF Investments and Pine...
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Ticketfly Ready To Enter Canada After Making Deals With Union Events and Collective Concerts
By: Talha Bhatti | January 19th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Ticketfly, a startup that sells concert and event tickets, is getting ready to take on Ticketmaster in Canada as it expands in to the country. The California based firm is able to make the move thanks to newly forged deals with Canadian national event promoters Union Events and Collective Concerts . Ticketfly also got a foot hold in Canada through the a...
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Internet Throttling Complaints Reach All Time High in Canada For 2012
By: Ali Raza | January 18th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
When an internet service provider intentionally slows down the speed of the internet the practice is called bandwidth or internet throttling. This problem is quite common with the internet service providers in developing countries, as they do it to manage internet traffic and reduce bandwidth congestion. However, now it seems that even developed countries are facing internet throttling. As new rep...
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Cineplex Introduces TimePlay App for iPhone Users to Play Games on Cinema Screen
By: Ali Raza | January 18th, 2013 | iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
App developers have introduced exciting games for iPhone users by utilizing the many capabilities of Apples iOS platform and smartphone. As new versions of the iPhone hit the market, game developers creating more exciting and innovative apps. The latest ingenious game has been created by movie theater company Cineplex
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Rogers Becomes First Telecom Carrier to Offer Local and International LTE Roaming Service
By: Ali Raza | January 18th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Leading Canadian telecom carrier, Rogers Communications, which earlier announced that they will offer Research In Motion’s upcoming Blackberry 10 smartphones to users, has now made it known that it has launched LTE roaming. With this launch Rogers has become the first carrier in North America and the very firs...
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New Blackberry Z10 Specs Leaked on Internet
By: Umair Yousuf | January 18th, 2013 | Gadgets, O Canada, Smartphones
The launch date for the long awaited BlackBerry 10 line of smartphones is getting closer day by day. As the big date approaches, the internet is abuzz with the latest leaks and information on the two new BlackBerry smartphones which will be the first to use the new BB10 mobile operating system....
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Famous Internet Entrepreneur Jason Calacanis Shares His BB10 Experience
By: Jeff Stewart | January 17th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion gave its Blackberry 10 Dev Alpha device to more than 100 telecom carriers across the globe and several enterprises as well for testing purpose and very few of them seemed to be dissatisfied with the new software the Waterloo based company is bringing to the scene on January 30, 2013. Jason Calacanis, a veteran internet e...
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Steve MacLean President of Canadian Space Agency Decides to Step Down
By: Jeff Stewart | January 17th, 2013 | News, O Canada
President of the Canadian Space Agency, Steve MacLean, has chosen to step down from his position from February 1, 2013 after serving the organization for five years. MacLean was one of the initial six Canadian astronauts who had joined Canadian Astronaut Program in 1983. Appreciating his efforts for the organizati...
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Android Powered Smartphones Could Help Forecast Weather Conditions
By: Ali Raza | January 17th, 2013 | Android, Living, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The system which today’s meteorologists use to forecast weather is quite reliable and fairly advance. However, just like other technologies there is room for improvement and atmospheric scientists are making efforts to develop a better system that could not only predict weather accurately, but also enable them to announce severe weather long before it hits cities and towns. As a result of these ...
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