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Startup Weekend EDU Showcases 12 Startup Presentations
0By: Talha Bhatti | August 16th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Startup Weekend was organized over the past weekend which was meant to bring up creative new ideas in the field of education and develop them. TechVibes reports that, “This year’s event brought out over 100 participants. 40 pitched startup ideas disrupting everything from the used textbook market to online video le...
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$55.6 Million Could Be Thorsten Heins Payday if He Sells Blackberry
By: Talha Bhatti | August 16th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Blackberry has been the centre of attention for quite a while now. Whisperers, online technicians and conspiracy theorists have had a busy schedule this past few weeks spicing up the news from Blackberry headquarters. One such interesting story was seen a few days back this week,Aug 16th to be exact, when according to rumors, Thorsten ...
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InteraXon Raises Six Million Dollars
By: Talha Bhatti | August 16th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
InteraXon, a company working with brainwave powered experiences has recently collected a whopping six million dollars for its work and declared this at the Grow Conference held about a week ago. A large number of companies took part in the fundraising for the startup and the major participants include Horizon Ventures, Fecilis Ventu...
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Wantering Aims To Improve Online Shopping in Canada
By: Talha Bhatti | August 16th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Wantering, a Canadian technology company, has been working for the past 18 months to make online shopping easier and more convenient for Canadians. It has been seen that shopping in the US is a lot simpler and retailers provide a number of facilities to attract customers and to help make the shopping experience less stressful. I...
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AutoTrader App Reaches 1 Million Downloads
By: Talha Bhatti | August 16th, 2013 | Business, Cars, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
AutoTrader.ca is the new hot app in town and the mobile application is making strong headway in the app markets as its sales went through the roof. The iOS version of the app has reached a milestone when it recently reached 1 million in user downloads. Companies today believe it is imperative for them to interact with users who...
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Study Claims Online Shopping on Rise In Canada With a large majority Ready To Buy Online For Back-to-school Items
By: Talha Bhatti | August 15th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
A study conducted by Pollara Strategic Insights shows that 79% of Canadians will be making online purchases for back-to-school items for their children instead of the traditional method of thronging the shops. The funding for this survey was provided by Visa Canada and it clearly showed that people intend to spend about $325 in brick and mort...
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BlackBerry Q5 Finally Makes Debut in Canada
By: Ali Raza | August 15th, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
After a long wait, BlackBerry finally launched its third BB10 smartphone, the Q5, in Canada on Tuesday, August 13th. The new Q5 is actually a mid-level smartphone that is now available from most of retailers and wireless carriers in Canada, which includes TELUS, Bell, Koodo, Fido, Sasktel and Virgin Mobile. In addition to t...
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Edmonton Based Mover Raises $1 Million in Seed Funding
By: Talha Bhatti | August 15th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian and American investors injected $1 million into Edmonton based file sharing and moving platform Mover. The one year old firm aims to provide users with a swift method to store and move data. The hassle of carrying heavy equipment and accessories to carry one’s data is a thing of the past according to Mover’s representatives. Mover provid...
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BlackBerry Up For Sale As New Devices Fail To Beat iPhone, Android
By: Zain Nabi | August 15th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Unable to cope up with the demanding challenges of the industry, BlackBerry, the smartphone manufacturer that recently made attempt to revamp its tarnished image by releasing two smartphones, has put itself up for sale, apparently giving up on its ambitions of beating iOS, Android. BlackBerry made remarkable achievement in sales when it was launched in 1999, but it failed to match the...
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Blackberry’s Recent Downslide May Force The Company To Go Private
By: Talha Bhatti | August 14th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
A big announcement came in this Monday, when senior representatives of Blackberry told sources that the multimillion dollar Canadian company is looking to go private. This came just before the stock markets opened in the United States and has caused much speculation amongst investors. Blackberry once owned a large share of the smart phone m...
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