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Is This What the Blackberry 10 QWERTY Keyboard Smartphone Looks from Behind?
0By: Ali Raza | December 26th, 2012 | Apple, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion (RIM) has made it clear that they will be launching two new and different Blackberry 10 devices next year on January 30. One of these...
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Internet Leaks Reveal Features and Specs of Upcoming Blackberry Z10
By: Ali Raza | December 26th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
There is still some time left before the launch of Research In Motion’s Blackberry 10 smartphones, but the leaked images have added to the hype surrounding the Canadian company to an extent. Now, to add salt to the fire, more leaks have cropped up and they are taking some of the surprise away from Waterloo based
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Canadian Social Search Engine Wajam Sees Exponential Growth
By: Talha Bhatti | December 26th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Canadian startup Wajam has released a new end of the year video that highlights the technology ventures many achievements in 2012. The 2012 Year in Review video claims that Wajam started off the year with several hundred people downloading the search engine every day. This number has jumped enormously and the company now has thousands of users...
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CRTC May Allow Tweeting and Texting to 911 Services in Canada
By: Jeff Stewart | December 24th, 2012 | Living, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Social Media
Since Hurricane Sandy hit New York City lots of things have changed, but the major change that was observed is the introduction of reporting emergencies to 911 through wireless communication. As a result, the residents of the city now have the facility of big iPad like screens through which they can report emergencies, if the phone lines are down due to storm or any other reason. This...
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FreshBooks’ Userbase Reaches Five Million Mark With $8 Billion invoiced During This Year
By: Jeff Stewart | December 24th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Toronto based startup FreshBooks’ founder Mike McDerment has made it known that his online invoicing software has now got five million users. This is a remarkable achievement by FreshBooks considering the fact that its start was pretty ordinary, as McDerment admitted that his startup had only 10 customers in i...
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British Columbia Looking To Become 100 Percent Internet Connected By 2021
By: Talha Bhatti | December 24th, 2012 | News, O Canada
British Columbia has plans of becoming one of Canada’s most advanced provinces. That is why the government announced on December 22 that the entire province will have 100-per-cent connectivity by the year 2021. The B.C. government will start implementing its plans in the spring of 2013 so that the complete province will have affordable high-speed Internet. The focus is to reach people living in ...
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RIM Looks at Tiered Pricing for Service Access Fees as They Ready for Launch
By: Talha Bhatti | December 24th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Beleaguered Canadian technology giant Research in Motion recently announced results for the third quarter of 2012 and delivered results that marginally surpassed already low analyst and market expectations. RIM also showed that its cash pile had grown and that the company is all set to launch its upcoming BlackBerry 10 devices and platform at the e...
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Canadian Firm Cogeco Cable Buys Peer 1 Network Enterprises For $635 million Deal
By: Talha Bhatti | December 24th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Vancouver-based Peer 1 Network Enterprises was recently bought out by Montreal’s Cogeco Cable giving stock-holders $3.85 per share, a generous premium of 32% over the trading share price. The internet infrastructure provider was purchased for a deal that totaled $635 million. &nbs...
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Profit Magazine Says Shopify Is “Canada’s Smartest Company”
By: Talha Bhatti | December 24th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Shopify was an up and coming Ottawa startup that has skyrocketed to the top of the Canadian technology sector. Currently the software company has 142 employees, 40,000 clients and $600 million in product value. The company is currently also available in 90 countries around the world. Shopify now has another trophy with its name on it as
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Research In Motion Settles Patent Dispute With Nokia
By: Kevin Green | December 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian Technology giant, Research In Motion (RIM), announced on Friday, December 21 that it had wrapped up its dispute with Nokia over patents owned by the Finnish firm. The deal calls for a lump sum payment by the struggling BlackBerry smartphone maker along with "ongoing...
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