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RIM Gets Slapped With Patent Infringement Lawsuit Relating To Bluetooth From Wi-Lan
0By: Kevin Green | December 12th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion got hit by another lawsuit on December 11 after patent licensing firm Wi-Lan went to court against the maker of the popular BlackBery smartphone. The lawsuit is related to Bluetooth technology and Wi-Lan claims RIM has infringed on patents the Canadian licensing firm owns. ...
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China Invests $10 Million For ZDG Ottawa International Incubation Centre
By: Kevin Green | December 12th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Canada is fast becoming a popular destination for technology startups thanks to talented entrepreneurs and good government policies. China has recognized these strong points and on December 11 announced that Ottawa would be the city of its second North American technology incubation center. The initiative is being spear headed by the $11 billion Zhongguancun Development Group (
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Canadian Technology Accelerator in Boston Invites Applications from Established Small and Medium-Sized Canadian Companies
By: Ali Raza | December 11th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) in Boston is offering a golden opportunity to established small and medium-sized Canadian companies engaged in IT, green technology, life sciences or health sectors to seize financial prospects, strategic partnerships and...
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RIM Gives BlackBerry Messenger Users BBM Voice With New App Update
By: Kevin Green | December 11th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry news has been hitting the headlines with updates and releases for the last couple of weeks as the Canadian technology giant gets ready to launch its upcoming BlackBerry 10 platform and related device. Only last week Research In Motion retooled the Facebook app for BlackBerry to have a lot more BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) support. Now the ...
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Kixeye Hires Rival Zynga’s Employee as GM of Their New Canadian Office
By: Ali Raza | December 11th, 2012 | Games, News, O Canada
Well known social game developer, Kixeye has marched into Canada and made a significant splash hiring former Zynga Director of Development Clayton Stark as their General Manager. For those who do not know, the two companies have some bad blood between them stemming from an old skirmish, as Zynga ...
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96 Percent of Top Executives in Canada Believes Big Data Technology is Essential for Business Growth
By: Ali Raza | December 10th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
It is often observed that business executives acknowledge importance of certain tools, but in spite of ist practically they do not invest in such things. As a result of that businesses and companies suffer in the long run because with each passing day competition in the industry is getting stronger and stronger. Therefore, in order to survive and excel in any business one cannot take the risk of k...
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Samsung Galaxy Camera Available for Sale Through TELUS
By: Jeff Stewart | December 10th, 2012 | Android, Gadgets, Google, News, O Canada
After producing several Android powered smartphones and tablets, Samsung is now ready to introduce this operating system in its upcoming camera. The South Korean manufacturer has named this latest and one of a kind device the Gal...
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Ottawa Based DragonWave Recovers On Stock Market Following Steep Drop
By: Talha Bhatti | December 10th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
DragonWave stock recovered almost all of its losses to end last week after a lot of activity was seen for the company on the Canada’s Toronto Stock Exchange. Early Thursday morning, DragonWave Inc. share prices took a 12.6 per cent drop on negative news about the company. The Ottawa-based firm had released a statement that mentioned th...
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Cisco Canada Donates $2 Million to The University of Regina to Establish Research Chair in E-Governance
By: Ali Raza | December 9th, 2012 | News, O Canada
The importance of social media and technology can be judged from the fact that they are both playing a crucial role on the politics front as they served huge roles in the recent US elections and the Arab Spring before that. This not only includes Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, but other mediums as well as politicians were getting in touch with the general public through all means because they...
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Uber Faces Legal Battle In Toronto After Victory In Washington D.C.
By: Talha Bhatti | December 8th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
The Toronto Star reported that mobile taxi summoning service Uber, is being taken to court by the city of Toronto because of “25 municipal licensing offenses, including operation of an unlicensed taxi brokerage and unlicensed limo service.” This latest court case comes after the limo an...
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