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Unlocked iPhone 5 Now Available for Sale in Canada’s Apple Stores
0By: Ali Raza | December 2nd, 2012 | Apple, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Apple's iPhone 5 made its debut on Canadian soil on September 21, leading to thousands of people rushing to their local stores and retailers for the latest edition of the iPhone device. All iPhone 5 devices sold in Canada thus far have been locked by local retailers including the likes of
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Goldman Sachs Changes its Stance on Research In Motion
By: Jeff Stewart | December 1st, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Since Research In Motion’s forthcoming line-up of Blackberry phones have received positive feedback from various developers and telecom carriers, the share price of its stocks have responded quite positively. This has also forced several analysts to change their stance on the Waterloo based BlackBerry maker, including leading brokerage firm Goldman Sachs, the latest addition to this growing grou...
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Toronto-Based Photo Sharing Startup 500px Launches its First Ever iPhone App
By: Jeff Stewart | December 1st, 2012 | iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
After acquiring a France-based startup, Pulfingers that makes iOS apps for picture browsing, photo sharing startup 500px has launched its own hihgly awaited iPhone app. This was not the first iOS app that 500px has developed thus far, as a year ago they had released an app for iPad, using the larger screen to showcase its excellent ...
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Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Adds $100 Million to its Venture Capital IT Fund
By: Jeff Stewart | December 1st, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
On the eve of allocating $400 million in funds in support of private sector investment in prospective start-ups during the 2012 budget, the federal government of Canada also did not forget to reiterate its previous commitment to shore up the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC
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Taxi Service Startup Hailo and Molson Coors Canada Partner Up To Offer Toronto Safe Rides
By: Talha Bhatti | December 1st, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Canadian startup HailO has teamed up with Molson Coors Canada to offer the residents of Toronto safe passage home after a night out with friends. The partnership is an effort by the two companies to make the upco...
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Kik Messenger Gets HTML5 Based Kik Cards for Sharing Content on The Popular App
By: Talha Bhatti | December 1st, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Canadian startup Kik Interactive announced the launch of Kik Cards on November 29. The latest from the makers of Kik messenger will allow smartphone users to share content through Kik in an easy and convenient way. The latest update from the company has come after a quite some time . The last updated included group chat that was announced at the South...
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Ontario Looking At Ways To Make Crowdfunding Legal
By: Kevin Green | November 30th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
On November 29, The Globe and mail reported that the government of Ontario is looking at ways to make their strict crowdfunding laws more flexible. Current Canadian rules make crowdsourcing, a new and quickly growing method of gaining funding for ventures, illegal in the country. At the front of this drive to loosen restriction is former Premier Dalton McGuinty who is very optimistic about the pos...
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RIM Reveals Key News At BlackBerry Jam Asia
By: Kevin Green | November 30th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion share prices took a slight downward turn after a good run of several weeks due to optimism about the Canadian firms upcoming mobile operating system BlackBerry 10 and its revamped smartphones. The trouble firm has seen its market share drop heavily in North America and also in other parts of the world as competitors like Apple an...
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Quebecor Inc. Will Introduce a Metered Paywall System for its Group Websites from December 4, 2012
By: Jeff Stewart | November 30th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Quebecor Inc.’s newspaper division announced that from December 4, 2012 their online visitors to the Calgary, Winnipeg Sun, Ottawa, Edmonton and Toronto websites will be greeted by a metered paywall. This means that the visitors will now have to pay money to view the content on this group’s websites. This ch...
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Samsung Canada Announces Android OS 4.1 Jelly Bean for Galaxy S III to Roll Out on December 3
By: Jeff Stewart | November 30th, 2012 | Android, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Several Samsung Galaxy S III users in Canada were disappointed when Rogers changed the status of Android operating system 4.1 Jelly Bean’s arrival from “Late November” to “Early December”. Said fans had been impatiently waiting for this new OS version, wanting to get their hands on it before the holiday season begins. Therefore, with this update numerous people were glad to ...
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