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Jack Dorsy, cofounder of Twitter, will be visiting Waterloo and Toronto in September
0By: Talha Bhatti | August 14th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Students at the University of Waterloo are in for a treat as one of the leading entrepreneurs of his time and one of the youngest if not the youngest tech executives Silicon valley has ever seen, the co-founder of the multimillion dollar Twitter social network, Jack Dorsy, will be visiting the university and addressing young students and prospe...
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Canada’s largest Hacking Event, #HackMTL, Sells Out In Just 5 Hours
By: Talha Bhatti | August 14th, 2013 | Google, News, O Canada
Recently a huge event was held by Canadian organizers called #HackMTL which was sponsored proudly by PasswordBox, Google, Facebook and iWeb. This event was open to developers and to no one’s surprise it was sold out barely ...
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Bell and Virgin Release New Loyalty Plans
By: Talha Bhatti | August 14th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Bell and Virgin mobile users are in for a treat. The duo announced yesterday, on the 14th of August, that they are going to offer new plans for its loyal customers. According to the company, members will love what they are offering and it is a love letter on behalf of the company to those who have enjoyed the services of the company so...
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Boris Wertz Speaks At GROW and Showcases Two Options To Scale Startups to $100 Million
By: Talha Bhatti | August 14th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Canada's top angel investor and award winning entrepreneur, Boris Wertz, claims that a business has only options to become a 100 million dollar enterprise. He made the statement at GROW where he told attendees that "your business either has a high life time value per user, or your business has a high viral co-efficient," in order to stand a chance of becoming a member of the elite clu...
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Vancouver Becomes On Of the Top Destinations for Startups In Canada
By: Talha Bhatti | August 14th, 2013 | Business, News, O CanadaVancouver is in the limelight for tech related businesses and startups in Canada and has has a name for it self as one of the best places for entrepreneurs. Since HootSuite raised a staggering 165 million dollars from its financing activities the city has gained further name recognition. TechVibes claims that, “The talent, t...
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iPhone to Open New Surrey Store in Late September
By: Talha Bhatti | August 12th, 2013 | Apple, News, O Canada
Iphoneincanada was the first to report about the Surrey Apple Store back in May. The news was confirmed by the news website a couple of days later through various job postings. Although the location of the new Apple Store is still not known but according to sources it is expected to be between The Shops at Morgan Crossing and G...
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Kickstarter In Canada
By: Zain Nabi | August 9th, 2013 | News, O Canada
Kickstarter has finally opened its first Canada-based projects after announcing it in June. Millions of people around the world are directly or indirectly connected with Kickstarter. But what actually is Kickstarter? Kickstarter is the new way that helps people in starting their own projects by raising funds. With the help of Kickstarter thousands even millions of people are able to s...
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Shopify Gets Hold of Toronto-Based Design Agency Jet Cooper for Undisclosed Sum
By: Ali Raza | August 8th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Ottawa-based Shopify declared on Thursday, August 1st that it has got hold of one of the leading user experience and design agencies in Canada, Jet Cooper. The strategic acquisition of Jet Cooper will enable Shopify to swiftly boost its operations in Toron...
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HootSuite Secures a Whopping $165 Million in a Series B Round of Funding Guided by Three VC Firms
By: Ali Raza | August 8th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Earlier on Thursday, August 1st, the CEO of HootSuite Ryan Holmes tweeted that "I feel big news in the air today" and his forecast proved true, as later in the day the Vancouver-based startup managed to secure a hefty amount in a Series B round funding. HootSuite gained a whopping $165 million in that funding round, which was le...
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Canadians Still Using Radio to Discover New Music
By: Talha Bhatti | August 6th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
While there may now be numerous ways to listen to new music and find something fresh just released into the market through the use of apps, websites and other modern day marvels, Canadians are still using the radio as their primary source. As surprising as it may sound, according to a report by Nielsen’s Music 360 Canada, 61% of Canadians come into that category that uses the more traditional wa...
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