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Research In Motion Unveils BBM Voice, Free WiFi Calling to BBM Contacts
0By: Jeff Stewart | November 16th, 2012 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Now that January 30, 2013 is confirmed as the official launch date of Research In Motion’s (RIM) BB10 OS and hardware , the Canadian smartphone manufacturer is now looking to create more waves among its devotees and the greater mobile device community by announcing details of the new version of the company’s wildly popular Blackberry Messenger...
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Ideon Media Silently Acquires Nexopia, The Pioneer Social Networking Website of Canada
By: Jeff Stewart | November 15th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Earlier this week, Ideon Media, a digital advertising network out of Toronto, Canada purchased Edmonton based social networking website, Nexopia. The deal between the two companies was met with little fanfare due in large part to the fact that both parties remained silent ab...
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Canadian Firm Espial Experiences Further Losses in Third Quarter
By: Kevin Green | November 15th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Espial, an Ottawa based local digital TV and IPTV software and solutions supplier, reported its third quarter results late last week. Unfortunately for the firm, the report was negative with a drop in revenues causing the company’s profit margins to shrink. Espial stated an 18 per cent decrease in total revenues to $3.1 million from the $3.8 ...
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DogVacay Gets $6 Million is Series A Funding For Its Dog Sitting Service
By: Kevin Green | November 15th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
California based startup DogVacay has married dog boarding services to the sharing economy trend and announced on November 13 that their firm had gotten $6 million in Series A funds from Benchmark Capital. Previously, DogVacay received $1 million for an initial seed round from S...
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Google’s New Office in Downtown Toronto is an Absolute Marvel
By: Jeff Stewart | November 15th, 2012 | Android, Business, Google, Health, Living, News, O Canada
Google is not only known for introducing various new services and products for their customers, they also seem to amaze the employees of other organization as well as their own thanks to their distinctive setup within their offices. The latest example of their imagination and attention to detail is Google’s recently opened space ...
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BioWare Montreal Developing Next Mass Effect Game With Frostbite Graphics Engine
By: Talha Bhatti | November 14th, 2012 | Gadgets, Games, News, O Canada
Canada based BioWare Montreal will be steering the popular Mass Effect video game series and the company has committed to using Electronic Arts’ graphics engine to create the upcoming game. Mass Effect is in development right now and veteran lead producer of the series, Casey Huds...
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Carleton University Working to Become Most Entrepreneurial University in Canada
By: Talha Bhatti | November 14th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian entrepreneur Lauren Ierullo developed the idea for AroundTown after she realized that local shops and smaller retail locations were getting left behind in the massive changes being brought about by technology. The internet and mobile technology had given customers new ways to shop and purchase goods, but small venues were eith...
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Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Comments On Surface Sales Numbers
By: Kevin Green | November 13th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Tablets
On November 11, Mobile Syrup reported that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer “has gone on record with a French paper called Le Parisi...
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Hootsuite Mistakenly Reveals User Names and Emails In Email Notification
By: Kevin Green | November 13th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Canadian startup darling Hootsuite, found itself with pie on its face when the company ended up sending out thousands of emails to various users that contained the private information of other users. The social media management software developer sent out an email ealy this week that included the names and emails of other users so that they wer...
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$20 Indian Made 7-Inch Aakash 2 Tablet Could be a Game Changer
By: Kevin Green | November 13th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Tablets
Pranab Mukherjee, the prime minister of India, showcased the 7-inch Aakash 2 tablet computer on November 11 which the government of his country will be purchasing for 100,000 university students and professors. The tablet is a product of an Indian/UK/Canadian startup named Datawind run by a 44-year old CEO, Suneet Tuli. If the first batch tha...
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