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RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Running Out At U.S. Online Retailers
1By: Kevin Green | October 11th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Tablets
Research In Motion (RIM) has not put out a new product for quite some time and the Canadian manufacturer is not expected to release its BlackBerry 10 operating system and devices until the beginning of next year. All that is available in the market are older versions of BlackBerry smartphones and the
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Canadian Startup Launches Mobile App Strut Type To Create Vintage Pictures
By: Talha Bhatti | October 10th, 2012 | Apple, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Instagram has made the vintage picture a fad that has swept the mobile world. Other apps like Camera+ offer filters to give images the old fashioned look that many people crave. One Canadian company has developed an app that will give images a truly vintage look as opposed to the fake filter that other apps offer today.
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Toronto Based Tunezy Using Crowd Funding to Give Recording Artists Alternatives to Large Record Labels
By: Kevin Green | October 9th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
The music industry has been going through a consistent decline for many years and the onslaught of piracy and newer digital delivery models have all but destroyed the traditional method of doing business. Record labels are seeing their revenues fall significantly and companies are either going belly up or are being acquired to form larger firms with larger collections of assets. These mega compani...
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U.S. Intelligence Committee Head Says Canada At Risk From Huawei And Chinese Cyber Spies
By: Kevin Green | October 9th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Following a security report released in the US, the head of the U.S. Intelligence Committee has asked Canadian firms to restrict their business activities with Chinese telecom manufacturer Huawei. On Monday, October 8, a report from the congressional committee called the large Chinese firm a threat to the security of the United States and the West as a whole. The report further asked companies in ...
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Rogers Will be the Exclusive Nokia Lumia 920 Carrier In Canada
By: Kevin Green | October 9th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Nokia made a joint announcement with Canadian wireless provider Rogers that the company would be the exclusive carrier for the Nokia Lumia 920 in Canada. The new smartphone is powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phones 8 and is expected to take on Apple’s iPhone 5 with its soli...
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Canada’s Panda Robotics is Using Crowd Funding to Bring 3D Printing to Everyone
By: Kevin Green | October 9th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada
The consumer 3D printer market has become very hot very quickly as companies are racing to bring their 3D printers and services to the masses. The technology has been around for quite some time however the uses thus far have been for commercial purposes such as prototyping and modeling. However, the latest push is to get a printer that is usable with a standard laptop, similar to 2D printers curre...
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RIM Sets Up Tech Center In UK To Help Developers Port Apps To BB10
By: Talha Bhatti | October 8th, 2012 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research in Motion (RIM) recently opened a Tech Center at its United Kingdom headquarters in Slough. Journalists and media personel were invited into the Tech Center to get a look at what the makers of BlackBerry have been working on for their upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system. CrackBerry ...
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Canada And United Kingdom Get New Kobo Glo And Mini e-Readers
By: Talha Bhatti | October 8th, 2012 | Gadgets, News, O Canada, Tablets
The world has gone ga-ga for e-readers and manufacturers can’t seem to produce them quickly enough. Amazon has come out as a contender in the tablet market thanks to its hot Kindle device including the popular and widely acclaimed Kindle Paperwhite. Barnes & Nobl
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Motorola Adds More Devices To The Bootloader Unlock Program In Canada
By: Talha Bhatti | October 8th, 2012 | Gadgets, News, O Canada, Smartphones
In 2012 Motorola started the Bootloader Unlock Program with the promise that “additional devices will be added progressively.” The Bootloader Unlock Program was basically a setup by Motorola where they offered their users the ability to gain root privileges. This is done by unlocking the bootloader which allows “basic h...
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HOW TO: Canadians Can Add Passbook in iOS 6 to Their Starbucks App [Workaround]
By: Kuljit Grewal | October 7th, 2012 | Apple, iOS, Living, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Late last week, Starbucks announced the highly anticipated integration of Passbook functionality into their iOS app. Unfortunately for those of us north of the U.S. border, the Canadian version of their app did not receive the same upgrade treatment, a bummer to say the least. Thanks to the good people at
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