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Uber Expands Their Service Offering in Toronto by Adding Taxi Service
0By: Kuljit Grewal | September 2nd, 2012 | Android, Business, Cars, iOS, News, O Canada
In an attempt to serve their current and future users in Toronto as best they can, on-demand driver service Uber has added taxis to their list of vehicles. The service, which licenses professional drivers in high end black sedans and SUVs, functions as a smartphone app based on your exact GPS location. Co-founded by Canadian
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EA Sports NHL 13 Will Feature Two Female Players Including a Canadian Legend
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 1st, 2012 | Games, News, O Canada
For the first time in the history of video gaming, a professional sports game will feature actual female players. The watershed moment comes by way of EA Sports latest NHL video game NHL 13. The news was revealed earlier this week by the Redwood City, California based company who also has a team of developers based ou...
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Kobo Strikes up Deal with the American Booksellers Association
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 30th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Toronto based company Kobo Inc., makers of the famous Kobo e-reader has signed a deal with the American Booksellers Association (ABA). The agreement will see Kobo sell its e-books and e-readers through independent U.S. book sellers America wide.
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Sony’s Latest and Greatest Smartphone the Xperia T is Coming to Canada This Year
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 30th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
Although IFA 2012 has been considered a predominantly Samsung dominated event, there are other news makers currently gathered in Berlin. One such company is Sony, who is attempting to get some positive momentum going for their flagship device, the Xperia T.
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Toronto’s FreshBooks Introduces New iPhone App for Small and Medium Sized Business Owners
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 30th, 2012 | Business, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Boasting over 5 million clients spread over 130 countries, cloud accounting service FreshBooks has become the number one such provider in North America. According to an official letter from CEO Mike McDerment, the path to prominence has been neither quick nor easy. The company has seen tremend...
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HootSuite Continues to Add to Their App Directory, Bring SocialBro, Videolicious and Others to the Flock
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 30th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
The social media management dashboard and overall solid Canadian company has added more social apps to their ever expanding App Directory. The company, whose haul is now up to 26 apps in all, has added SocialBro, NeedTagger,
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Samsung Surprises Lucky Canadian With Customized Galaxy S III
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 29th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
When long time Samsung customer Shane Bennett requested Samsung Canada send him a free Galaxy S III via Facebook back in May before its official release date, he was initially offered a polite ‘no’ from online community manager Drew Bomhof. Bennett had even sweetened the request by drawing a custom cartoon dragon. Bomhof, in the...
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In-Flight WiFi Provider Gogo Granted Canadian Spectrum Approval, Will Debut in 2013
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 28th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
In-flight connectivity pioneer Gogo announced today that they had been issued permission from Industry Canada to provide in-flight WiFi for business and commercial flights over Canadian soil. The permission came by way of a subordinate license for air-to-ground (ATG) radio frequency spectrum, the same frequency they operate on in America. That ma...
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OMERS Ventures Invests $20M in Market Research Firm Vision Critical Communications Inc.
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 28th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
The VC arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), OMERS Ventures has invested $20M in Vancouver’s Vision Critical Communications. Founded in 2000 by Andrew Reid, son of acclaimed Canadian market research executive Angus Reid, Vision Critical combines eleme...
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Montreal’s Wajam Earns Three Prestigious Stevie Awards
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 28th, 2012 | iOS, Living, News, O Canada, Social Media
An incredibly forward thinking start-up based out of Montreal, Wajam has gained some serious recognition. The social search engine, which integrates information from your social networks to aid in filtering searches and discovering information, has won three International Business Awards. Popularly known as ‘Steviesâ€...
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