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TELUS CEO says Ottawa Should Provide Equal Opportunities to All in Spectrum Auction
0By: Ali Raza | July 25th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Talking to the Financial Post, TELUS CEO Daren Entwistle, said that Ottawa’s aim to bring in four wireless companies in the region could cause lot of problems for existing carriers. According to Entwistle, “His primary concern is that if a foreign player with massive resources such as Verizon Communications Inc. takes part in t...
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Apple Buys Canadian Big Data Firm Locationary
By: Talha Bhatti | July 24th, 2013 | Apple, Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
According to AllThingsD, Apple has bought a Toronto based location data mapping startup called Locationary to improve their very unreliable mapping application. Apple users have been criticizing the mapping software for a number of years and it will be interesting to see if Locationary ...
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BDC Venture Capital Injects A Total Of $1.5 Million Into 10 Canadian Startups
By: Talha Bhatti | July 22nd, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
On July 15 BDC Venture Capital announced that they would be providing $1.5 million in funding for 10 Canadian startups that have recently completed accelerator programs. The Canadian VC is well known for its support of the Canadian startup scene with its $150,000 convertible notes fo...
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Leaked Image of Internal Presentation Reveals Specs for BlackBerry A10
By: Ali Raza | July 21st, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry Aritso, also known as A10, is an upcoming device from the Canadian smartphone maker that seems to be creating lot of buzz not only among the company employees but also its fans who are really getting exciting about the new product and cannot wait to get their hands on the smart device. As rumour has it, BlackBerry ...
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Latest Canalys Report Predicts Smart Watch Shipments to Surpass 5 Million Unit Mark By Next Year
By: Ali Raza | July 21st, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Canalys has recently published its latest forecast report which states that the worldwide shipments of smart watches will surpass the 5 million unit mark by next year thanks to the Pebble smart watches, which has emerged as a prominent market leader after Sony in...
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Quebec Court Judge Approves Class Action Lawsuit Against Apple Canada
By: Ali Raza | July 20th, 2013 | Apple, Business, iOS, News, O Canada
According to Canadian Lawyer Magazine, a lawsuit has been filed against Apple Canada in Quebec and in the USA, which claims privacy breaches for iPod, iPad and iPhone users who have purchased or downloaded a free app from the App Store. “In Gad Albilia v. Apple Inc. the court authorized a class action alleging a...
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Canadian Startup Wantering Launches Dedicated Search Engine for Online Fashion Shopping
By: Ali Raza | July 20th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
One of the major problems of online shopping is that shoppers usually do not know what they want or what they are exactly trying to find online. As a result of this most shoppers either end up buying the wrong clothing or just waste a lot of time. However, now a Vancouver-based startup, Wantering, has come up with a perfect s...
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Hootsuite Gains Seven Million Users and 300 Employees
By: Ali Raza | July 20th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Vancouver’s very own social media management platform, Hootsuit, is growing rapidly and the Canadian startup has made it known on Tuesday, July 16th, that in the second quarter of 2013 the company has been able to achieve the seven million user milestone. This was indeed a remarkable achievement for Hootsuit that has been able...
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Sony All Set to Launch Dust and Water-Resistant Xperia Z in Canada in Association with Bell
By: Ali Raza | July 20th, 2013 | Android, News, O Canada, Smartphones
After successfully launching its flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z, in various parts of the world, Sony is now all set to release the 5-inch beauty in Canada. For this purpose, Sony has joined hands with one of the top Canadian wireless carrier, Bell, to exclusivel...
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BlackBerry A10 Aristo Pictures and Video Leaked
By: Ali Raza | July 20th, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
So far BlackBerry has rolled out three new BlackBerry 10 devices for its customers, of which two possess a physical QWERTY keyboard, while the third device has an all-touch screen. However, these were not the only BB10 devices that BlackBerry was looking to launch during this year, as earlier in March CEO of the Canadian smar...
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