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Toronto Mobile Security Company Fixmo Gets Some US Greenback Love
0By: Kuljit Grewal | August 13th, 2012 | Android, Business, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
With mobile devices becoming an increasingly critical part of how companies communicate and do business, there is an unquestioned need for effective and reliable security on said devices. Thanks to this need as well as the advancements and dominance of both the Android and iOS platforms, companies like Toronto’s Fixmo Inc. represent a boon to enterprises and gover...
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Tim Hortons is Branching Out, Create T DISCs with Tassimo
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 12th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
Fans of Tim Hortons coffee can now enjoy their favourite coffee one serving at a time thanks to the Canadian icon announced partnership with Kraft Foods’ Tassimo On-Demand Beverage System. The special single serving packets, known as T DISCs will be availab...
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Looking to Switch Add Data to Your Phone Plan? Rogers is Offering New Customers Three Months of Unlimited Data
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 11th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
More than ever, mobile devices are being used for data usage rather than phone related activity. The revenues generated from mobile internet is also representing a larger part of our service providers’ finances, making it of increased importance to them as well. In light of this, Rogers Communications Inc. is making a push to att...
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WORD IS: IBM is Kicking RIM’s Enterprise Services Unit’s Tires
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 11th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
According to Bloomberg News, Intelligent Business Machines (IBM), the world’s largest provider of enterprise computer service is interested in acquiring RIM’s Enterprise Services Unit. Citing two sources with intimate knowledge ...
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Where Does Canada Rank in Terms of Internet Connection Speed?
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 11th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
A major internet content delivery network based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts called Akamai Technologies, Inc. releases a quarterly report known as The State of the Internet, collecting massive amounts of internet connection related data. Some of the most valuable and telling information concerning the way the world is connecting with the interne...
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RIM Has 147 Million Reasons to Smile
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 10th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
Canadian wireless technology company Research In Motion (RIM) celebrated a small victory today as their patent infringement charge was overturned by a California judge. The decision saves the Waterloo-based company from having to pay $147.2 million in damages, a tab the struggling company must be more than happy to pass up at the moment. The entire situation has had no shortage of dra...
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Canadian B2B Customer Advocate Management Company Influitive Closes $3.75M Round
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 10th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Toronto based company Influitive, specialists in customer advocate management and mobilization have had themselves quite a week. The company took to their website on Wednesday that they had closed a $3.75 million round of funding from a myriad of industr...
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HootSuite is The Social Media Management Platform of Choice for the World’s Top Brands
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 10th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Vancouver based HootSuite, the creators behind the innovative and standard setting social media management dashboard. The company has been able to offer its 5 million plus clients with a means of easily and effectively curating their social media presence for maximal effect. According to a recent survey by
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Bell Posts Impressive Q2 Numbers, Raise Dividend
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 9th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) made their Q2 results public yesterday, posting impressive growth and profit numbers. The company’s strong quarter was driven by Bell Media and the division’s TV and wireless business. The country’s second largest wireless carrier managed to add 47,208 customers over the past four months giving them a total...
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Canada is Playing a Major Role on Mars Right Now
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 9th, 2012 | Gadgets, Living, News, O Canada
Although there is nothing except a valuable little rover on Mars named Curiosity, there is a ton of Canadian energy, ingenuity and funding behind a vital part of the rover’s mission. The Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS), which was designed by University of Guelph professor Ralf Gellert is designed to anal...
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