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DISCOVERED – Photos of a 10” BlackBerry Playbook Hanging Out in Vietnam
0By: Kuljit Grewal | July 30th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Tablets
Although rumours of a 10” BlackBerry tablet were eventually shot down last year, it appears that photographic evidence indicates a change of heart for Waterloo’s largest tech company. According to Vietnamese tech blog
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Amazon Hosts Vancouver Event to Add to Their Talent Pool
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 30th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Tablets
A recent LinkedIn event invitation confirms that Amazon is continuing to hire on Canada’s West Coast for two of their business lines. As mentioned by an earlier TQ piece, both Am...
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RIM May Be Laying Off 3,000 Employees Come August 13, 2012
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 30th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
According to sources of Canadian website Cantech Letter, Reaserch in Motion is not done cutting jobs. The moribund company, who recently announced plans to lay off 5,000 employees, nearly one third of its staff is ru...
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Vancouver’s Gaming Industry Hit Again as Microsoft Lays Off 35 and Cancels Two Projects
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 29th, 2012 | Business, Games, News, O Canada
Technology and gaming giant Microsoft delivered some somber news this past week, laying off 35 staff in the Vancouver area. Those employees had been working on the development of two games, Microsoft Flight and Project Columbia. The halted projects come on the heels of Microsoft posting their very first quarterly loss as a public company...
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RIM Is No Longer a Top Five Smartphone Maker
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 29th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
According to research firm IDC, Research in Motion (RIM) has motioned its way out of the top five ranking of Smartphone manufacturers based on market share. According to the report, the shift in position comes following steady decline in un...
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Ontario’s COM DEV is Influencing the Way the Next Great Space Telescope Will Work
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 28th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the famed Hubble Space Telescope’s successor and a key part in our future as it pertains to space exploration and discovery. Designed to thrive further into space than its predecessor, the telescope will not be launched or ...
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University of Toronto Joins Coursera in Offering Free Online Courses
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 28th, 2012 | Living, News, O Canada
Canada’s largest university has joined the likes of Princeton and Stanford in exploring what could be the biggest disruptor to formal education; free online education. The school, along with 11 other international institutions have partnered with a start-up called Coursera to offer “massive open online courses” or MOOCs, which are available for anyone ...
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Fido Will Be Bringing The LTE Bone Home Too
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 28th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
According to the most recent Fido press release, the Canadian telco will be bringing LTE service nation-wide beginning later this summer. Major cities will be the first to adopt the new network, including Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal and St. Johns, with smaller cities receiving the same speeds later this year. &nb...
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QuadLook – Adding Dimensions to the Way We Search the Internet
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 27th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Searching the internet has become more important than ever thanks to the vast amounts of content and traffic that occurs on a daily basis. Using technology to optimize the search process and experience has long been a breadwinner for various firms as well as a way to bring information to people in better ways than those prior. A Toronto-based company is looking to take search to yet a...
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BlackBerry Expected to Release New 4G LTE Capable PlayBook Soon
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 26th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Tablets
According to an internal document at Bell Canada, BlackBerry will introduce a device July 31, 2012 that will have full 4G LTE capability. Although this post is the result of a Bell document, we fully expect PlayBooks to be made available from other carriers as well. According to the aforementioned document, the new 7” device has a listed price of $549.95. It features 1GB RAM, a 1.5 ...
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