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If You Own an iOS Device and Like Dinosaurs, Go to The Royal Ontario Museum for Some Augmented Reality
0By: Kuljit Grewal | July 21st, 2012 | Apple, Living, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) has introduced a new exhibit called Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants of Gondwana which features a unique Augmented Reality (AR) experience using Apple devices. The museum introduced a ROM Ultimate Dinosaurs app that allows patrons to us...
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Hey Canada, Own a Google Nexus S? Get Ready to Feast on Jelly Bean
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 21st, 2012 | Android, Google, O Canada, Smartphones
According to a recent Google+ post, Android’s latest and greatest platform the 4.1 Jelly Bean will be available for several Canadian carriers. The list includes telcos Rogers, TELUS, WIND, Bell and Mobilicity. Android enthusiasts rejoice! The hotly anticipated update can be...
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Samsung Officially Opens Their First Canadian Retail Location
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 20th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Following an announcement earlier this year that they would be opening their very first Canadian store, the day has finally arrived for Samsung. Located at the Metropolis in Metrotown mall, the store officially opened their doors July 1...
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Huawei’s Ascend P1 Has Finally Arrived in Canada
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 20th, 2012 | Android, Google, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Canadian fans of Chinese Smartphone manufacturer Huawei (pronounced WAH-WAY) have reason to celebrate. The company’s highly touted Ascend P1 device is now officially available through Wind Mobile. ...
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HootSuite Now Offers Google+ Pages to All Users
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 20th, 2012 | Google, News, O Canada, Social Media
Due in large part to a tidal wave of requests, social media management company HootSuite has began offering Google+ page integration to all of its 5 million plus users. This feature, which until now has only been available for enterprise users, is now compl...
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BlackBerry App World Reaches 3 Billion Downloads
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 19th, 2012 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Although 2012 has felt like the end of the world for RIM, perhaps the company and their leadership were taught to look for silver linings in even the darkest of storms. The company recently had reason to celebrate, as their BlackBerry App World reached 3 billion downloads earlier this month. All in all, it has t...
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HootSuite’s Next Move? International Expansion
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 18th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Social media management service HootSuite is looking to spread their wings outside of North America, opening a new office in London, England earlier this week. The Vancouver based company is one of the largest in an increasingly important field; the dashboard style handling of social media for the purpose of brand management. Since its inception in 2008, the c...
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Twitter for BlackBerry to be Updated as Well
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 18th, 2012 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Social Media
Although many may considered RIM and their BlackBerry devices a sinking ship that does not mean that their apps are getting short changed, at least not under Twitter’s watch. After announcing updated versions of their app that will feature greater interactivity as well as other user friendly features for the iOS, ...
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You Won’t Believe What Canada’s Second Most Popular Tablet Is
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 18th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Tablets
Although the iPad is still the head honcho of the tablet world, Canadians as a whole have warmed up to the rest of the field to some degree. To be fair, a lot of this has to do with the competitors catching up to Apple and introducing excellent devices of their own, the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity and Google Nexus 7 to name a couple. Incredibly though, the competitor who has managed to strangle...
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Canada’s QuickPlay Media Has New Ownership
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
QuickPlay, the Toronto based firm that specializes in cloud based distribution of media content to IP-connected devices has a new majority shareholder, Madison Dearborn Partners. The deal totals $100M in value, leaving Madison and QuickPlay’s employees owning the vast majority of the company. The deal served to buy out former...
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