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Opus Hotel Vancouver Becomes the First iPhone Integrated Hotel in the World
0By: Kuljit Grewal | July 16th, 2012 | Apple, Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
In the Yaletown area of Vancouver, there is a forward thinking hotel that is aggressively integrating Apple technology into their customer experience. After becoming the first hotel to feature an iPad 2 in every one of their rooms, the boutique hotel, Opus has decided to step it up a notch with iPhones being placed in all of their rooms as well. The iPhones will replace the standard h...
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The Canadian Behind Bluefin Labs’ Incredible Social TV Analytics
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 16th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
For those who have never heard of Bluefin Labs, there is no need to feel bad, you will soon enough whether here or somewhere else. The firm is at the forefront on what is truly a phenomenon that is unique to our current generation; the analysis of social media activity and viewer engagement during televised events, shows and most importantly the commercials. ...
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How Do Canadians Feel About Going Cashless? The Results May Surprise You
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 16th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
According to a telling survey conducted by Leger Marketing on behalf of PayPal Canada, the majority of our nation’s citizens would be completely comfortable never having to handle any cash in order to make their purchases again. The results of the online survey, conducted between May 28 – M...
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RIM Suffers Costly U.S. Patent Lawsuit Loss, Must Pay $147M
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 15th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
RIM executives may understand the meaning behind the saying “when it rains, it pours” better than anyone can imagine thanks to a disastrous financial quarter.. Canada’s once upon a time beacon of technology have been asked to pony up a substantial $147 million as part of a patent lawsuit in California. The news could not come at a worse time for the BlackBerry maker, as word of massive job c...
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An American VC Has Been Tasked With Establishing a New Fund in Ottawa
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 14th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Seasoned VC investor Code Corbitt was in the middle of a yearlong Mediterranean sailing trip with his family when he was contacted serendipitously by Invest Ottawa’s CEO Bruce Lazenby. Although he had never heard of Mr. Lazenby prior to that day, the Canadian’s proposition of creating a Venture fund in Ottawa was enough to entice him. The re...
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Uber Toronto Has Added SUVs to Their Private Driver Repretoire
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 14th, 2012 | Business, Cars, Mobile Apps, O Canada, Smartphones
San Francisco based private driver service Uber was co-founded by a Canadian named Garrett Camp (of StumbleUpon fame), and had recently added Toronto to the list of 11 cities that it services. The company, which provides an on demand private driver service, ordered using Smartphones ...
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OTG Management Bringing iPads to Toronto’s Pearson Airport
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 14th, 2012 | Apple, News, O Canada, Tablets
Award winning airport food and beverage operator OTG Management will be outfitting Toronto’s Pearson Airport with 2,500 iPads in a bid to enhance travellers’ overall experience. The rollout is planned to over the next 18 months with similar tablet installations occurring at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and t...
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Sierra Wireless is Lending Audi a Helping Hand in Building an LTE Infotainment System
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 13th, 2012 | Cars, O Canada
Vancouver-based Sierra Wireless is a contributing member in the future of automobiles thanks to their alliance with German luxury car maker Audi. The latter has been working to integrate Sierra’s AirPrime wireless modules into what they hope will eventually be an LTE-connected infotainment system. We h...
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Mobilicity is Expanding Their Unlimited Network
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 13th, 2012 | News, O Canada
In their crusade to bring highly affordable service to Canadians, discount telco Mobilicity is expanding their unlimited zones around some of Canada’s largest cities. The announcement was made by company President and CEO Stewart Lyons who explained the company’s strategy up to and beyond this point in the following: “We’ve spent the last ye...
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Toronto’s Wattpad Secures $17.3 Million Funding Round
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 13th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, O Canada
Wattpad, a Toronto-based start-up dedicated to the sharing and discovery of written content have secured a significant bit of cash from several U.S. heavyweights thanks to their incredible user engagement and disruptive concept. The company, and more importantly their site have a dedicated community of writers and contributing authors who upload and share thei...
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