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Tim Hortons Introduces Free WiFi
0By: Kuljit Grewal | July 12th, 2012 | News, O Canada
Although slightly late to the party, Tim Hortons has finally made what appears to be an extremely popular move with coffee drinkers and Timmy’s fans alike. The Canadian staple announced its plans to introduce free WiFi to over 90% of its current locations (2,000 plus), exempting kiosk, gas station and hospital locations. Quick...
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Kiip May Have Earned a $50 Million Valuation
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 12th, 2012 | Business, Games, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
According to several sourced across the interweb, Canadian founded Kiip, which is based out of Silicone Valley may have raised anywhere from $8 to $10 million for a 20% equity stake in their burgeoning company. This would indicate a valuation of anywhere between $40 and $50 million. Kiip has revolutionized the way that companies advertise within mobile games, opting t...
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RIM Set to Cease Production of Their 16GB PlayBook
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 12th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Tablets
The news continues to grow bleak for Waterloo’s Research in Motion as their less than stellar stab at the tablet market has left them having to eliminate a member of their PlayBook offering. The company’s struggles to innovate and create products that would wrestle consumers away from industry stalwarts such as the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab has put them in a position to make the tough call t...
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Mercedes Benz to Open a Fuel Cell Technology Facility in BC
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 12th, 2012 | Business, Cars, O Canada
One of the most acclaimed names in the automotive industry, Mercedes Benz is investing their hydrogen fuel cell research and production resources into Burnaby, B.C. The aim is to have the facility up and running by the end of this year in order for the iconic brand to develop and manufacture their own line of energy efficient fuel cells to power their passenger vehicles. Although Merc...
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Perfect Storm Causes RIM Shares to Plunge Nearly 18 per cent
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 9th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
RIM CEO Thorstein Heis announced that his company’s swing for the fences, theBB10 platform and updated smartphone line up will be delayed until the 2013 calendar year late last month. The fact that RIM elected to use a strategy that relied on their in-house knowledge rather than collaborate with another player in the Smartphone industry is looking more and more like the incorrect choice. The Wat...
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Samsung S III Owners in Canada to Receive 50 GB Cloud Storage from Dropbox
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 6th, 2012 | Android, Google, O Canada, Smartphones
Canadian mobile users with friends south of the border know very well that the rates we pay for our mobile devices are criminally higher than those offered by American telcos. Unfortunately, this piece is not a grand proclamation that our rates are dropping to the levels of AT&T and Verizon (we can keep hoping). Those however who have a keen interest in acquiring the Samsung Galaxy S III sho...
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Ayoudo, Vancouver’s Help Website is Set to Launch Across Canada
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 1st, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Social Media
Combining features of Craigslist, social networking and eBay, Vancouver-based website Ayoudo is ready to expand to 50 cities across this great nation of ours. The innovate website and app is based around uniting those who are seeking help with those who are willing to provide help. The expansion will begin on the other end of the country in St. John’s, Newfoundla...
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Google TV is Coming to Canada
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 27th, 2012 | Android, Gadgets, Google, News, O Canada
It seems as though the battle between Apple and Google will be coming to a television near you. As a direct counter against Apple’s extremely popular Apple TV, Google has partnered with Sony to launch a similar set-top box product that will turn any existing TV into an internet ready device. Although Google TV has already been available in the U.S. since 2010, the product will make ...
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OMERS Ventures Invests $16M in Vancouver Firm BuildDirect
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 25th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
BuildDirect, the west coast firm that specializes in the manufacture and online sale of heavy duty construction and building materials has secured $16M in growth stage financing from OMERS Ventures, the VC arm of OMERS (the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System). Founded in 1999, BuildDirect has survived the dot-com bubble, U.S. housin...
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Governments Still Believe in RIM and BB7 as Their Platform
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 19th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
Although very few sentences put into type over the past few months that have included the acronym RIM have been gloom and doom free, the following piece promises to be so. In the past month, the U.S. Department of Defence (DOD) awarded the new BlackBerry 7 platform a high seal of approval, and has been working to create specific departmental apps for the related devices. In similar ne...
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