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Visa Canada Getting Ready To Launch Mobile Payment Systems With NFC
0By: Talha Bhatti | May 18th, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Smartphones are leading the charge in the creation of a wallet free payment system. Visa Canada's head of mobile innovation, Derek Colfer, believes that this new paradigm is already possible thanks to near field communications (NFC). Colfer spoke to TechVibes about the mobile payment future and why Visa is focusing on the NFC standard. He says, â...
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Nokia Brings Nokia Music to Canada
By: Jeff Stewart | May 18th, 2013 | News, Smartphones
Finnish mobile manufacturer Nokia has launched its free of charge music streaming service, Nokia Music, in Canada this week. The music service is exclusive to Lumia handsets, which according to the company is providing their customers a "simple and ...
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BlackBerry Doubles its Market Share in Canada but Losses Ground Internationally
By: Ali Raza | May 18th, 2013 | Apple, Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry has been in the news for the past several because of several announcements made during its annual conference called BlackBerry Live in Orlando. Now Tavis McCourt’s analyst Raymond James has revealed that the market share of BlackBerry in Canada has doubled from last year's 6 percent stake. On Friday, May 17th the...
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Samsung Looking to Sell 10 Million Galaxy S IV Handsets
By: Ali Raza | May 18th, 2013 | Android, Business, Google, News, Smartphones
Samsung has recently declared that its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, has become the top selling handset ever in the history of the company. The official statement came from a Samsung executive who said that “As of the end of April, we supplied four million Galaxy S4 handsets to telecommunication operators around...
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Apple to Give Exclusive Contract to Pegatron Instead of Foxconn – Rumour
By: Ali Raza | May 17th, 2013 | Apple, Business, News, Smartphones
Hon Hai Precision, also known as Foxconn, is a major partner of Apple and the Taiwan-based company depends a lot on the iOS device maker when it comes to revenue. Reuters claims that about 60 to 70 percent of the company’s income comes from the California-bas...
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Resale Study Reveals iPhones Lose Less Value as Compared to the Latest Samsung Galaxy Smartphones
By: Ali Raza | May 17th, 2013 | Android, Apple, iOS, News, Smartphones
Many consumers seem to generally think Apple’s flagship iPhone smartphone loses more value when it is resold than Android handsets because the iOS-based smartphone is more expensive than other phones. However, the latest research by an investment banker at Pipper Jaffray is going to change this perception, as his study reveals t...
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Apple and Samsung Devices May Increase Security Concerns for Pentagon
By: Zain Nabi | May 16th, 2013 | Android, Apple, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Although the Pentagon has given its staff the approval to use devices manufactured by companies other than Canadian-based BlackBerry, some independent security analysts fear that the Defense Department stands exposed to security threats if Apple and Samsung devices are used by its staff. Previously, the Pentagon staff only used to have BlackBerry devices, but recently the department a...
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BlackBerry World Now Boasts More Than 120,000 Apps
By: Jeff Stewart | May 16th, 2013 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
When BlackBerry was gearing up to launch its latest BlackBerry 10 platform at the start of this year, one of the top priorities of the Waterloo-based company was to launch it with a decent number of apps so it could lure more users. The Canadian smartphone manufacturer promised that it will launch the next-gen BB10 platform w...
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BlackBerry Reveals Q5, The First Mid-Range BB10 Smartphone for Select Overseas Markets
By: Jeff Stewart | May 16th, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
After releasing two high-end smartphones, BlackBerry has now launched its first mid-range handset, the Q5, which is powered by the latest BB10 OS from the Canadian company. BlackBerry CEO, Thorsten Heins, revealed the new Q5 with its physical QWERTY keyboard on Tuesday, May 14th at BlackBerry Live, the annual conference of the company. In fact, the two physical QWERTY smartphones from BlackBerry ...
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Nokia Launches Windows-Based Lumia 925 Smartphone with Metal Casing
By: Jeff Stewart | May 16th, 2013 | News, Smartphones
Finally the much rumoured Windows-based smartphone with a metal body from Nokia makes its debut on Tuesday, May 14th when the Finnish mobile manufacturer announced the Lumia 925 handset that sports a 4.5-inch super bright AMOLED screen and an enhanced low-light camera which certainly gives it an edge over its predecessors. The Nex...
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