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WORD IS: New iPhone to be Announced September 12
0By: Kuljit Grewal | August 1st, 2012 | Apple, Business, News, Smartphones
According to two sources with knowledge on the matter, Apple Inc. will be announcing their most anticipated device ever; the iPhone 5 on September 12 of this year. The fall date is in line with some of the company’s previous product launches, allowing the holiday season to drive sales numbers. The revamped device is expected to feature a larger sc...
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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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Mark Zuckerberg Denies Facebook Phone…Sorta
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 29th, 2012 | Android, Business, News, Smartphones, Social Media
At another recent Facebook milestone, its first earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg was asked about the rumours surrounding his company and the potential for them to be creating a phone for release in 2013, as reported by TQ. Zuckerberg replied “There are lots of things that you can build in other...
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New Photos Reveal What Might Be iPhone 5 Design
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 29th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Smartphones
According to Mashable and BGR, photos may have emerged of what appears to be the final design of the highly anticipated iPhone 5. The photos, which come courtesy of coolzonepda.com.cn indicated a device that matches various rumours that have been swirling re...
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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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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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Square Continues to Score Major Funding and Valuations
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 27th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones, Tablets
Mobile payments appears to be the next industry for tech giants Google and Apple, however a relatively young player is making a splash in a big way. Square, who feature a signature bite sized card reader that plugs into the earphone jack of iPhones and iPads to read and instantly process credit card payments is the biggest name in mobile payments today. ...
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Payment Platform Braintree is Coming to Canada
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 26th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Wildly popular e-commerce and m-commerce payment platform Braintree, is expanding their services internationally. The overall expansion will span 30 countries including Canada, Australia and the UK among others. Braintree offers simple and effective mobile and online payment solutions for over 2000 companies including start-ups like
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WORD IS: Facebook Enlisting HTC to Build a Phone for Mid-2013
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 26th, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones, Social Media
According to several sources with intimate knowledge of the goings on, Facebook (FB) has enlisted the help of manufacturer HTC Corp. in order to create a Smartphone. The device is expected to be released in mid-2013 to allow HTC to focus on various other products beforehand. Alth...
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Taking a Bite Out of Apple’s Q3 Results
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 25th, 2012 | Apple, Business, News, Smartphones, Tablets
Although 26 million iPhones and 17 million iPads sounds like a lot of units, Apple fell victim to their own success when they were unable to meet analysts’ incredibly lofty sales estimates. The company reported $35 billion in revenues for the months of April to June along with $8.8 billion in net profit ($9.32 per diluted share). Revenue was expected to be $37.25 billion, but hey, nobody is perf...
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