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Samsung To Host Galaxy Note 2 Launch Party In NYC
0By: Talha Bhatti | September 28th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Samsung will be looking to make the most of the upcoming shopping season announcing yesterday that they will be holding a launch party for the Galaxy Note II in New York on October 24. The Korean electronics manufacturer had already announced at IFA Berlin that the device was making its way to Canada and the U.S. sometime soon, but the laun...
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70% Of Canadian Firms Have No BYOD Policy
By: Talha Bhatti | September 27th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
The rapid acceptance of mobile devices by the general population has seen smartphones and tablets making their way into the work place. In most cases, employers that wish their employees to stay connected with the office at critical periods of work issue their employee specific devices or allow them to keep certain devices that meet certain requirements. The latest trend that is sweeping many comp...
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Kobo Drops Price Of Arc Tablets And Cancels 8GB Version in Favour of 64GB Device
By: Talha Bhatti | September 22nd, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Tablets
Toronto based eBook seller, Kobo recently announced that they would soon be launching their own tablet called the Arc. The Kobo device was meant to help the Canadian firm take on competition like Amazon's Kindle. The initial announcement was that the tablet will have a 1.5 GHz dual core proces...
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Big Fish Unlimited Launches 100 Games For Android Tablets
By: Talha Bhatti | September 20th, 2012 | Games, News, Tablets
At the end of last month Big Fish Games launched its cloud gaming service for Android tablets. The gaming company’s latest news comes a mere month after launching the same service, called Big Fish Unlimited, for PCs with internet connections. The move to Android tabl...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Discusses Surface Tablet Pricing
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 20th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, Tablets
Microsoft’s upcoming Surface series of tablets (TQ was on it) is a foray into the unknown for the software giant as they attempt to offer world class hardware in an increasingly competitive industry. Although the d...
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Staples Cuts Prices for RIM’s 16GB Playbook To $99
By: Talha Bhatti | September 18th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Tablets
Research In Motion has been in a steep downfall over the past year as the companies iconic BlackBerry smartphone has lost market share to the likes of Apple, Google and Samsung. RIM was not g...
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Four Seasons Toronto Ready To Offer Free iPads and WiFi To All Guests
By: Talha Bhatti | September 17th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Tablets
The hotel business can be cutthroat and the slumping global economy has the industry looking for ways to keep their venue desirable to the ever shrinking group of customers. Slashing prices may not be something that every hotel can afford to do and many company managers are figuring out that it is better to give customers more bang for their buck. A tactic that is catching on quickly ...
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Monkey Business! Canadian Zoos are Using Apps to Teach Apes
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 15th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, Living, News, O Canada, Tablets
Of all the incredible uses and purposes mobile apps serve, the following is an amazing tale of how truly wide ranging apps’ audiences can be. Zookeepers across Canada and the U.S. are discovering that mobile apps can be used to train, educate and stimulate apes that call their zoos home. Mobile apps are being used as part of a large program called Apps for Apes being conducted at 12...
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Frontier Developments Building North American Office In Halifax, Canada
By: Talha Bhatti | September 14th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Tablets
Frontier Developments, a British Game development firm, has finalized Halifax, Canada as the location for their latest expansion. The Canadian office will be used as the company’s North American center and should facilitate the development of mobile and tablet games. The Cambridge, England based company selected Halifax because of several...
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Toys ‘R’ Us Rolls Out Tablet For Children
By: Talha Bhatti | September 12th, 2012 | Android, Business, Gadgets, News, Tablets
The iconic toy retailer, Toys ‘R’ Us, announced on September 10 that they will be releasing their own brand of tablets for children. The new device, named Tabeo, will sell for $149.99 and will only be available through Toys ‘R’ Us. The company has stated that Tabeo will go on sale by October 21, right in time for the Christmas shopping...
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