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CEO of CWTA says Canadian Wireless Industry is More Competitive than What Professor Michael Geist Believes
0By: Ali Raza | March 30th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
At the start of this month the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Michael Geist, issued a report in which he had mentioned 10 reasons why the wireless market in Canada is “woefully uncompetitive.” Geist’s report gave birth to a new debate in the country which has b...
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BlackBerry Q4 Results: Analysts’ Response
By: Zain Nabi | March 29th, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry surprised many analysts by returning to profit in its Q4 report for fiscal 2013 that was released on Thursday. There had been predictions that the Canadian-based smartphone manufacturer would not be able to do well in the market, but the results show that even though BlackBerry lost its consumer base a bit, it was able to secure better revenue. The new Z10 smartphone that B...
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BlackBerry Chief Thorsten Heins Confident of Better Fiscal Year
By: Zain Nabi | March 29th, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
After posting relatively better results for the company in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, BlackBerry chief Thorsten Heins is optimistic about the company’s prospects in the next fiscal year, hoping the Canadian-based smartphone manufacturer will go on to register even better results in the days to come. BlackBerry announced results of the quarter on Thursday, presenting some odd...
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BlackBerry Posts Surprising Quarterly Results
By: Zain Nabi | March 29th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry has posted some surprising results in its fourth quarter report for the fiscal 2013 that was released on Thursday. Against expectations of many analysts, the Canadian-based company, apparently riding on the momentum its new smartphone, the Z10, created soon after its launch in January, registered a net profit of $98 million in the quarter. That noted, an equally stunning as...
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Gartner Report Indicates Increase In Global IT Spending For Next Two Years
By: Talha Bhatti | March 28th, 2013 | Business, News
Technology research and analysis firm Gartner recently released their annual projections for global spending on IT for the upcoming years. The study looks at a large swath of technology areas including hardware, software, enterprise and telecom to show that the world will keep spending more on IT for the next 2 years. The nu...
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BlackBerry’s Decision to Port Apps from Android Platform Proving Fruitful
By: Jeff Stewart | March 28th, 2013 | Android, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Just before the launch of BlackBerry 10 on US soil, the app store for the Waterloo-based company, BlackBerry World, managed to achieve the 100,000 app mark. This was an incredible feat for the company especially considering the fact that ...
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Squarespace Commerce Comes To Canada With Updated Service
By: Talha Bhatti | March 28th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
On March 27, Squarespace announced that they would be releasing Squarespace Commerce in Canada. The New York based startup offers a website publishing platform that gives users all the services they need from one account so that developing, design...
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Samsung Takes Another Cue from Apple and Introduces its Own Edition of iTunes Store
By: Ali Raza | March 28th, 2013 | Android, Apple, iOS, News, Smartphones, Tablets
Apple has been claiming for a long time that its biggest arch rival Samsung has always followed its footsteps and imitated its products. In fact due to this brawl, Apple has also dragged Samsung to the court of law when the California-based tech giant filed a pa...
