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SaskTel Launching 4G LTE Network In Saskatchewan
0By: Talha Bhatti | January 31st, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation (SaskTel) will be launching a cutting edge 4G LTE network on Thursday, January 31. The province has double the number of towers for LTE than other networks and the SaskTel service should be 33 percent faster compared to what other providers are offering in the area. For now the new network w...
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Facebook’s Fourth Quarter Earning Reports Show Mobile Zooming Past Web
By: Talha Bhatti | January 31st, 2013 | Business, News, Social Media
The publicly traded social network, Facebook, recently revealed data about its fourth quarter of 2012. The company impressed with a 40 percent increase in revenue along with an increase in mobile users. The stats presented by the company showed that for the first time in the company's history, users accessing the service through mobile had out...
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Honda Announces Siri Eyes Free Functionality for 2013 Acura RDX / ILX and Accord Models
By: Ali Raza | January 31st, 2013 | Apple, Cars, iOS, News
When Apple revealed Siri Eyes Free for the first time during the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference, the California-based company made it known that it had already signed partnership deals with more than nine automakers to incorporate the technology into their cars. One of these automakers was
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LG’s Smart Televisions and Nexus 4 give Fourth Quarter Earnings a Boost Despite Overall Loss
By: Ali Raza | January 31st, 2013 | Business, News, Smartphones
Unlike fellow South Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung, the other consumer giant from Korea, LG, was not able to post impressive earnings during Q4 of the previous year. The second largest electronics corporation in Korea declared a disappointing net loss of $428.96 ...
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ICF Names Two Canadian Cities Among the Top 7 “Intelligent Communities” of 2013
By: Ali Raza | January 31st, 2013 | Living, News, O Canada
Canadians should be extremely pleased to know that two cities made it to the ICF 2013 Top 7 “Intelligent Communities” in the world. The Intelligent Community Forum has just named the top seven communities for the year including Oulu, Finland; Columbus, USA; Stratford, Canada; Taoyuan County, Taiwan; Tallinn, Es...
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Nokia says “Blackberries make a great snack” but Lumia is Superior
By: Ali Raza | January 31st, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
Waterloo-based Research In Motion that is now known as BlackBerry and has launched its much awaited next generation all-touch BlackBerry Z10 smartphone yesterday, January 30 and Nokia Canada did not waste any time to take a first jab. The Finnish mobile phone manufa...
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The Weather Network Releases New App for BlackBerry 10 Platform
By: Jeff Stewart | January 31st, 2013 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion had earlier stated that by the time they launched BlackBerry 10 and related devices, there would be over 70,000 apps available on the BlackBerry World app store. The Canadian company did not mention how many major apps would make it to the final list, but famous weather app,
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70,000 Apps in Store, BlackBerry Still Needs More
By: Zain Nabi | January 31st, 2013 | Mobile Apps, Smartphones
Although the BlackBerry 10 was launched with 70,000 apps, which is significant improvement over its previous models, it still needs more apps in its store if it wants to beat its competitors. Admittedly, the number of apps does not define the success scale of a smartphone and in fact quality of apps is considered when it comes to rating the phone, but BlackBerry’s competitors have a...
