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PET Scans Could Help Track Brain Injuries, Study Says
0By: Zain Nabi | January 23rd, 2013 | Health, News
A study recently published in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry suggests that PET scans might help track brain injuries in athletes and soldiers while they are still alive. A disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is said to be responsible for death of many athletes and other people who suffer head injuries that are not even concussion. The brain autopsy aft...
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Facebook Graph Search Validates Wajam, Says Authorities
By: Zain Nabi | January 23rd, 2013 | News, Social Media
Montreal-based Wajam, a search engine that gives you more personalised results of your search, believes that Facebook’s new graph search has validated the work it has been doing. ...
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Tonido Makes Sharing Easier
By: Zain Nabi | January 23rd, 2013 | News
Tonido, a personal cloud, launched by CodeLathe has made sharing of data a lot easier than before as users will now be able to access and use their smartphone files on their computers and vice versa without having restrictions in terms of file size or overall space. This cloud is available for desktop computers as well as for smar...
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Wal-Mart will make RIM’s BB10 Devices Available for Sale in Canadian Stores
By: Ali Raza | January 23rd, 2013 | Android, Apple, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion has paid a lot of attention to developing the software and hardware for it upcoming Blackberry 10 platform. The struggling Canadian company has also concentrated on other avenues to ensure the success of its product. RIM has formed alliances with several high profile companies which will help the Waterloo based firm jum...
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Toronto Based Top Hat Monocle Secures $1.1 Million In Funding from Felicis Ventures
By: Jeff Stewart | January 23rd, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The “web-based clicker and online homework tool,” Top Hat Monocle has gained $1.1 million in cash after a recent funding round was concluded. The latest cash investment is not as big compared to the $8 million the Toronto based company managed to pull during last year’s Series A round, but the startup still conside...
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Microsoft Considering Buying Into Dell Deal
By: Talha Bhatti | January 23rd, 2013 | Business, News
News outlets in the US are reporting that software giant, Microsoft, is now part of negotiations to purchase beleaguered computer manufacturer Dell. According to CNBC and The Wall Street Journal maker of the popular Windows operating system, Microsoft, is looking to become part of plans to take Dell private. The software giant will invest in the ...
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France Looks to Tax Companies Collecting User Data
By: Umair Yousuf | January 22nd, 2013 | Business
With the world economy still reeling from the global economic crisis, governments are looking at new ways to generate more funds with France having come up with a novel proposal to “tax the internet”. According to a report in the New York Times, the French are looking at ways to tax American companies that dominate its digital economy but pay next to nothing to the governme...
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Montreal Based Dawson College Expels Student After He Reports Security Flaw In Computer System
By: Talha Bhatti | January 22nd, 2013 | News, O Canada
Ahmed Al-Khabaz has been expelled from Dawson College in Montreal after he reported a security loophole in a system that many Quebec CEGEPs (General and Vocational Colleges) utilize. The 20-year old computer science student's identification of the flaw kept 250,000 students personal data safe which other wise would have been exposed to...
