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FCC Passes Mystery BlackBerry 10 Powered Device With LTE Support
0By: Talha Bhatti | December 31st, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Before any smartphone can make it on to the market in North America the devices have to go through a rigorous inspection from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). History has shown that when the FCC clears a smartphone for release it inadvertently ends up giving away internal specifications that have not been made public. The FCC has lived...
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Two Canadian Government Computers’ Security Breached By Hacker
By: Talha Bhatti | December 31st, 2012 | News, O Canada
It was recently revealed that two Canadian government computers were being accessed by a hacker for days before the security threat was reported to Shared Services Canada by a “trusted source”. After the breach of security was uncovered the Public Works and Government Services Canada computers underwent a forensic analysis. The security report that was filed after investigation revealed that t...
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Samsung Planning to Build New Sales and R&D Centre On 1.1 Million Square Foot Area In Silicon Valley
By: Jeff Stewart | December 29th, 2012 | News
Apple's planned 1 million square foot Spaceship like head quarters in California made headlines several weeks ago and now its Samsung’s turn to grab the attention with its gleaming, extravagant and stylish 1.1 million square foot office space that the South Korean electronics manufacture...
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YouTube Removes Fraudulent Views From Prominent Channels Except VEVO
By: Ali Raza | December 29th, 2012 | Google, News
YouTube did some end of year cleaning as it removed bot views from channels so that the fraudulent views did not count towards a video total. The fraudulent views were taken away from prominent channels that belong to RCA Records, Universal Music Group and Sony BMG. In addition to this, a lot of music-related content that was not properly licensed or ...
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Samsung Requests ITC To Impose U.S. Import And Sales Ban On Several Ericsson Products
By: Jeff Stewart | December 29th, 2012 | Business, News
The patent war between the South Korean electronics giant Samsung and one of the biggest telecom manufacturers of Sweden, Ericsson, has escalated further after maker of the Galaxy SIII smartphone filed a complaint with U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to impose U.S. import and sal...
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Amazon and Google Expected To Clash In More Sectors In 2013
By: Jeff Stewart | December 29th, 2012 | Android, Business, Google, News, Smartphones, Tablets
The Amazon and Google rivalry is expected to escalate further as we step in 2013 because both technology companies are set to meet each other head on in more sectors including cloud computing, ecommerce, hardware and advertising. Google earns a majority of its income from online a...
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Google Once Again Extends Free Voice Call Service For Gmail Users in Canada and U.S.
By: Jeff Stewart | December 29th, 2012 | Google, News, O Canada
Google is getting good at giving its fans an users Christmas gifts and this year the search giant made the announcement that Gmail users in Canada and the U.S. can once again make free local voice calls through their Gmail chat widget until the end of 2013. The service should let users call ...
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Instagram Unveils Most-Photographed Sites of 2012
By: Jeff Stewart | December 29th, 2012 | Mobile Apps, News, Social Media
The popular mobile photo sharing social network Instagram has finally revealed the list of the most-photographed sites in the world. Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport was ranked as the top posted photo on Instagram which is instersting since the city also has the most number of Facebook users than any other place in the world. Su...
