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RIM Stocks See Jump As Markets Optimistic Of BB10 Launch
0By: Kevin Green | November 26th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Canadian technology giant, Research In Motion's stock price has rallied in the last few days as the the launch date of the struggling firm's new operating system and smartphones approaches. With the BlackBerry 10 and related devices expected to hit the market by early next year, the makers of the famed BlackBerry devices has seen its stocks jump ne...
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Vancouver Convinces Hootsuite To Stay In City With Head-Office Deal
By: Kevin Green | November 26th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson has worked out a deal with social-media startup Hootsuite to keep the rapidly expanding company’s head quarters in the Canadian city. On November 22, city officials announced that Hootsuite would purchase a building in Mount Pleasant from the city of Vancouver through a lease-to-own agreement. Mayor Roberts...
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Fairfax Financial’s Huge Gamble Paid Off as RIM’s Stock Price Finally Surged Up
By: Ali Raza | November 24th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion (RIM)’s shares were trading around $15 when Chief Executive of Fairfax Financial, Prem Watsa decided to purchase 14 million shares of this company back in January this year. After this deal, Watsa, who is respectfully known as “Canada’s W...
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Rogers States Android OS 4.1 Jelly Bean for Samsung Galaxy S III Will Now Release in “Early December”
By: Jeff Stewart | November 24th, 2012 | Android, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Canadians who have bought the recently released Samsung Galaxy S III are using Android OS v4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. As you can imagine or even understand from personal experience, users in Canada are eagerly awaiting the latest version of Android Operating System - 4.1 Jelly Bean.
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Facebook Releases Trial Version of Photo Sync Feature for iOS Users
By: Ali Raza | November 24th, 2012 | Android, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones, Social Media, Tablets
Facebook's team seems quite active these days as with each passing day they seem to either be introducing a new app or feature for their users. Most recently, the social networking company released a trial version of a Photo Sync feature for their iOS users. The function of this latest feature from the leading social website is that when a user switches on the Photo Sync, his or h...
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Chango Successfully Raises $12 Million and Offers New Positions
By: Ali Raza | November 23rd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Toronto based search re-targeting firm Chango announced yesterday that it has successfully secured $12 million in financial support with existing backers Rho Canada Ventures, iNovia, Mantella Venture Partners, Extreme Venture Partners and Meta...
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Nokia and HTC Windows Phone 8 Users are Encountering Freezing and Reboot Issues – Report
By: Ali Raza | November 23rd, 2012 | Gadgets, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones
Nokia and HTC have launched their much anticipated Windows Phone 8 mobile devices, the respective Lumia 920 and 8X. However, instead of giving users a unique and joyful experience, both devices from the respected hardware specialists have put their owner...
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Apple Launches its First Ever “Refurbished Outlet” on eBay
By: Ali Raza | November 23rd, 2012 | Apple, Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Tablets
Now you can buy Apple’s refurbished products directly from eBay. The most interesting thing about the agreement is that this special page on the consumer-to-consumer corporation is labelled as a “Refurbished Outlet”, promoting the sale of quality used product. This suggests that Apple which has produced top products like the iPod, iPad, and iPhone have now o...
