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Alberta Enterprise Becomes Limited Partner of Accelerate Fund with $10 Million Investment
0By: Ali Raza | November 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
According to the latest announcement from Alberta Enterprise, the firm has put in $10 million into the early stage, angel co-investment fund Accelerate Fund. As a result of this investment Alberta Enterprise has now become a limited partner in the fund, leveraging their cap...
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University of Toronto Research Uses Deep Neural Networks to Help Speak Chinese Without Ever Learning it
By: Ali Raza | November 16th, 2012 | Living, News, O Canada
A tremendous amount of progress has been made in speech related technology over the past few years, leading to tremendous breakthroughs in the field. One such feat is the result of collaborative effort between the University of Toronto and Microsoft. The two parties recently releases a research report confirming that they were successful in enabling people to “speak” Chinese (Mandarin) in thei...
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iPad App Reception Messenger Could Replace Your Receptionist
By: Ali Raza | November 16th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, News, Tablets
New and impactful innovations pop up more frequently than ever before, many of which aim to enhance the way businesses function by automatic and simplifying daily tasks. For the most part, these changes are not only convenient, but incredibly cost effective as compared to the functions they supersede. Following a similar concept, Springwise...
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Konekt.me – A Networking Website for Creative Professionals
By: Ali Raza | November 16th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Today there are several websites on the interweb that enable users to create or maintain their profile for professional purposes in order to expand their network, enhance their career and grow. Of these professional networking websites, LinkedIn currently ranks highest in terms of name recognition and popularity. While LinkedIn and other prof...
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Wireless Researchers Claim Terrorists Can Take Down Emergency LTE Networks Easily and Cheaply
By: Kevin Green | November 16th, 2012 | Gadgets, News
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in the U.S. has gotten some frighteningly bad news as a paper filed with the gov...
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Aaron Sorkin Says Steve Jobs Biography Will Be Comprised of Three Backstage Scenes From Apple Product Events
By: Kevin Green | November 16th, 2012 | Apple, News
Well known Hollywood screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin, talked about his upcoming Steve Jobs biography at the Hero Summit which is a “theatrical-journalism event.” During the interview Sorkin stated that the entire film would be divided in to three 30 minute scenes that will be set backstage at an
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Samsung Refutes Claims They are Increasing Prices of Apple’s iPhone and iPad Processors
By: Ali Raza | November 16th, 2012 | Apple, Business, iOS, News, Smartphones, Tablets
South Korean newspaper, Chosun Ilbo recently reported that Samsung had raised the prices of the processors that they make for Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices by 20 percent. The newspaper said that a person who has intimate knowledge of the deal between Samsung and Apple shared that, “Samsung Electronics recently asked Apple ...
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Communitech and Google Agree to Work as Partners to Mentor Canadian Technology Startups
By: Ali Raza | November 16th, 2012 | Business, Google, News, O Canada
Startups in Canada will be elated to know that the leading startup enabler inthe country Communitech and search engine giant Google jointly announced yesterday that they will now work as partners to mentor and help Canadian based technology startups grow and excel. ...
