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Canadian Firm Espial Experiences Further Losses in Third Quarter
0By: Kevin Green | November 15th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Espial, an Ottawa based local digital TV and IPTV software and solutions supplier, reported its third quarter results late last week. Unfortunately for the firm, the report was negative with a drop in revenues causing the company’s profit margins to shrink. Espial stated an 18 per cent decrease in total revenues to $3.1 million from the $3.8 ...
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Google Owned YouTube Updates App For Second Screen Experience With Google TV
By: Kevin Green | November 15th, 2012 | Android, Business, Google, Mobile Apps, News
YouTube has released a new app for Android powered devices which pairs with Google TV on the same wireless network. This second screen experience will allow users seamlessly move videos from their tablets or mobiles onto a big screen TV in their living room. Mario Queiroz, Google
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Fender Launches Apple-Compatible Guitar That Can Be Plugged In To iOS or PC
By: Kevin Green | November 15th, 2012 | Apple, Gadgets, iOS, News
On Monday, November 12 legendary guitar-maker Fender released their latest product, the Squier Stratocaster with mini-USB output. The electric guitar allows the user to plug it directly into a PC or iOS device. This ability lets any user record and manipulate their music digitally without the help of expensive studio equipment, a boon for aspiri...
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DogVacay Gets $6 Million is Series A Funding For Its Dog Sitting Service
By: Kevin Green | November 15th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
California based startup DogVacay has married dog boarding services to the sharing economy trend and announced on November 13 that their firm had gotten $6 million in Series A funds from Benchmark Capital. Previously, DogVacay received $1 million for an initial seed round from S...
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In Flight Internet Firm Gogo Improves Services With New Antennas
By: Kevin Green | November 15th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News
In flight internet service provider Gogo is going to be using new antennas to improve internet speeds and also allow more people to surf the web simultaneously on multiple air carriers. According to the company, the new equipment will not only double overall network capacity, it will also triple peak speeds. This will allow more ...
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NEC Launches Cloud Based Facial Recognition Service For Japanese Retailers
By: Kevin Green | November 15th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News
Facial recognition software is nothing new as developers have been working diligently to develop faster and more accurate version of the system for years. The technology has never truly taken off, but Japanese firm NEC hopes to change that with their $880 per month service that lets retailers in Japan profile customers utilizing facial recognition...
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Latest App Update Enables Android Devices to Connect with Google TV Wirelessly
By: Jeff Stewart | November 15th, 2012 | Android, Apple, Gadgets, Google, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones, Tablets
There is no doubt that YouTube is a premier video sharing website under the Google umbrella that streams millions of videos each month, but in spite of this fact, none of the big companies, be it Microsoft, Apple or others have tried to take it to the big screen. As a result of that, YouTube is still mostly viewed on PCs or inefficiently on WiFi enabled video game consoles and televisions. &nbs...
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Google’s New Office in Downtown Toronto is an Absolute Marvel
By: Jeff Stewart | November 15th, 2012 | Android, Business, Google, Health, Living, News, O Canada
Google is not only known for introducing various new services and products for their customers, they also seem to amaze the employees of other organization as well as their own thanks to their distinctive setup within their offices. The latest example of their imagination and attention to detail is Google’s recently opened space ...
