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Canada Based Startup Privacy Analytics Raises Undisclosed Amount from VCs
0By: Jeff Stewart | November 6th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Accessing health care data has always posed a challenge for researchers in the healthcare industry due in large part to privacy concerns, as the breach of such personalized data could result in significant contingent liabilities while also potentially ruining the reputation and careers of those medical practitioners involved. However, the ability to harness high value healthcare data ...
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Peter Thiel Backed LightSail Energy Secures $37.3 Million Round D Investment
By: Jeff Stewart | November 6th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
Clean energy projects remain popular among big time investors, as returns in this sector have proven to be quite strong over time. However, in order to attract investors it is imperative that the alternate energy project should be both superior to current alternatives while also being feasible. Peter Thiel, the veteran entrepreneur and venture capitalist behind major projects including
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SRG Study Reveals That 27 Percent of Canadians Talk About TV Show Online
By: Jeff Stewart | November 6th, 2012 | Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Social Media
Today people around the globe are not only sharing their daily matters and general problems online with their friends and family members, they are also discussing the things they watch on television as well. According to the latest survey report from Toronto based Solutions Research Group (SRG), over 27 percent of internet users in Canada now c...
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Nexalogy and HootSuite Join Hands To Create Social Data Visualizer
By: Kevin Green | November 6th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Canadian social data analytics firm Nexalogy has announced that it has partnered with rising Canadian technology startup HootSuite to offer a new app that offers users a social media visualizer tool. In the announcement, Nexalogy CEO Claude Théoret, says that, “We are excited to...
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Hoperty App Aggregates New Real Estate Developments In Lower Mainland Vancouver
By: Kevin Green | November 6th, 2012 | News, O Canada
The Vancouver real estate market has experienced a lot of uncertainty for the past few years because of factors like the global economic slowdown and foreign investment creating aggressive demand constraints within the sector. All this can make buying a house quite confusing for new buyers with little experience in said market. Vancouver based Skyrocket has tried to give buyers a better option b...
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BoostTurbine Offers Solution For Mobile Charging During Disasters
By: Kevin Green | November 6th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, Smartphones
Hurricane Sandy caused billions of dollars in damage and left millions of people without power and communication for extended periods of time. Many people used cellphones to keep in touch with family, friends and rescue workers, but as the power outages went beyond the 24 hour mark several of those people went off the grid as their devices lost power. This problem was a major issue for people that...
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Report Indicates Apple May Discontinue Using Intel Chips and Build Their Own Processors Instead
By: Kevin Green | November 6th, 2012 | Apple, Business, News
In a recently released Bloomberg report, writers Adam Stariano, Peter Burrows, and Ian King claimed that California based technology giant Apple is looking to get rid of the Intel chips it currently uses ...
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Foursquare Updates Mobile App To Include New 1-10 Rating System
By: Kevin Green | November 6th, 2012 | Business, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Social Media
On November 5 start-up firm Foursquare announced its latest updates for the company’s iOS app available in the Apple iTunes store. The location based social network now allows users to see a rating of 1 to 10 next to venues that they encounter through the Explore function. This...
