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Google Breakdown Causes Drastic Drop in Online Traffic, Details Still Not Revealed
0By: Talha Bhatti | August 17th, 2013 | Business, Google, News
A massive breakdown occurred over the entire World Wide Web this past Friday, 16th of August when users could not access Google websites or its services for the best part of 5 minutes as online traffic plunged by 40%. This statistic was due to a complete breakdown of Google services according to web analytic experts. According to a ...
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Xbox One Finally Launched
By: Zain Nabi | August 16th, 2013 | Games, News
After a delay that was hard to pass Microsoft has finally launched Xbox One. Currently they are launching Xbox One in 13 countries instead of 21 as planned before. The main goal of the Xbox team is to provide everything from games to entertainment to its customers. Other than the 13 markers where Xbox will be available now, it will feature in other markets of the world in coming Novem...
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Annual iPhone Photography Contest Includes Canadian Winner
By: Talha Bhatti | August 16th, 2013 | Apple, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The results are in folks for the prestigious iPhone photography contest that is held every year celebrating the colors of life. This is not your ordinary every day contest. Thousands of pictures were sent and an enormous group of dazzling pictures were received. Out of the whole lot a few were chosen amongst different categories to be the winners. The annual iPhone Photography Awards ...
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Startup Weekend EDU Concludes in Toronto With Learning Loop Taling Top spot with SmartyPants and Fieldr in Second and Third
By: Talha Bhatti | August 16th, 2013 | Business, News
Startup Weekend EDU, first ever in Canada was held past week. It was a memorable experience for many as it gave a chance to startups to showcase their skills on a recognized platform. The weekend concluded late this past Sunday, 11th August, after a 54 hour long weekend for all those who participated in the event. Newly formed ...
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Air Canada’s Anounces Season Flights from Montreal to San Fransisco year-round
By: Talha Bhatti | August 16th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Friday, August 9th proved to be a big day for Air Canada when the company announced that they would be extending their services from Montreal to San Fransisco throughout the year instead of being seasonal. Montreal tech members, Startups and specific venture capital firms will be glad to see this change; a breath of fresh air perhaps. TechVibes rep...
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Canadian Government Ignores Campaign by Rogers, Telus and Bell
By: Talha Bhatti | August 16th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Recently the Canadian government has declared that it intends to encourage healthy competition in Canada in the telecom sector rather than accepting the demands of Rogers, Telus and Bell. Previously, these three telecom giants camp...
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Startup Weekend EDU Showcases 12 Startup Presentations
By: Talha Bhatti | August 16th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Startup Weekend was organized over the past weekend which was meant to bring up creative new ideas in the field of education and develop them. TechVibes reports that, “This year’s event brought out over 100 participants. 40 pitched startup ideas disrupting everything from the used textbook market to online video le...
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Pan-Canadian Pitch Training Workshop for IT Startups To Start in September
By: Talha Bhatti | August 16th, 2013 | Business, News
In September, FounderFuel general manager Ian Jeffrey and Real Ventures investor, John Stokes will be on a tour for a week and will be carrying out a series of training workshops called the Pan-Canadian Pitch Training Workshop for IT Startups. “The tour will allow startups and entrepreneurs to learn from two of the Canada’s more active accelerator coaches. The PITCH IT Workshop...
