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Norwegian Firm Thinfilm Selected as Runner-up for Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award
0By: Talha Bhatti | October 23rd, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News
Thin Film Electronics ASA sent out a press release earlier this month announcing that the start-up had been named a runner-up by The Wall Street Journal for the Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award. Thinfilm received the acc...
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Orascom Takes Over Canadian Wireless Startup Wind Mobile
By: Talha Bhatti | October 23rd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Wind Mobile was officially taken over by its foreign financial backers on October 21 as a part of a deal that will create the first fully foreign-owned wireless carrier in Canada. The struggling start-up will also get the advantage of having half a billion dollars worth of interest written off as part of the agreement....
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Buzzam Radio is Looking to Revolutionize Radio As We Know It
By: Ali Raza | October 23rd, 2012 | Apple, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones
With the passage of time radio seems to be vanishing away from our lives. Observers believe that satellite TV and the latest smartphones have together diminished this service out of our daily routine. However, Greg Starling the COO and President of Buzzam Radio thinks otherwise. According to him, "Millions have become frustrated with 'ol...
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AMD Discharges 15% of its Labour Force as Profits Slide in Third Quarter
By: Jeff Stewart | October 23rd, 2012 | Business, News
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a PC chip maker that once used to stand among the most profitable companies in the world, has posted a net loss of $157-million in Q3 of this fiscal year. A year ago, the Sunnyvale, California based company was earning decent profits, having posted profits of $97 million at the time, thus ma...
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[RUMOR] – 13-inch MacBook Pro With Retina Display Will Cost $500 More Than its Predecessor
By: Ali Raza | October 23rd, 2012 | Apple, iOS, News, Tablets
Apple’s next media event is scheduled for Tuesday and the rumours regarding the affair are lighting the online world on fire. The latest buzz related to the much anticipated iPad Mini launch event is the speculation that the 13-inch version of Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina Display will also be showcased. According to fresh reports it is expected that the price of the 13-inch MacBo...
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Canada’s Telecom Watchdog CRTC Issues New Guidelines for Companies
By: Jeff Stewart | October 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released two bulletins that feature guidelines for Canadian businesses in an attempt to raise awareness of the anti-spam laws of the country. In announcing the guidelines CRTC said that they expect the legislation to come into force in 2013. ...
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Wi-Lan Inc. Files Law Suit Against Toshiba for Patent Infringement
By: Jeff Stewart | October 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Patent rights enable companies, firms and individuals to use specific technologies exclusively, and if someone violates these rights they can take action against them in the court of law. Such legal proceedings are becoming more common with the passage of time, especially within the information and technology industry (see Apple and Samsung he...
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Stripe Connect Aims To Simply Payment Processing Online
By: Kevin Green | October 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Stripe, an online payment system developer has launched Stripe Connect as of October 10 to serve as a tool that eliminates as many extra steps as possible to simplify the acceptance of mobile payments for various retailers.. The new system lets e-commerce sites that want to accept online ...
