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Research Shows that Canada Still Loves Blackberry as Buyers Await BB10 Devices
0By: Jeff Stewart | October 18th, 2012 | Android, Apple, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
With the upcoming introduction of RIM’s latest smartphones and Blackberry 10 platform, the company faces an uphill battle as the majority of Americans and Canadians are buying iOS and Android devices at breakneck speed. Until BB10 and its smartphones hit the market, Blackberry’s current models are not offering much to users, plus these m...
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Canadian Mobile Meeting and Event App Maker QuickMobile Receives $3.3 Million Funding Round
By: Kevin Green | October 18th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
QuickMobile made public on earlier this week that it had closed a successful round of funding that raised $3.3 million for their event management start-up. The Vancouver based company offers mobile solutions for users that are having problems managing meetings and events of all sizes and types. The latest cash injection follows $2.6 millio...
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Pheed Offers Best Of All Social Networks In One Paltform
By: Kevin Green | October 18th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, Social Media
Pheed is a new social network that wants to bring together text, image and video content creation and sharing onto one platform. The startup launched its web based version on October 12 and will be releasing its iPhone app fairly soon. Currently, smartphone owners are using their phones to take pictures, write text-based messages o...
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[Report] CBC Music Loses More Money Than it Actually Earns
By: Ali Raza | October 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Monetizing online music is a grave problem faced by those in the field nowadays and it is adversely affecting the industry in Canada. The most recent example of this is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) that faces the double edged sword of meager earnings from its music content offset by high costs for the rights to said music. The earnings of this firm can be judged from the numbers whi...
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Canadians Can Get Their Hands On Microsoft Surface Tablet For $520
By: Talha Bhatti | October 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Tablets
Microsoft is getting ready to launch its much talked about Windows 8 operating system along with a host of devices that run the software. One of the most hotly anticipated devices is the Surface tablet which is expected to compete directly against Apple’s iPad and will be ready for sale on...
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The Globe and Mail Paywall Model “Globe Unlimited” To Be Launched At End Of October
By: Talha Bhatti | October 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian newspaper, The Globe and Mail, stated on October 14 that they will be using a new pay model for their digital media and content called Globe Unlimited. The Canada based news outlet had made comments earlier in the year that it planned on creating a paywall system in order to increase revenue and today’s announcement seems to ...
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Canada To Get Microsoft’s Streaming Music Service “Xbox Music” With Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8
By: Talha Bhatti | October 17th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Microsoft is gearing up for a tremendous marketing blitz as the launch date for Windows 8 approaches. The technology giant has been giving out tid-bits of information as the buildup continues and the latest news is that Canada and 22 other countries around the world that get Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 products can access Xbox Music on Octo...
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Instagram Will Release App for BlackBerry 10
By: Talha Bhatti | October 17th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Social Media
CrackBerry reported on October 12 that Instagram will be released for BlackBerry 10. However, there has been no official announcement from Facebook, the owners of the social photo sharing site Instagram. The CrackBerry news release is the exact opposite of what
