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Microsoft Sends Out Invites to Windows 8 And Windows Phone 8 Events
0By: Talha Bhatti | October 10th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News
When it comes to product announcements and launches, Apple rules the roost with its suspense filled invitations and genre changing products. Over the years Microsoft’s product announcements have been more straight forward and vanilla than competitors and do not have the glitz and glamour of other technology firms. However, this may be a ref...
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Samsung Smashes Quarterly Profit Records Thanks To Strong Galaxy SIII Sales
By: Talha Bhatti | October 10th, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones
South Korean electronics manufacturer, Samsung, has recently reported quarterly profits of $7.3 billion. The statement was made on Friday, October 5th and marks the fourth straight quarter of record earnings for the global leader in mobile devices. Samsung managed to double their profit from the same time last year and the latest rep...
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Google Maps API Gets Live Traffic Data As Service Reaches 800,000 Active User Mark
By: Talha Bhatti | October 10th, 2012 | Google, Mobile Apps, News
The much publicized issues with iOS6 Maps have given Google’s Map service a boost. The U.S. based search giant has capitalized the opportunity to promote its own maps service and recently announced that 800,000 websites and mobile apps are utilizing the Google Maps API to make their products more interactive and useful. Google felt that the mi...
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Rumours Indicate Google and LG to Release New Nexus Phone In November
By: Talha Bhatti | October 10th, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones
The critical Christmas shopping season has become a battlefield for smartphone manufacturers and many have timed their new device releases to coincide with the holiday season. Apple has already released its super hot iPhone 5 and other manufacturers like Nokia and HTC are expected to release their offerings soon. Of course the rumor mills are running on full blast and news of the latest devices is...
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Toronto Based Tunezy Using Crowd Funding to Give Recording Artists Alternatives to Large Record Labels
By: Kevin Green | October 9th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
The music industry has been going through a consistent decline for many years and the onslaught of piracy and newer digital delivery models have all but destroyed the traditional method of doing business. Record labels are seeing their revenues fall significantly and companies are either going belly up or are being acquired to form larger firms with larger collections of assets. These mega compani...
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CNET Reports That Google and Samsung Developing Larger Tablet To Take On Apple’s iPad
By: Kevin Green | October 9th, 2012 | Android, Gadgets, Google, News, Tablets
Technology news source CNET has reported that Google and Samsung are working on the Nexus 10 which will be a larger tablet similar in size to the the iPad. The report says that the device will be a 10.1-inch tablet and will be the up market version of the recently relea...
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U.S. Intelligence Committee Head Says Canada At Risk From Huawei And Chinese Cyber Spies
By: Kevin Green | October 9th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Following a security report released in the US, the head of the U.S. Intelligence Committee has asked Canadian firms to restrict their business activities with Chinese telecom manufacturer Huawei. On Monday, October 8, a report from the congressional committee called the large Chinese firm a threat to the security of the United States and the West as a whole. The report further asked companies in ...
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Deezer Secures $130 Million Investment From Access Industries
By: Kevin Green | October 9th, 2012 | Business, News
French news publication Le Figaro has recently reported that the music streaming service named Deezer has received approximately $130 million from Access Industries. The large injection of fu...
