• Nintendo Wii U Coming To North America On November 18

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   September 28th, 2012   |   Gadgets, Games, News, O Canada

    November 18 will be a big day for Nintendo fans as the Wii U officially lands in North America. 23 titles for the handheld console will also be available at the same time to coincide with the hardware release. Some of the video games that will be on the shelves will include names like Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, New Super Mario Bros. U, and FIFA Soccer 13. A minigame collection called Nintendo Lan...

  • SocialFollows Aims To Make Social Media Dashboard Intuitive

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   September 28th, 2012   |   News, O Canada, Social Media

    Social networks and other social platforms have become a major focus of marketers and companies looking to get in touch with customers. However, dealing with many different platforms and accounts can be a confusing task for companies of any size. The fact that each social website also has its own interface and content system, updating even a few accounts can become troublesome. Several start ups h...

  • comScore Reports That Instagram Got More Mobile Visitors Than Twitter In August

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   September 28th, 2012   |   Business, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones

    Twitter was delivered some bad news thanks to a mobile measurement from Canadian firm comScore which statedthat smartphone users in the U.S. visited Instagram more often and for a longer period of time than Twitter. The report was for the of August and was the first time that social network Instagram surpassed micro-blogging site Twitter in mobile visitors.   comScore mentioned that 7.3...

  • Bing And Klout Work Together To Provide More Focus On Social Influence

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   September 28th, 2012   |   Business, News, Social Media

    Microsoft, the developer and distributor of the Windows Operating System, has penned a new partnership with California based startup Klout. In a joint announcement to the press the companies described the nature of cooperation in which Klout’s data will be used in Microsoft’s

  • Samsung To Host Galaxy Note 2 Launch Party In NYC

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   September 28th, 2012   |   Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets

    Samsung will be looking to make the most of the upcoming shopping season announcing yesterday that they will be holding a launch party for the Galaxy Note II in New York on October 24. The Korean electronics manufacturer had already announced at IFA Berlin that the device was making its way to Canada and the U.S. sometime soon,  but the laun...

  • IBM’s Watson To Increase Exposure By Utilizing The Cloud

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   September 28th, 2012   |   Business, News

    IBM’s supercomputer named Watson became a national phenomenon when it won Jeopardy by beating its human competitors by huge margins. At the time most people only thought of Watson’s Cognitive System as a novelty but IBM had big plans for their marvel of a computer system...

  • Apple Looking for Another $707 Million From Samsung for Patent Infringement

    By: Kuljit Grewal  |   September 27th, 2012   |   Apple, Business, Smartphones

    According to Reuters, Apple Inc. continues to be hell bent on squeezing every dollar it possibly can from Korean tech giant Samsung regarding patent infringements. The Cupertino based company has asked for a court order requesting the permanent ban of Samsung products that have been de...

  • Barrie, Ontario Gets $90 Million Dollar IBM Canada Leadership Data Centre

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   September 27th, 2012   |   Business, News, O Canada

    On September 21 the iconic American firm, IBM, made a joint announcement with the Canadian government about the launch of the IBM Canada Leadership Data Centre. Supported by the local governments of the cities of Barrie and Ottawa, the center is being call...