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70% Of Canadian Firms Have No BYOD Policy
0By: Talha Bhatti | September 27th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
The rapid acceptance of mobile devices by the general population has seen smartphones and tablets making their way into the work place. In most cases, employers that wish their employees to stay connected with the office at critical periods of work issue their employee specific devices or allow them to keep certain devices that meet certain requirements. The latest trend that is sweeping many comp...
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CMF Joins Hands With comScore To Launch Digital Analytix For Its Digital Media Projects
By: Kevin Green | September 27th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
On September 19th the Canada Media Fund (CMF) revealed that it had partnered with internet analytics firm, comScore, to deploy an automated digital media measurement tool. The relationship will entail comScore providing technical expertise and operational support to the CMF and its applic...
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Mobile Print and Scan App For iOS and BlackBerry Launched By Canon Canada
By: Kevin Green | September 27th, 2012 | Business, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Every day more and more business professionals are storing data and files on their smartphones. This allows them flexibility and ease of use in the increasingly mobile workplace. Canon Canada has identified a growing need for busy people to connect to printers with their mobile devices and has released a mobile printing app for
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BLiNQ Networks Raises $10 Million To Grow Mobile Backhaul Business
By: Kevin Green | September 27th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Ottawa based BLiNQ Networks Inc develops next-generation intelligent wireless backhaul solutions. Last week, the company recently announced that on September 19 they had secured $10 million in equity funding. BLiNQ hopes to put the money to good use by using it to expand its business footprint globally. A large bulk of the cash will also ...
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Crowdcube CEO Coming To Technicity To Speak About Equity Crowd Sourcing
By: Talha Bhatti | September 27th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Darren Westlake, the co-founder and current CEO of the UK-based Crowdcube, will be making his way to the 2012 Technicity summit in Toronto on November 29. The head of the world's first equity crowd-funding website will be giving a talk about his experience and thoughts on the the cur...
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Quantum-Nano Centre To Open Soon At University of Waterloo
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Gadgets, News, O Canada
Mike Lazaridis, the founder and former CEO of Canadian technology giant Research In Motion (RIM), has funded a new initiative called the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre which...
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Rogers Looks to Launch Digital Wallets and Virtual Credit Cards
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
The Canadian Telecommunication giant, Rogers, has made public plans to launch a virtual wallet that will contain a credit card. The news confirms the continued push into the mobile payments category for the Canadian Wireless service provider. Nadir Mohamed, CEO for Rogers, gave a speech at the Canadian Club in Montreal and then spok...
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Founders Of BioWare Announce Retirement After 20 Years In The Video Game Industry
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Games, News, O Canada
On September 18, the video game industry heard the unexpected announcement that the two founders of the electronic entertainment firm BioWare were retiring. Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk founded the company and will be leaving the video game industry after 20 years. The two friends and video game enthusiasts put their farewell letters on BioWare...
