• Apple Sells More Than 5 Million iPhone 5 Units Over a Weekend and Shareholders Are Disappointed?

    By: Kuljit Grewal  |   September 25th, 2012   |   Apple, Business, iOS, News, Smartphones

    It has long been known that Apple has turned product launches and hype creation into an art form they excel in like no other. This is true no matter what side of Apple’s fence you stand on due to one simple fact…the numbers don’t lie.   According to a press release from Apple CEO Tim Cook, the company sold more than 5 million...

  • Guardly Mobile App Launched At OCAD University In Toronto

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   September 25th, 2012   |   Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones

    Toronto based art and design institute, OCAD University, has started offering its students the ‘Guardly Safe Campus’ mobile app for free. The safety tool escorts students around campus as a piece of software on their phone and lets the user to get in touch with campus security and other personnel during an emergency or other potentially danger...

  • Canadian Firm Offers Mobile Property Protection With New App

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   September 25th, 2012   |   Business, Gadgets, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones

    Security.ca is a Canadian security solution provider based in Ottawa that is using mobile technology to open up new markets. The firm has developed an automated inspection tool that is installed on a client's smartphone and then used to scan square QR codes. This will prompt the mobile app to bring up a check list relating to the item that has bee...

  • Global Online Payment Startup Stripe Expands To Canada

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   September 25th, 2012   |   Business, News, O Canada

    Any developer will tell you that integrating online payment modules for different processors globally can be a time consuming task. A start up named Stripe has tried to solve this by giving developers only one API to deal with so that integrating many different payment processors will be easier and significantly faster. After only one year, Stripe...

  • Canada Based Printchomp Showcases Its Business At TechCrunch Disrupt

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   September 25th, 2012   |   Business, News, O Canada

    A Canadian start-up by the name of Printchomp debuted at the Techcrunch Disrupt convention in San Francisco. The Waterloo based technology company was located in the Startup Alley section of the conference. Printchomp offers users an easier and much more efficient marketplace ...

  • SAIL Capital Advisory Board Welcomes Former Toronto Mayor

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   September 25th, 2012   |   Business, Living, News, O Canada

    David Miller, former mayor of Toronto  and clean technology advocate, has joined the Advisory Board of SAIL Capital Partners, a global investor in clean technologies.  Miller's inclusion into the board is not by chance and the former Canadian Mayor has had extensive experience in the field of clean tech when he was selected to chair th...

  • BCIC Acceleration Network Offers Diversified Advice For Entrepreneurs in British Columbia

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   September 25th, 2012   |   Business, News, O Canada

    New start-ups located in Canada’s province of British Columbia are being offered a golden opportunity to take advantage of the experience and knowledge of fellow entrepreneurs through the

  • Uber Free! Taxi Service Start-Up Uber is Giving Free Taxi Rides in Toronto Today

    By: Kuljit Grewal  |   September 25th, 2012   |   Android, Cars, iOS, Living, News, O Canada, Smartphones

    Whether you call Toronto home or just happen to be visiting this week, the city has been a little more awesome the past two days. Smartphone based taxi and limo service Uber is providing unlimited free rides around the city until 11:59 tonight as part of a promotion to reward current users and attract future ones in the nation’s largest city. ...