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Canadian Government Introduces a New Visa for Foreign Entrepreneurs
0By: Kuljit Grewal | September 22nd, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
In an attempt to be forward thinking and attract world class talent, Canada has introduced a new class of visa that is geared towards entrepreneurs in the hope that they will launch successful start-ups in Canada. The visa is to be issued to people who are identified by venture capitalists as being strong candidates to launch and grow start-ups in Canada. The only requirement is that ...
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Facebook Testing New Ad Network For Off Site Ad Placement
By: Talha Bhatti | September 22nd, 2012 | Android, Business, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Social Media
After Facebook’s disappointing IPO and stock activity since, the company has been looking at ways to bring in some positive news and help increase its share prices. One of the problems that the company is trying to tackle is its revenue generation from ads and focusing on its underutilized mobile customer base.
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BlackBerry 10 Apps And Features Revealed In RIM Domain Purchases
By: Talha Bhatti | September 22nd, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion (RIM) was reported to have gone shopping for domain names on last week as it gears up for an uphill climb back to relevance. The domain buying news was followed by industry analysts because bulk buying of domains by firms gives a good indication of what to expect from the company in the future. The BlackBerry maker is well known ...
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Kobo Drops Price Of Arc Tablets And Cancels 8GB Version in Favour of 64GB Device
By: Talha Bhatti | September 22nd, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Tablets
Toronto based eBook seller, Kobo recently announced that they would soon be launching their own tablet called the Arc. The Kobo device was meant to help the Canadian firm take on competition like Amazon's Kindle. The initial announcement was that the tablet will have a 1.5 GHz dual core proces...
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Apple’s iOS 6 Includes Calgary, Montreal and Toronto In 3D Map Function
By: Talha Bhatti | September 22nd, 2012 | Apple, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Back when the iPhone 5 was all speculation and rumors, most industry analysts knew that the new iOS 6 would be getting rid of Google Maps and would be replacing it with its Apple’s own software which would feature 3D maps. At the time, it was announced that Toronto and Montreal would be available with 3D Map functionality and no other Canadian ...
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Yahoo! Gets Rid Of BlackBerry As Company Approved Phone
By: Talha Bhatti | September 22nd, 2012 | Android, Business, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion (RIM) was once known as the smartphone of choice for businesses and governments around the world because of its security and effective typing. It seems that even this image may be eroding along with the rest of the company. In a move that may be seen as another nail in the BlackBerry coffin, ex-Google executive and newly hired
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MasterCard Supports NFC With PayPass SDK Release for Android and BlackBerry
By: Talha Bhatti | September 20th, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones
MasterCard has recently made public a software development kit that will help developers work with the company’s mobile PayPass technology. The SDK will only support Android and Blackberry OS 7 platforms because Apple’s IOS has decided not to include Near Field Communication (...
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Canada’s Keek Grabs $5.5 Million In Funding From Toronto Based Venture Capitalist Firms
By: Talha Bhatti | September 20th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Keek, a website that allows users to post short videos updates in a Twitter like manner, has received $5.5-million in early stage funding from AlphaNorth Asset Management, Plazacorp Ventures and
