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Netflix Foresees Growth In Canada But Thinks Broadband Caps Are Obstacle
2By: Talha Bhatti | September 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
The Globe and Mail’s technology reporter, Omar El Akkad, caught up with Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, during a trip to Canada. Hastings discuss...
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Four Seasons Toronto Ready To Offer Free iPads and WiFi To All Guests
By: Talha Bhatti | September 17th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Tablets
The hotel business can be cutthroat and the slumping global economy has the industry looking for ways to keep their venue desirable to the ever shrinking group of customers. Slashing prices may not be something that every hotel can afford to do and many company managers are figuring out that it is better to give customers more bang for their buck. A tactic that is catching on quickly ...
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Venture Capital Firms Find Canada Second Most Attractive Country In The World
By: Talha Bhatti | September 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Canada’s southern neighbor has been able to overshadow its northern brothers in the startup sector for many years but it seems that the Canadians have started to catch up. In 2008, the country was ranked in third place on the Global Venture Capital and Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index which measures how desirable a country...
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Hot 50 Startup ‘Beyond The Rack’ Creates The Largest Number Of New Jobs In Canada
By: Talha Bhatti | September 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Beyond The Rack has been making headlines in Canada all year long and the rock star firm has another feather in its cap after Profit magazine’s ‘Hot 50’ list revealed that the Montreal based company had created the most jobs for any startup in Canada from 2009 to 2011. The list also revealed that the company had also generated the ...
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Canada Based BroadbandTV Fast Becoming Heavy Weight In Online Video
By: Talha Bhatti | September 17th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
BroadbandTV is a small Canadian startup that has beaten the odds to become the sixth largest online broadcaster in the world. The company delivers online content, monetizes videos and halts illegal reproduction all from its Vancouver office where only 36 employees make up the entire team. Shahrzad Rafati, who has become an inspirational le...
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The Company That Owns The Weather Network Acquires Beat the Traffic to Bolster Service Offering
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 17th, 2012 | Business, iOS, Living, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
In order to better serve their growing number of mobile users, Oakville, Ontario based Pelmorex Media Inc. acquired Beat the Traffic. The latter is a Santa Clara, California based provider of vehicle traffic solutions for companies in the weather broadcasting business....
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Due to Overwhelming Success, iPhone 5 Pre-Orders From Bell and Virgin No Longer Available
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 16th, 2012 | Apple, iOS, News, O Canada, Smartphones
With last week’s announcement of the iPhone 5, people have had time to soak in the specs and assess how they feel about the device before being able to get their hands on it. True Apple Heads are already planning on lining up for their iOS smartphone, but for others the ability to pre-order is both appreciated and preferred. Thanks to the obvious interest in the latest iPhone, so mu...
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Canadian App Discovery Platform ooomf Raises $500K in Funding
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 16th, 2012 | Apple, Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
With the incredible number of apps that exist in Apple’s App Store, a little bit of help discovering useful, interesting and playful ones are always appreciated. With that in mind, the team behind ooom...
