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Sony Starts Xperia Tablet S Pre-orders In Canada
0By: Talha Bhatti | September 8th, 2012 | Android, Business, Gadgets, O Canada, Tablets
Canadians that saw the brand new Sony Xperia Tablet S unveiled at IFA 2012 in Berlin can now pre order the device from the Japanese manufacturer. When the Sony Xperia Tablet S was announced it went up for sale immediately in the United Kingdom. North America had to wait a little longer ...
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Waterloo Region Technology Companies Shine as Major Investors Take Notice
By: Kevin Green | September 7th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
On September 4 Desire2Learn made a public announcement that the eLearning software startup had gotten $80 million in backing from two venture funds. The news was a major win for the company and signaled the growing importance of the Waterloo region technology industry. Desire2Learn is now Canada’s largest eLearning software developer an...
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New Technology In Porsche 911 To Make Downshifting Smoother
By: Kevin Green | September 7th, 2012 | Cars, Gadgets, Living
Car enthusiasts love the grip of their steering wheel, the rev of the engine and the feel of the road through the pedals. A true gear head loves shifting into higher gear but probably loathes shifting down. The abrupt reduction of speed usually causes the car to shift its weight and gives the feeling of falling forward. This is usually caused by the fact the engine rev is not matched with lower tr...
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Bruce Willis is Not Suing Apple
By: Kevin Green | September 7th, 2012 | Apple, Business
After a story appeared in the British tabloid The Daily Mail about Bruce Willis contemplating legal action against Apple so that he could pass on his iTunes music collection to his children, the internet and media was awash with memes and late night show jokes. It turns out that the Die Hard actor has no plans of suing Apple and his wife dismissed rumors when she tweeted, "it's not a true st...
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RIM Looks At Tablet With Retractable Keyboard In New Patent Filing
By: Kevin Green | September 7th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, O Canada
Research In Motion (RIM) is going through a tough time as it tries to resurrect its business and devices. The Canadian maker of smartphones has even contemplated selling off its business piece by piece. If this was to happen, the most valuable assets the company has is a large pile of cash and numerous important patents. This is why many observers ...
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Kobo Introduces Three New Innovative and Well Priced Devices
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 7th, 2012 | Gadgets, News, O Canada, Tablets
It seems as if everyone in the consumer technology sector are introducing their latest and greatest this September. In a bold move, Canadian rooted and Japanese owned Kobo decided to make their announcement mere hours before industry titan Amazon was gearing up to have their own event. The event introduced three new e-reader and tablet devices a...
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Bell Continues to Expand Their LTE Network, This Time to Medicine Hat, Alberta
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 7th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Canadian telecommunications giant Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) has announced that they are expanding their huge LTE network. The latest expansion project sheds coverage on Medicine Hat, Alberta. Although the area is home to a mere 61,000 residents, the coverage appears to be solid particularly at the city’s core. It remains to be seen how areas further outside t...
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This Little Piggie Got Played. Latest Version of Angry Birds Lets You Play as the Pigs
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 7th, 2012 | Android, Games, iOS, Mobile Apps
The Angry Birds phenomenon is as likely to slow down as Tim Tebow media coverage this weekend is. The addictive series of games featuring angry birds dropping chaos on egg stealing pigs has taken a role reversal for its latest iteration. Due to release later this month,
