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Canada’s HootSuite Partners with Twitter for an Advertising Campaign
0By: Kuljit Grewal | August 24th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
As Twitter continues its journey of self-discovery and attempts to figure out how to monetize itself without tainting its wonderful user experience, it has enlisted the help of a Canadian friend for its latest move. Twitter is in the process of evolving their API and has renewed their focus to target enterprises.
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Montreal’s Frima Studio is Building Games That Raise Social Awareness
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 23rd, 2012 | Games, News, O Canada
Successful Quebec-based gaming company Frima Studio are using what they do best to raise social awareness and promote change world round. Founded in 2003 by three budding entrepreneurs, the company has gone on to create a plethora of multi platform games boasting a portfolio that features over 80 mobile games and 200 flash games. For all of the company’s...
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Discovery Communications Invests $31.5 Million in Innovative Brain Game Start Up Lumosity
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 23rd, 2012 | Business, Games, Health, iOS, Living, Mobile Apps, News
Created by neuroscientists from Stanford University, Lumosity aims to improve core cognitive abilities through games. The company has been on a tear, increasing revenues by 25% quarter over quarter since its inception in 2007. That type of growth as well as 25 million members, 10 million of which have joined...
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SOURCE SAYS: Upcoming BlackBerry 10 Devices Will Feature Qualcomm’s S4 Pro Chip
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 23rd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
For those worried that RIM would not throw everything into their upcoming devices and mobile platform, this could be huge. According to BlackBerryOS, a highly reputable source has received confirmation from both RIM and Qualcomm that the c...
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Google Goes Mapping in Nunavut
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 23rd, 2012 | Google, Living, News, O Canada
A team of Google employees is busy in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut as the iconic technology company attempts to build a comprehensive map of our nation’s arctic region. According to Mashable, residents of the small northern hamlet have been busy using
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Canada Has the Worst Media Ownership Concentration of any G8 Country
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 22nd, 2012 | News
A recent study put on by Boston-based firm Analysis Group has revealed that Canada has the highest concentration of TV industry ownership among the G8 nations at 81.4 per cent along with the second highest rate of TV audience concentration at 28.6 per cent. According to the Huffington Post, the study was conducted in order to quantify the im...
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VIDEO: Joel McHale, Penelope Cruz and her Sister Star in Nintendo Ads
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 22nd, 2012 | Games
According to Mashable, Nintendo seems to be pulling out all the stops in an attempt to breathe some life back into its Mario Bros. gaming franchise while also promoting its Nintendo 3DS portable gaming devices. The following two videos enlist some big names to help promote their products...
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Hello Canada! Spotify Is Coming Up North
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
According to recently released company documents, music streaming service Spotify is intent on launching in Canada later this year. The Stockholm based company, who already offers popular service in 15 countries is looking to grow and Canada makes a lot of sense. Efforts will also be focused on growing markets in Asia and South America. Spotify allows u...
