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Mobile App Camera+ is on Twitter’s Radar
0By: Kuljit Grewal | June 13th, 2012 | Mobile Apps, O Canada
Co-founded by Victoria B.C.’s own Lisa Bettany along with the development team Tap Tap Tap, Camera+ is an application that allows you to take and adapt the highest quality photographs possible with your iPhone and Android devices. Although talks have been private, Twitter executives, led by founder Jack Dorsey have met with the development team of the application to discuss a potent...
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Facebook to Break Records with IPO
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 12th, 2012 | News, Social Media
Come Friday May 18, 2012, history will most certainly be made as Facebook is scheduled to make its highly anticipated IPO to a great deal of fanfare and investor excitement. The social media giant is poised to earn an anticipated $13 billion from the IPO, based on an expected price of $28 to $35 a share. Currently, the offer will include 180 million Class A common shares along with current private...
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BlackBerry PlayBooks to Assist in Law Enforcement
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 12th, 2012 | Cars, O Canada, Smartphones
Thanks to a company known as Mobile Innovations, Canadian police vehicles may soon be fitted with RIM’s tablet technology nationwide, replacing the current laptops that are dated and more costly. Currently, two new Dodge Charger police cruisers are being tested in the Chatham-Kent region of Ontario. The technology integrates the tablet into the vehicle...
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Samsung Unveils the Galaxy S III, Projects a Late June Release Date in Canada
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 12th, 2012 | News, Smartphones
The world’s largest smartphone manufacturer Samsung, unveiled their latest phone offering, the Galaxy S III on May 4 to much fanfare and anticipation. The latest device is large (4.8 inch HD screen) and powerful (dual core processor) featuring rounded edges that are a slight departure from Samsung’s previous smartphones. Akin to its brethren, the S III will run on Google’s Android platform, ...
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Tumblr Attempts to Roll in Some Coin
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 12th, 2012 | Business, News, Social Media
Everyone’s favourite micro blogging site has joined the proverbial dark side of the force, opting to begin displaying paid advertisements they refer to as “sponsor products”. The company has been hesitant to run ads since its inception in 2007, however they made the announcement two weeks ago at Ad Age’s Digital Conference in New York. We are glad to a...
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BlackBerry 10 is Banking Heavily on HTML5
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 12th, 2012 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
The big news at the annual BlackBerry World conference was the introduction and understanding that RIM’s highly anticipated BB10 software platform had already been released to developers, a major step in the right direction. Along with the software, prototype hardware units were also provided to developers attending the conference in order to aid the developers in understanding the devices that ...
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Toronto Property Rental Company is Making Movements
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 12th, 2012 | Mobile Apps, O Canada
For those of you out there who have not been introduced to RentCompass, a Toronto-based rental advertising company, you are definitely missing out. The company has progressively become the first Canadian renters’ mobile application available on both iOS and Android devices. The company has also introduced a new Facebook application that allows for inte...
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BlackBerry 10 Appears to Have Some Serious Juice
By: Kuljit Grewal | June 12th, 2012 | O Canada, Smartphones
The buzz today at the annual BlackBerry World conference was the introduction and preview of the new BlackBerry (BB) 10 software platform as introduced by the company’s CEO Thorsten Heins in his keynote speech. Heins, who has held the position of CEO since January, replacing founders and long-time incumbents Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie revealed a prototype phone along with a plethora of BB1...
