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Ebay in search of 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year
0By: Talha Bhatti | July 26th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Ebay has kicked off its search for 2013’s Entrepreneur of the Year. For nine years in a row the IT Giant has been distributing Entrepreneur of the Year Awards and it will be interesting to see who the lucky winners are in this year’s edition. Experts believe the programme is designed to highlight inspiring success stories in the business world...
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ADR Studios Launches Instagram Socialmatic Camera
By: Talha Bhatti | July 26th, 2013 | Business, Gadgets, Social Media
ADR studios introduced ideas such as the iPhone Plus and iPhone SJ. The firm also announced its latest Instagram Socialmatic camera concept last year. At first look, images from the Socialmatic camera looked wonderful but critics highlighted various flaws in design and functionality. Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion last year after the product gained immense popularity and also hinted at...
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Planning to Get Easier for Separated Parents with Canadian Startup ‘planiCLIK’
By: Talha Bhatti | July 25th, 2013 | iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
After couples go through a divorce, planning out effectively what they want mutually and as individual for their children can be tough and at times, impossible. The distance and fractured communication can leave the mother and father confused as how to plan out the future of their children. Montreal-based startup ‘planiCLIK’ is lookin...
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New Canadian Startup ‘Kite’ Hoping to Simplify Web App Development Cloud Based Solution
By: Talha Bhatti | July 25th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
Working may just get a lot easier for web app developers as new Canadian based startup by the name of ‘Kite’ is looking to do just that. Saving developers the hassle of setting up and having to run development environments on their own computers, Kite will allow them to do the same from practically any system with their cloud-based solutio...
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Hong Kong Gains Start Up Appeal with Launch of StartmeupHK
By: Talha Bhatti | July 25th, 2013 | Business, News
Giving signals of keeping Hong Kong as one of the leading hubs for startups, Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) has launched one of its own government backed programs to keep that trend running and growing. With the launch of StartmeupHP Venture Programme 2013, the investment company is looking to bring on board local and foreign entrepreneur-l...
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Canadian Game Jam ‘iamagamer’ brings Females Flocking to Kill Industry’s Gender Stereotype
By: Talha Bhatti | July 25th, 2013 | Games, News, O Canada
Spending over 48 hours together at the Centre for Digital Media, female protagonists were at the centre of attention as women were creating mini video games and destroying the gaming industry’s gender stereotype. When it comes to gaming, most people are slow to associate females with actually enjoying having a controller in their hand and virtually fighting to the death, but it was a whole diffe...
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Amazon Owned Goodreads Achieves 20 Million User Milestone
By: Ali Raza | July 25th, 2013 | Business, News
Back in March, Amazon got hold of book review site Goodreads. At that time no one would have thought that the community site would increase its user base, but on Tuesday, July 23rd Goodreads made it known that the total number of its user base has touched ...
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Foursquare Introduces Self-Serve Ads for a “Few Thousand” Businesses
By: Ali Raza | July 25th, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News
Foursquare is an app whose users share their experiences regarding venues they have visited or get personalised advice on where to go based on their location. The popular app recently declared that it has launched self-serve ads on Tuesday, July 23rd. This brand new service has been made available to “a few thousand local bu...
