• Canadian Visual Recognition App Slyce Closes $3.75 Million Seed Funding Round

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   May 22nd, 2013   |   Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada

    Canadian startup Slyce is following in the footsteps of music recognition service Shazam and gaining popularity as a visual recognition app. TechVibes has reported that the fast growing Calgary-based firm has just completed a seed ...

  • Google Declares It Will Close Google Checkout on November 20, Suggests Merchants Switch to Google Wallet

    By: Jeff Stewart  |   May 22nd, 2013   |   Business, Google, News

    On Monday, May 20th, Google declared that it is going to eradicate Google Checkout by November 20, 2013 and is looking to replace the online payment processing service with Wallet which was officially introduced as a substitute in September 2011. The search engine giant has made this announcement six months before expiring Google...

  • Amazon Introduces Cloud Drive in Canada with Free 5GB Space to Store Data

    By: Jeff Stewart  |   May 22nd, 2013   |   News

    Amazon has declared that it has rolled out its Cloud Drive service for Canadians on Amazon.ca. Users in Canada can now securely and easily store their data in the Amazon Cloud. In addition, they can also access their...

  • Ireland Denies Allegations of Offering Special Tax Rate to Apple Subsidiaries

    By: Jeff Stewart  |   May 22nd, 2013   |   Apple, Business, News

    The US Senate Committee has severally criticised Apple for its “Holy Grail of tax avoidance.” According to a report that was co-written by Senator Carl Levin and John McCain, the Committee has blamed Apple for reaching a deal with the Irish government as result of which the company has avoided a tax rate it is legally bound to...

  • Tim Cook Successfully Defends Apple’s Tax Practices Before U.S. Senate Committee

    By: Jeff Stewart  |   May 22nd, 2013   |   Apple, News

    Apple CEO Tim Cook and two other executives from the Cupertino-based company have to testify in front of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations regarding their company’s offshore tax practices. During the hearing Cook defended his company’s practice of avoiding U.S. taxes by not showing money they had earned o...

  • Following the Release of Apple’s Testimony U.S. Senators say Company “Uses Unusual Tactics” to Avoid Taxes

    By: Jeff Stewart  |   May 22nd, 2013   |   Apple, Business, News

    After Tim Cook was called to testify in front of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, May 21st, Apple made its planned remarks public just a day before the hearing. The Cupertino-based company has not only shed light on its offshore tax practices in the testimony, but it has also given suggestions about corporate tax reform.  However, it ...

  • Apple Issues Testimony Regarding Offshore Tax Practices and Corporate Tax Reform a Day Before US Senate Hearing

    By: Jeff Stewart  |   May 21st, 2013   |   Apple, News

    The U.S. Senate has called on Apple’s CEO Tim Cook to give an explanation of his company’s offshore tax practices on Tuesday, May 21st. The technology giant seems to be quite confident about the Senate hearing, as just a day before Cook has to appear in front of senators, Apple has released its testimony in which the Californi...

  • New Zealand Based Rocket Jump Partners With Scopely To Get Mini Golf Matchup Success

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   May 21st, 2013   |   Business, Games, Mobile Apps, News

    New Zealand based Rocket Jump has developed popular mobile games like Major Mayhem and has recently released another hit with Mini Golf Matchup. The Wellington firm partnered with American mobile gaming platform Scopely to launch the app that has gotten 10 million downloads by th...