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on November 8, 2011
Acer Iconia Tab A501 10.1-inch tablet, powered by Rogers Communications Inc.’s 4G HSPA+ wireless network and Android™ Honeycomb, is now available exclusively at WIRELESSWAVE, Tbooth wireless, and WIRELESS etc… stores across Canada.
The Acer Iconia Tab A501′s 10.1-inch multi-touch screen provides precise finger-tip control for leveraging social media, email, productivity [...]
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on November 8, 2011
Ottawa based Nuvyyo Inc. has chosen ViXS Systems Inc.’s ViXS XCode 4115 for JetStreamHD product, a media processing platform that automatically transcodes media content to iPad and other tablets. Consumers can enjoy instant access to all their media on their iPad over any WiFi or 3G connection in their home or anywhere in the world.
The XCode 4115 System on a Chip (SoC) used in [...]
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on November 8, 2011
Starbucks Canada has launched the Starbucks Canada App for iPhone. The new, free app provides Canadian customers with a faster, more convenient way to manage their Starbucks Card and track their My Starbucks Rewards status on-the-go.
Starbucks Canada App features include:
Pay for Starbucks purchases right from your iPhone
Check your Starbucks Card balance
Reload your Starbucks [...]
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on November 8, 2011
Government of Ontario is investing $10 million to fund a $82.8 million project in ViXS Systems Inc. to develop an energy-efficient network media processor that will help power multimedia platforms such as digital televisions, video recorders, set-top boxes and other products. The initiative will create 107 new, highly-skilled jobs at ViXS, on top of 54 existing positions. These [...]
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on May 24, 2011
PNI Digital Media Inc. (TSX-V: PN; OTC BB: PNDMF), a technology provider of online and in-store digital media solutions for retailers, has released an all-new iPhone app for retailers who wish to connect their online and in-store photo centers.
The all-new free PNI photo center app works with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, and is initially available from the iTunes Canada [...]
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on May 10, 2011
MobiDough, Inc. has raised US $3.55 million from one unnamed investor.
Jun Y. Yoo is listed as the only outside director in addition to the two co-founders, Praveen Gupta and Sanjay Rohatgi.
Los Gatos, California based MobiDough is a provider of mobile commerce solutions that enabling real time transactions between cell phone users, merchants and financial institutions on all [...]
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on May 6, 2011
JiWire, Inc., a location-based mobile media company, has closed a US $20 million Series C round of financing led by Trident Capital with participation from existing investors Comcast Interactive Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Norwest Venture Partners and Panorama Capital.
John Moragne, co-founder of Trident Capital, has joined JiWire’s board of directors.
JiWire has, to date, [...]
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on April 29, 2011
Mobilicity has closed a $215 million a debt offering led by National Bank Financial Inc. and GMP Securities. Subscribers to the debt offering are “Canada’s premier institutions.”
Mobilicity said the offering represents one of the largest capital raises for an emerging telecommunications carrier in Canada in recent years, and will provide growth capital to further strengthen [...]
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on April 28, 2011
E FUN is now shipping its Next5 Android tablet computer with the company’s patented APEN digital pen integrated into the tablet.
The Specs of Next5
• 7” TFT Color Display
• 800×480 High Resolution1
• Built-in Rechargeable Battery
• Built-in 2GB Memory Storage
• Preloaded with 25 Free eBooks
• Build-in Speaker
• Micro SD/MMC Card Slot for Memory Expansion
• [...]
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on April 28, 2011
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) said it has been chosen as sole supplier by Rogers Communications Inc. for delivering its newly announced end-to-end LTE network.
Under a multi-year agreement, Ericsson will deploy all 4G/LTE radio sites with its new multi-standard radio base station, RBS 6000, and upgrade and expand Rogers’ existing packet core network into an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) [...]
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on April 27, 2011
Fixmo Inc, a provider of secure end-to-end lifecycle management solutions for mobile devices, has appointed Bill Crowell and John N. Stewart to its board of directors.
Crowell served in several senior positions with the National Security Agency (NSA) before being named Deputy Director in 1994. After leaving the NSA in 1997, Crowell served as President and CEO of Cylink Corporation, [...]
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on April 27, 2011
Fixmo Inc., a provider of secure end-to-end infrastructure management solutions for enterprise mobile devices, has acquired McLean, Virginia based Conceivium Business Solutions, Inc., a developer of mobile device management. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Conceivium’s Mobile Monitor & Analyzer (MMA) features a comprehensive set of tools to manage devices, users, infrastructure [...]