Toronto Technology News

The Future of TV in Canada: Digital Convergence and Alternative Platforms

Posted by Trevor Doerksen on Thu, March 18, 2010 7:51 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Digital Media, Government, Mobile, iPhone · No Comments
The following is a guest post from Trevor Doerksen, CEO of Calgary's Mobovivo - a digital media company focused on the challenges Broadcast and Media companies face in marketing and delivering premium content to audiences on alternative platforms. The new Canada Media Fund, to launch the last week of March,... [more]

Canpages adds augmented reality to its Canada Eye

Posted by Warren Frey on Fri, March 5, 2010 8:41 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria , Wireless, Mobile, iPhone · No Comments
Canpages, the upstart challenger to the Yellow Pages, has scored another minor coup with their Canada Eye app. Starting Monday, the app will be available with an augmented reality feature dubbed "the eye" which uses the iPhone 3GS compass and GPS functionality to overlay labels in real world images.  Simply open... [more]

Canadian iPhone Apps of the Week

Posted by Rob Lewis on Fri, March 5, 2010 4:48 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , iPhone · No Comments
At Techvibes we receive press releases from developers, companies and associations announcing that they have launched a new iPhone App on a daily basis. While some apps are completely commercial in nature, there are some great ones that just don't get the attention they deserve. Every Friday Techvibes highlights new iPhone... [more]

The little app that could

Posted by Karim Kanji on Fri, March 5, 2010 9:15 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo , Wireless, Mobile, iPhone · No Comments
If mobile apps are the future today then the Sun Media group of newspapers may be the future.It was recently announced that the news app developed by Sun Media and Five Mobile for Apple’s iPhone has been successful so far.  With less than five months in the... [more]

Multiplied Media launches Poynt on iPhone

Posted by Rob Lewis on Wed, March 3, 2010 11:07 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Mobile, iPhone · No Comments
Calgary's Multiplied Media announced today that its award winning BlackBerry application Poynt is now available from the Apple App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The Poynt application connects BlackBerry and iPhone users to local businesses, people, restaurants and movie theaters wherever and whenever the information is needed. A key... [more]

HootSuite releases Android App

Posted by Rob Lewis on Tue, March 2, 2010 5:00 AM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Social Media, iPhone, Twitter · 1 Comment
Building on the success of their iPhone App, Vancouver-based social media dashboard HootSuite launched a new version for the Google Android platform this morning. With today's launch, HootSuite also announced that they will be releasing an updated iPhone version featuring Facebook integration and landscape viewing later this week. Users of either... [more]

Put your iPhone down and cheer... or not

Posted by Rob Lewis on Fri, February 19, 2010 3:46 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , iPhone · No Comments
After last night's performance against Switzerland, it looks like Canada may need a little help on Sunday against the upstart Americans at Canada Hockey Place. If your iPhone spends more time in your hands than in your pocket, you may want to check out one of these Canadian-born cheering Apps to... [more]

Canadian iPhone Apps of the Week

Posted by Rob Lewis on Fri, February 19, 2010 6:15 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , iPhone · No Comments
At Techvibes we receive press releases from developers, companies and associations announcing that they have launched a new iPhone App on a daily basis. While some apps are completely commercial in nature, there are some great ones that just don't get the attention they deserve. Every Friday Techvibes highlights new iPhone... [more]

Canadian iPhone Apps of the Week - OLYMPIC EDITION

Posted by Rob Lewis on Fri, February 12, 2010 3:09 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , iPhone · 1 Comment
At Techvibes we receive press releases from developers, companies and associations announcing that they have launched a new iPhone App on a daily basis. While some apps are completely commercial in nature, there are some great ones that just don't get the attention they deserve. Every Friday Techvibes highlights new iPhone... [more]

Marketcircle wins Best of Show Award at Macworld 2010

Posted by Karim Kanji on Thu, February 11, 2010 11:07 AM · Filed under Toronto , Awards, Wireless, Events, Web App, Mobile, iPhone · No Comments
As many of you know, Macworld 2010 is currently underway in San Fransisco.  The Macworld expo is a five day event that claims to "educate, entertain, and immerse you in the Mac community".  Macworld features conferences, presentations, exhibits and the best and newest offerings from the Mac, iPhone and iPod... [more]