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by Karim Kanji
on Fri, March 19, 2010 8:24 AM
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It may not have been a big launch party or a bash but it was a launch nonetheless. Public Mobile, Canada's newest entry in the wireless marketplace, finally opened for business in both Toronto and Montreal yesterday. And maybe they've learned a lesson or two from the start-up cousin, WIND...
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by Karim Kanji
on Tue, March 16, 2010 12:30 PM
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Late last year Toronto-based Globalive launched it's WIND Mobile brand in Canada. It was hoped that the emergence of new companies would force companies like Bell and Rogers to lower their fees in the face of new competition.
However, earlier this month, the wind stopped blowing in WIND's favour. It has...
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by Karim Kanji
on Tue, March 16, 2010 11:24 AM
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Who really provides the best deal in Canada? When it comes to wireless the debate, in public at least, has been going on for years. Rogers Wireless recently called themseves the MOST relieable network. Telus filed a complaint. Now Rogers is just reliable. Did anything really change. Probably not. You...
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by Karim Kanji
on Tue, March 9, 2010 7:51 PM
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Back in January, at the Consumer Electronics Show, Chevrolet announced a joint venture program with OnStar which unveiled the auto industry’s first working smartphone application that will allow Chevrolet Volt owners 24/7 connection and control of vehicle functions and OnStar features remotely. The app allows drivers...
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by Warren Frey
on Fri, March 5, 2010 8:41 PM
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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...
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by Robert Janelle
on Fri, March 5, 2010 10:01 AM
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Old 20th century industrial models are holding back the expansion of high speed Internet access across North America, according to a Harvard law professor.
Delivering the keynote address at the University of Ottawa launch conference for Centre for Law, Technology and Society, Yochai Benkler detailed the challenges related to expanding next...
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by Karim Kanji
on Fri, March 5, 2010 9:15 AM
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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...
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by Karim Kanji
on Tue, February 23, 2010 7:47 PM
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The Techvibes community is going to love this. At least those who use Rogers smart phones will.
Starting today, Rogers Communications clients will be able to take advantage of a new wireless data roaming plan. In response to the continuing change in consumer's needs and wireless demands, Rogers...
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by Karim Kanji
on Wed, February 17, 2010 10:34 PM
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At the recent Mobile World Conference 2010, in Barcelona, Sony Ericsson announced a new initiative aimed at the burgeoning mobile entertainment sector. The inititative, still in Beta testing is called Creations. According to their press release, Creations "focuses on facilitating the evolving needs of consumers, content publishers and developers, creating...
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by Karim Kanji
on Tue, February 16, 2010 6:05 PM
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Last week I had a chance to sit down with Kunal Gupta. Kunal is the CEO of Polar Mobile. In our conversation Kunal talks about Polar Mobile, what they do, how they started and also shares some future insights on where he sees mobile devices going. I hope you enjoy.
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