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Rogers and CIBC the First Bank and Telco to Partner for New Mobile Wallet Technology in Canada

Yesterday, we reported on news that Canada's banking industry was moving forward with a plan to transform smartphones into wallets. Just one day later, Rogers and CIBC have revealed a partnership.

CIBC customers whose smartphones run on the Rogers wireless network will be able to pay for goods at retailers with their smartphone instead of credit or debit cards. Data for MasterCard and Visa charge cards can be loaded onto the mobile devices, which will send a signal to a small receiver near the cash register at participating retailers.

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Don't Sell Your Android Device

Don't sell your Android device.

Seriously, don't. Getting a new one? That's fine. Tuck your old one in your closet. Better yet, drill a hole through its hardrive or take a sledgehammer to the thing.

Just. Don't. Sell. It.

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Canadian Businesses More Prepared for Disaster Than Rest of World: Study

Symantec today announced the findings of its 2012 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey, which reveals that disaster preparedness is closely connected with small and medium sized businesses’ (SMBs) adoption of technologies like virtualization, cloud computing, and mobility. The survey also revealed how willing SMBs are in adopting these technologies, often with improved disaster preparedness as a goal, and how the move is paying off for them.

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Old School Canadian Taxi Company Launches Mobile App to Compete with Next-Gen Uber, Winston Startups

The taxi industry hasn't changed much over time. But with a sudden rush of competition from the likes of Uber and Canada's own Winston, their hand has been forced: innovate or perish.

Starting today, Torontonians looking for a lift can order a traditional taxi with two taps on their smartphone. Beck Taxi is claiming to be Toronto’s first Taxi company to introduce a mobile taxi app.

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The Banking Industry Just Changed How Canadians Will Pay for Goods From Now On

Thanks to a brand-new set of forward-thinking guidelines revealed today, Canadian banks will soon enable consumers to pay for goods with a tap of their smartphones. As Reuters points out, thousands of Canadian retailers already have the necessary equipment for mobile payments in place - it was only a matter of the Canadian Bankers Association setting open standards for secure transactions over smartphones to ignite the banks.

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Toronto's Uberflip Dominates Google Chrome Store

Toronto-born Uberflip, a cloud-based PDF enhancement tool with embeddable social widgets like YouTube videos, finished 4th at the Road to Banff Canada 3.0 competition. It has since held a high ranking in recent weeks in the Google Chrome Store’s Marketing & Analytics section.

Yesterday, Facebook launched the App Center. Facebook’s App Center will allow all platforms to be listed whether they be iOS, Android, Blackberry, Mango, or Web. Uberflip’s COO Randy Frisch says they are working on that now. As mobile app stores have been incredibly popular, we're now beginning to see web stores beyond e-commerce.

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How to Create an Amazing Mobile Experience for Users: Canadian Case Study

What does the user experience mean in the mobile commerce space?

Forrester Research and Plastic Mobile agree that it’s basically the cornerstone of any successful mobile initiative.

They showcase this theory in the Case Study on Mobile UI/UX Design titled “Pizza Pizza Cooks Up a Successful Mobile App.”

Toronto-based startup Plastic Mobile says that t has been practicing a “user is paramount” theory since inception at the dawn of the mobile revolution.

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Half of Canadian Companies Let Employees Access Corporate Networks Using Personal Devices

Nearly half of technology executives are allowing employees to access the company network using their personal smartphones and other technology tools, a concept known as Bring Your Own Device, according to a new Robert Half Technology survey shows. 

When CIOs were asked, "Do you allow employees access to your corporate networks via personal laptops, smartphones or tablets?" 49% said yes.

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