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Citrix gives the world another instant messaging app

Citrix Systems has launched Podio Chat, a messaging app combining instant messaging, video and audio chat designed as a mobile solution to help dispersed teams have ad hoc conversations to assist in completing

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 3rd, 2013 Jeff Jedras

IBM promises streamlined M2M communication with MessageSight

IBM Corp. said its MessageSight appliance will help organizations better manage communications between mobile devices and other machines connected to the corporate network. Unveiling MessageSight at the Impact 2012 conference here, Big Blue

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 2nd, 2013 Michelle Warren

JobProx seeks crowdfunding for proximity-based job search app

Think every sort of innovation has already been brought into the job search process? Think again. JobProx is currently seeking crowdfunding support on Indiegogo to launch an app that would tie into LinkedIn,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 2nd, 2013 Jeff Jedras

BlackBerry Q10 hits Canadian stores

The first new BlackBerry with a physical QWERTY keyboard released in two years hit store shelves in Canada today, in the same week that BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins predicted selling "10s of millions"

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 1st, 2013 Brian Jackson

Tablets dead in five years? No way

“In five years, I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore.” That was BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, in an interview with the Bloomberg news service on Monday. Now, I

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 30th, 2013 Dave Webb

Toronto startup launches photo-sharing app with Maple Leafs promotion

Toronto-based Thumble launched its iOS photo-sharing app on Tuesday, and to mark the occasion its offering users the opportunity to win tickets to a Toronto Maple Leafs or Montreal Canadiens playoff game. A

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 30th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

Facebook Home offers hyper-targeted access to mobile channel

It seems that whenever a new social media tool comes out, brands and agencies look at ways they can use it to sell more of their wares. The same can be said when

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 26th, 2013 Karim Kanji

Another win for BlackBerry 10 with international law firm contract

Fresh off a major order from Canadian corporate icon Canadian Tire for over 3000 handsets, BlackBerry has another big win – an order for 1,600 Z10 and Q10 smartphones from global law firm

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 26th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

New iOS payroll app launched for SMBs

Wave, a Toronto-based developer of cloud-based finance tools for the small business market, has launched an iOS payroll tool app to supplement its online payroll application. Payroll by Wave for iOS allows small

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 24th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

Tablets surpass smartphones as mobile browser of choice: report

If you’re looking to market your business to people browsing on mobile devices, a new study from Adobe says tablets are where it’s at. According to Adobe’s new report, The State of Mobile

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 24th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

BlackBerry Q10 hands-on review: new take on a classic design

The BlackBerry Q10 will launch with version 10.1 of the BlackBerry OS, weeks before its larger touch screen counterpart Z10, gets pushed the upgrade. The first point-version update since the Waterloo, Ont.-based smartphone

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 23rd, 2013 Brian Jackson

How green is your IT?

The Green IT movement, once a headline-grabber, isn't getting the focus it used to these days. There are plenty of good reasons to use information technologies that reduce your company's environmental footprint. Aside

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 22nd, 2013 Dave Webb

Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 now available in Canada

Samsung Electronics' competitor to the iPad mini goes on sale in Canada today retailing at $429.99, the Korean firm announced. The Galaxy Note 8 has an eight-inch touch screen similar to the size

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 19th, 2013 Brian Jackson

7 new features of the new BlackBerry 10.1 SDK

With the release of 10.1 Gold, the software development kit (SDK) for the BlackBerry 10 OS, developers have a number of new tools to help then when designing apps for BlackBerry’s new operating

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 18th, 2013

Forget QWERTY vs. touchscreen: Future smartphones will be controlled with your eyes

Touch screen keyboards have largely replaced hard QWERTY keyboards on smartphones (with the exception of the BlackBerry diehards), but soon even that technology could be displaced. What will control the smartphone of the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 18th, 2013