With increasing concerns over changing U.S. immigration policies, more international job seekers are turning to Canada, and this could mean a boost for companies seeking to fill much needed technology-related jobs. A recent
Published on: October 22nd, 2018
Meagan Simpson
@megesimpson
Facebook announced a new type of ad unit, slideshow, that it says will help businesses reach users in emerging markets and will be available to advertisers globally. The tool is a simple one,
DataWind has announced it’s launching its newest low-cost, sub-$100 tablets, with more processing power than previous versions have had in the past. On Tuesday, the Canadian company known for making budget-friendly tablets rolled
Published on: September 9th, 2014
Candice So
@candice_so
Hi there, I’m Candice So, and you’re watching All Hands on Tech. While tablets and other mobile devices are gradually becoming less expensive, you should still expect most of today’s tablets to run
Published on: March 6th, 2014
Candice So
@candice_so
It’s been a little over two years since Canadian device maker DataWind first began selling its Aakash tablet in India at a price tag of $47, in a bid to bring Internet connectivity
Published on: February 13th, 2014
Candice So
@candice_so
The Mississauga, Ont.-based tablet manufacturer known for bringing ultra-low cost tablets to India are now launching mobile devices to the Canadian market starting at $37.99, it announced this morning. The UbiSlate tablets have
An Indian startup incubated at Toronto's Digital Media Zone has won a Samsung Innovation Award. Zumbl, a nine-month-old firm basedin Delhi, India took home the awardthat included a $3,000 prize and a Samsung
Research In Motion will start selling in India from Thursday a low-cost smartphone with the BlackBerry 7 OS that will soon be offered in other emerging markets. The 10,990 Indian rupees (US$210) BlackBerry
Published on: April 18th, 2012
John Ribeiro
@itbusinessca
India's US$35 tablet has yet to take off, with less than 10,000 units of the device released to the market since its October launch, despite considerable interest from consumers, an executive of maker
Published on: April 16th, 2012
John Ribeiro
@itbusinessca
Google has agreed before a court in Delhi to remove religious and other content considered objectionable, though some other Internet firms are likely to appeal the court's decision, plaintiff Mufti Ajiaz Arshad Qasmi
Published on: February 6th, 2012
John Ribeiro
@itbusinessca
According to a report published in the Indian financial daily, The Economic Times, it seems that the wait for the world's cheapest tablet Aakash is likely to get even longer.The delay is due
Published on: January 26th, 2012
Zafar Anjum
@itbusinessca
Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO of Datawind Inc., a small Montreal-based company, has been travelling like a whirlwind back and forth between Canada, the United States and India lately thanks to the wave of
Published on: January 20th, 2012
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
The small Montreal-based company Datawind Inc. is still labouring to fill orders for its Aakash tablet, but there are already complaints about the ultra-low cost device.To start, there was no shortage of naysayers
Published on: January 13th, 2012
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
DataWind Inc. is targeting sales of about 6 million units of its low-cost tablet in India this year, but it has to arrange additional manufacturing capacity and strengthen its support network to meet
Published on: January 6th, 2012
John Ribeiro
@itbusinessca
