Monday
May282012

More high level RIM Resignations ahead of reported layoffs

 

Just a month after previewing their new BlackBerry 10 OS slated to come late 2012, there has been a spate of recent executive departures and now news that restructuring of the company will result in inevitable layoffs.

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Sunday
May272012

Panasonic’s Premium LUMIX G X VARIO 12-35mm coming in July

Panasonic Canada Inc. announced a new digital interchangeable standard zoom lens, the LUMIX G X VARIO 12-35mm/F2.8 ASPH/POWER O.I.S. (H-HS12035).
The latest addition to the company’s premium lens brand “X,” which is compatible with the Panasonic LUMIX G Series and complies with the Micro Four Thirds system standard, this lens offers a versatile zoom range of 12-35mm (35mm camera equivalent: 24-70mm) and features constant F2.8 aperture brightness at entire zoom range. No pricing  has yet been released.

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Friday
May252012

Microsoft's Smoked by Windows Phone challenge comes to Canada

 

The Smoked By Windows Phone campaign has arrived in Canada. It started out as small scale attention grabber at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and has since gone viral, spreading to over 36 countries around the globe. Now Canadians will get a chance duel it out as the Smoked challenge takes to the streets of Toronto.

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Thursday
May242012

Poynt and Missing Children's Society of Canada partner to help find missing children

There are over 50,000 open missing children cases in Canada alone, each one leaving a family destroyed and friends devastated.

To aid in the seemingly endless fight against missing children, Poynt Corp., a hyper location-based mobile app that helps customers find nearby deals, movies, gas prices, events, people, restaurants, and more, has partnered with MCSC to create a system where the Poynt app releases Amber Alerts directly to the cell phone of consumers who are in the area where the missing child is believed to be.

The notifications include important information about the missing child’s active case such as last known location, physical description, photos and other pertinent details to help Poynt users in the area identify the missing child.   

In addition, Poynt and MCSC are encouraging consumers to donate their Facebook and Twitter profiles, allowing for a message to be released through the consumer’s newsfeed alerting their social networks of the missing child as well.

Poynt and MCSC refer to this system as The World’s Most Valuable Social Network, using the mobile connectivity that has become such a staple part of daily life to help bring missing children back to their loved ones.