Kobo Offers Independent Bookstores Ebook Revenue Share
Kobo has today announced a deal with the American Booksellers Association that will see its devices sold through independent bookstores across the US. Not only that, it will offer a…
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Audiobooks.com Arrives on Android, iOS
Audiobooks.com today announced free Android and iOS apps that allow the downloading and streaming of audio books on Android phones and tablets, as well as iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads. You…
Canada's Public Mobile Takes on Spotify with Unlimited Music Streaming
While there’s no shortage of streaming music offerings out there, Canadians are getting a unique option today with the release of Public Mobile‘s service Siren Music. It’s an unlimited data…
Yahoo Launches Canada Screen for Premium Programming
With Yahoo continuing to cement its position as a major media company, it comes as little surprise that the Internet giant has announced a slew of new premium video content…
Songza Expands Into Canada
After winning us over with Music Concierge and launching on Android, Songza is now finally taking its first steps outside of the US thanks to a licensing agreement with Canadian-based Re:Sound. Yes, Songza is…
Airbnb Rivals Unite: 9flats Acquires Canada's iStopOver
Berlin-based Airbnb competitor 9flats this morning announced the acquisition of Canada’s iStopOver (also an Airbnb rival). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Thanks to the purchase, the Germany-based short-term…
RIM Launching 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet
RIM is about to launch its new 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with built-in support for cellular networks, the Canadian mobile manufacturer announced today. According to the company, “the 4G LTE…
RIM Hit With $147.2M Verdict In Patent Suit, Considers Appeal
Troubled Research In Motion (RIM) took another blow yesterday, after it was ordered to pay an $8 royalty to a company called Mformation for every BlackBerry device connected to its…
Hulu's Original Programming to Land on TV for the First Time
The movie and TV streaming joint venture Hulu has closed a deal to license its webseries “Spoilers with Kevin Smith” to the Canadian cable TV channel Space, Variety reports. This…
Freelancer.com Acquires Freelancer Marketplace ScriptLance
Job outsourcing and crowd-sourcing marketplace Freelancer.com just announced on its blog that it has acquired Canada’s largest freelance marketplace, ScriptLance, which has over 360,000 enterprise and professional users. Thanks to…
HootSuite Adds Instagram & SlideShare to App Directory
Less than ten days after Social media management dashboard HootSuite announced 4m users, the Canadian company has revealed the latest additions to its App Directory, with Instagram and SlideShare among…
StartupPlays Launches an Online 'Democratic Accelerator'
Startup accelerators programs are popping up at an increasing rate and we’ve even reported on one on a boat sailing around the world. While we fully expected the next twist to be…
SecureKey Raises $30 Million From Intel, Visa, Mastercard And Others
SecureKey, a Toronto, Canada-based security solutions company, has secured $30 million in a financing round led by Intel Capital. New strategic investors who participated in the funding round were Visa,…
Uber Begins Testing in Vancouver
Back in December we reported that private-car booking service Uber was set to expand into 25 new cities over the next 14 months. And today it has announced that Vancouver…
HootSuite Teams Launches for Serious Business Users
Social media management dashboard HootSuite is continuing its push out into the corporate social sphere by rolling out HootSuite Teams, a toolkit it says is aimed at “serious business collaboration”….
