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By Erin Bury April 6, 2012

NFC-Enabled Devices and Brand Adoption on the Rise

With wireless connectivity technologies like GPS and Bluetooth becoming standard for connected devices, Near Field Communication…

By Darrell Etherington April 6, 2012

Spuul Brings Bollywood Movies to the Masses

Spuul, a new video streaming site and Singapore-based startup, has officially launched. The site specializes in Indian film,…

By Darrell Etherington April 5, 2012

Shazam Partners with American Idol to Increase Second Screen Integration

Shazam announced today that its mobile media tagging and identification app would be integrated into the remaining broadcasts…

By Darrell Etherington April 5, 2012

Spil Games Partners With Digital Chocolate to Grow Social Gaming Platform

Amsterdam-based social gaming platform Spil Games thinks Facebook alone doesn’t provide enough to satiate expansion-hungry…

By Darrell Etherington April 5, 2012

Revel Partners With LevelUp and Geek Squad to Add to iPad POS

iPads and iPhone payment systems seem well-positioned to replace the old, outdated and often clunky software and hardware currently…

By Darrell Etherington April 4, 2012

Dolphin Sonar Brings Voice-Powered Browsing to iOS

MoboTap, the startup behind the wildly popular Dolphin web browser for Android, is today releasing the iOS version of its recent…

By Erin Bury April 4, 2012

SkillPages Crosses 1 Million UK Members, Approaches 4 Million Globally

Social skills directory SkillPages just announced that they’ve passed one million members in the UK, and expect to cross…

By Darrell Etherington April 4, 2012

Safely Partners With Sprint to Offer Mobile Family Controls

Smartphones are becoming ubiquitous, and not just for adults; as many as 75 percent of kids in the U.S. aged 2-13 regularly…

By Darrell Etherington April 3, 2012

Phonedeck Launches Cloud Dashboard for Mobile Phones

Berlin-based Phonedeck, which launches in private beta today, manages to deliver something a lot of users have likely been…

By Darrell Etherington April 3, 2012

Decide.com Partners With Bizrate to Help Buyers Buy Smarter

Easy access to a wide range of online data sources makes comparison shopping pretty much default human behavior for today’s…

By Erin Bury April 3, 2012

Attachments.me Raises $2M for Email Attachments Tool

Attachments.me announced today that they’ve raised $2 million in Series A funding from VC firm Foundry Group to help…

By Darrell Etherington April 3, 2012

iSimplyConnect Debuts VPN Tool for iPad

VPN services are often a must for organizations who have employees working out of the office who need access to on-site data,…

By Darrell Etherington April 3, 2012

YouDazzle Wants to Be the Avon of Online Collaboration

How do you sell a new online collaboration tool? For startup YouDazzle, which officially launches today, the answer seems to…

By Darrell Etherington April 2, 2012

DataSift Partners With NewsCred to Deliver News Analytics

DataSift, the company that recently partnered with Twitter to bring archived analytics of Twitter content dating back to January…

By Darrell Etherington April 2, 2012

Are Subscription Goods Startups Hitting a Wall?

ShoeDazzle, which launched as a subscription-based shoe sales site that delivered a pair of shoes every month for $39.99, has…

Chamath Palihapitiya, Sanja Fidler among Homecoming headliners as Toronto Tech Week unveils event calendar

Shopify, Lightspeed lead Canadian tech stock surge after US pauses universal tariffs

CVCA calls for temporary capital gains reduction, national investment tax credit in pitch to federal parties

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promises to defer capital gains taxes if proceeds reinvested in Canada

Québec budget overhauls innovation tax credits, earmarks millions for tariff impacts

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NFC-Enabled Devices and Brand Adoption on the Rise

Spuul Brings Bollywood Movies to the Masses

Shazam Partners with American Idol to Increase Second Screen Integration

Spil Games Partners With Digital Chocolate to Grow Social Gaming Platform

Revel Partners With LevelUp and Geek Squad to Add to iPad POS

Dolphin Sonar Brings Voice-Powered Browsing to iOS

SkillPages Crosses 1 Million UK Members, Approaches 4 Million Globally

Safely Partners With Sprint to Offer Mobile Family Controls

Phonedeck Launches Cloud Dashboard for Mobile Phones

Decide.com Partners With Bizrate to Help Buyers Buy Smarter

Attachments.me Raises $2M for Email Attachments Tool

iSimplyConnect Debuts VPN Tool for iPad

YouDazzle Wants to Be the Avon of Online Collaboration

DataSift Partners With NewsCred to Deliver News Analytics

Are Subscription Goods Startups Hitting a Wall?

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