Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2011 No Comments »
One of the companies I consider to be entrepreneurial is SynCardia. SynCardia Systems, Inc. is a private company that was founded to sell the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH). The TAH provides a bridge to heart transplant, allowing the wait time for patients to be extended as it allows a regular flow of blood […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2011 No Comments »
For the past few months, demonstrations have been taking place around the world. It all started on September 17th, 2011, as protestors started announcing their discontent with the distribution of wealth, global financial system and about a million other things. As the numbers of protesters grew, so did their list of problems. Along the way, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 27th, 2011 No Comments »
Being a 90s kid, growing up would not have felt complete without my purple Gameboy. I saw this notion mirrored by many others around my age, as we all seem to have played on this device at some point of our lives, then moving on to purchase many other Nintendo electronic devices. Finding out that […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 23rd, 2011 No Comments »
How many of us have wanted to be an astronaut, exploring the mysteries of space? Well, it seems like the wait is over. Bigelow Aerospace is intent on building space habitats. However, their plans have been pushed back due to the delayed development of American space taxis. At the moment, the only countries that has […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 18th, 2011 No Comments »
What comes to mind when thinking about Northern Alberta? For many activists and companies, it is home to the infamous tar sands. Lately, the European Union has been taking steps towards targeting the tar sands as a part of their plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions. However, Canada has not given up hope yet. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2011 No Comments »
To put it lightly, Research In Motion has not been doing well lately. However, they are still doing what they can and holding on to hopes for their future devices. Bringing in QNX, their new operating system, to their upcoming Blackberry devices, RIM has to convince developers to create apps for this system. The […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2011 No Comments »
Breast Cancer: The fear of millions of women around the world. The fight to end this beast has not gone unnoticed. An estimated $6 billion a year is raised towards research. It is October and as many know, it is Breast Cancer awareness month. Filling shelves and storefronts are pink merchandise, all claiming to […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2011 No Comments »
IPad to face competition? That is what people expect the Amazon Fire to bring to the worldwide best selling tablet. I am very skeptical of this claim as I sit here typing on my iPad. However, it does seem that if there was a product in the near future who can come close to competing, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
Eastman Kodak has had no trouble positioning themselves in their customer’s mind– in the past that is. They were known as the number one company for all things film and photography related. However, since having only one year of profit since 2004, they are considering options including filing for bankruptcy. As Broadcastberry points out, Kodak was […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 24th, 2011 No Comments »
Target has made their motives on expanding to Canada clear early this year. Their plans will begin with buying out Zellers, the Canadian retail chain. Now, Target, the second largest discount retailer in the US, aims to play a big role in Canada’s grocery market. They have made plans with Sobeys, Canada’s second largest food retailer, […]