Skype CEO Tony Bates just took the stage here on the final day of D10, and he got right into the news delivery mindset: as of now, there are 250 million monthly connected users. Said Bates, "When we closed [the Microsoft deal], we had 170 million monthly users, so haven't skipped a beat in terms of momentum." Continuing on when asked from Kara … [Read more...]
Skype CEO Tony Bates confirms 250m monthly users, talks Microsoft partnership and future plans
June 1, 2012 by
Google’s Sundar Pichai confirms that offline Google Drive ‘coming in five weeks,’ hints at ad-supported Chromebook
June 1, 2012 by
During the closing session here at D10 in California, Google's on Senior Vice President of Chrome & Apps Sundar Pichai was joined by Susan Wojcicki (SVP of Advertising at Google) at Walt Mossberg. Sundar was able to drive the majority of the conversation in the realm of Chrome and Chrome OS, and quite a few interesting nuggets were dropped. For … [Read more...]
Bond confirms she didn’t know about RCMP wage hikes either
April 5, 2012 by
Attorney General Shirley Bond confirms her office was caught off guard about the new RCMP compensation package as well – and was told what was likely supposed to be reassuring news. In a statement to CKNW, Bond says when she did learn of the wage hikes, she had her staff get in touch with Ottawa right away. And she says the federal government … [Read more...]
Burns Lake Village confirms 25 people working at sawmill at time of blast
January 21, 2012 by
The Village of Burns Lake is confirming for the first time details in Friday night’s massive explosion at a saw mill. A statement from the village, the local First Nation and the regional district say about 25 workers were on shift at the time of the blast, shortly after 8 p.m. Northern Health says 19 people were taken to hospital and at … [Read more...]
Google confirms Verizon’s LTE Galaxy Nexus dimensions and specifications
November 17, 2011 by
Four zillion new Galaxy Nexus promo videos not enough to sate your appetite for superphones? We hear ya. Google's specifications portal just went live for Verizon's looming LTE version of the world's first Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone, and as expected, it's a wee bit bigger than the HSPA+ version. We heard back in Hong Kong that the LTE model … [Read more...]
Coroner confirms Gough’s cause of death
November 13, 2011 by
It was a mixed drug overdose of cocaine and heroin that caused the death of Ashlie Gough at Occupy Vancouver last weekend. The BC Coroners service says the 23-year old had probably died some hours before she was found unresponsive in a tent on the afternoon of November 5th. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
NVIDIA CEO confirms Tegra roadmap, building all now: Kal-El, Wayne, Logan, Stark
October 21, 2011 by
NVIDIA's historically outspoken CEO, Mr. Jen-Hsun Huang, just took the stage here at AsiaD, and among other things, he confirmed to Walt that the Tegra roadmap is well established, and in fact, the entire next-gen range is being produced (internally, of course) right now. That's Kal-El, Wayne, Logan and Stark, all codenamed after superheroes -- … [Read more...]
