In 2007, two University of Calgary students posted critical remarks about one of their professors in a Facebook group devoted to complaints. The students, twin brothers Keith and Steven Pridgen, were punished by the university for "non-academic misconduct" by being placed on probation.
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I love when a brand has a sense of humor. It's wonderful to see the entertaining side of marketing - when it's done right.
Which is why I’m disappointed that Nokia pulled down its music video, Dev City, which was created to promote its upcoming developer conference, as soon as it was panned by TechCrunch, The Next Web, and so on.
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Bell Mobility and its parent company, BCE, were served this morning with a $100 million lawsuit. The massive suit alleges that the expiry dates on Bell's pre-paid wireless services are illegal.
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In anticipation of the federal budget cuts to the CBC and the release of former CBC Executive Richard Stursberg’s new book The Tower of Babble: Sins, Secrets and Successes Inside the CBC, TheStar.com launched a microsite and contest called The Network. Since its inception in March, The Network has provided a platform for Canadians to share their ideas about the future of the CBC and national public broadcasting.
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Dan Friedmann’s outlook on the future of his company is not bright.
As the federal government dithers on whether or not to fund the RADARSAT Constellation Mission, the CEO of Metro Vancouver based Space and Defence contractor, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) projects a bleak future for his firm.
“All I can tell you is, we are not under contract and our people are leaving,” Friedmann told CBC News.
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Last month, Techvibes reported that San Francisco based on-demand private driving service Uber was launching in Vancouver.
Looks like we're on step closer with a secret testing phase beginning in the city—and you probably won't be surprised to hear who Rider One was.
HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes and an entourage grabbed a Uber signature black town car in Railtown.
Unfortunately the famous HootSuite Owl was nowhere to be seen.
read moreToronto-born Uberflip, a cloud-based PDF enhancement tool with embeddable social widgets like YouTube videos, finished 4th at the Road to Banff Canada 3.0 competition. It has since held a high ranking in recent weeks in the Google Chrome Store’s Marketing & Analytics section.
Yesterday, Facebook launched the App Center. Facebook’s App Center will allow all platforms to be listed whether they be iOS, Android, Blackberry, Mango, or Web. Uberflip’s COO Randy Frisch says they are working on that now. As mobile app stores have been incredibly popular, we're now beginning to see web stores beyond e-commerce.
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What does the user experience mean in the mobile commerce space?
Forrester Research and Plastic Mobile agree that it’s basically the cornerstone of any successful mobile initiative.
They showcase this theory in the Case Study on Mobile UI/UX Design titled “Pizza Pizza Cooks Up a Successful Mobile App.”
Toronto-based startup Plastic Mobile says that t has been practicing a “user is paramount” theory since inception at the dawn of the mobile revolution.
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We just recently covered the end of Allerta's Kickstarter campaign, which saw the Canadian-born startup raise more than $10 million from over 66,000 backers in the span of one month. Back in Vancouver, coworking community HiVE is hoping to raise a modest $35,000 in crowdfunding money using the Indiegogo platform, which we earlier today suggested as one of 12 ideal sites to use in Canada.
read moreNearly half of technology executives are allowing employees to access the company network using their personal smartphones and other technology tools, a concept known as Bring Your Own Device, according to a new Robert Half Technology survey shows.
When CIOs were asked, "Do you allow employees access to your corporate networks via personal laptops, smartphones or tablets?" 49% said yes.
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