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by Karim Kanji
on Thu, March 18, 2010 7:57 AM
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Whether Canada owned the podium or not, one thing is clear: The Olympic Consortium, headed up by CTV, owned the Olympics. Over the course of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, over 28 million videos were viewed and more than 215 million pages were viewed on CTVOlympics.ca and RDSolympiques.ca.According to their...
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by Karim Kanji
on Mon, March 15, 2010 7:43 AM
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Many of you may have heard of Billy Reid. If not, you may have seen one of his videos online. This was one of them. And it continues to be one of my favourites:
Now, Billy has been tapped to be the spokesperson for the Doritos viral video campaign - Doritos...
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by Rob Lewis
on Tue, March 9, 2010 8:45 AM
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This morning Cisco today announced a major advancement in Internet networking - the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System (CRS) - designed to serve as the foundation of the next-generation Internet and set the pace for the growth of video transmission, mobile devices and new online services. I'll let CEO John...
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by Rob Lewis
on Wed, February 10, 2010 2:32 PM
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Last month the Montreal Gazette's Roberto Rocha announced that he was leaving his job as a technology reporter to take a one year leave of absence. The Gazette is a CanWest property.
Technocité's Rocha knew that many would consider his desicion nuts considering the current turmoil in the newspaper industry -...
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by Karim Kanji
on Mon, February 1, 2010 8:16 PM
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With all the recent news about Apple's iPad and Amazon's dominance in the eReader catagory with the Kindle, I thought we should highlight another company that loves reading: Vook.
What is a vook? According to their website, "A vook is a new innovation in reading that blends a well-written book, high-quality...
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by Rob Lewis
on Fri, January 22, 2010 12:55 PM
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In November of 2008 Techvibes reported that Montreal's WatchMojo.com had surpassed 33 Million video streams served. In April 2009 we reported that the site had served up 50 Milllion video streams.
Today the Montreal Gazette's Roberto Rocha reported that they have broken the 100 Million mark and captured CEO's Ashkan Karbasfrooshan's...
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by Warren Frey
on Tue, January 19, 2010 2:06 PM
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Over the past few years, the internet has stealthily been creeping into television’s backyard. From the stuttering, blurry days of Realvideo up to our current blossoming ecosystem of Youtube, Vimeo, and thousands of video podcasts, video has taken centre stage online.
But up until now the worlds on online video have...
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by Rob Lewis
on Sat, January 16, 2010 10:52 PM
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Yesterday it was announced that a joint federal-provincial investment, combined with an endowment from networking technology leader Cisco, will enable The University of Winnipeg's environmental science program to increase research on “green” technology.
As part of the historic $14 million dollar public-private investment in the University, Cisco is also donating a...
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by Rob Lewis
on Thu, January 14, 2010 8:45 AM
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In partnership with Carlson Media, Techvibes is excited to release the second episode of TechProfiles - a series of one-on-one interviews with leaders in the Vancouver tech community. We're sitting down with the key personnel at a business thriving in Vancouver's technology community to learn what separates them from their...
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