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by Karim Kanji
on Fri, March 12, 2010 1:19 PM
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Almost a month ago to the day Doritos launched its a nation-wide initiative that asks Canadians to name the newest Doritos unidentified flavour.However, this is not just any initiative. There is $250,000 at stake. As many of you may know by now, Doritos is asking Canadians to create a video...
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by Karim Kanji
on Thu, March 11, 2010 7:57 AM
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The Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, is taking to the digital airwaves. In a move many suggest is his government's attempt to "win" over the "connected" constituency, Harper is requesting Canadians to submit questions on YouTube. He will then answer a "selection" of questions on YouTube on Tuesday March...
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by Karim Kanji
on Wed, March 3, 2010 8:40 PM
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Even though Valentine's Day has long passed, there is always time to talk about love. And with the weather in my hometown of Toronto feeling springlike, I thought, "What better time to talk about love than now!" Especially, if it involves the internet and $5000. And ...
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by Sarah Blue
on Thu, February 11, 2010 12:51 PM
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Always dating the wrong dame? Why not try crowdsourcing the search for your next girlfriend? Because the rumors are probably true... your mother does know best...and so does everyone else. Just in time for Valentine's Day, here are some tips from Chaordix on using crowdsourcing to help you find that...
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by Karim Kanji
on Wed, February 10, 2010 4:53 PM
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Much has been made here, here and here as well as in other online publications about the use of technology and social media in Haiti. However, for the first time in a natural disaster, the Red Cross is using new technologies to help Haitians affected by the deadly Jan. 12...
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by Justin Kozuch
on Sun, February 7, 2010 6:55 PM
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Techvibes: Hello Heather, thank you for sitting down with us today.
Heather Leson: Thank you for having me.
Techvibes: So tell us about CrisisCampTO. What happened there?
Heather: On Saturday, January 30th, 2010, 30 mostly strangers volunteered over 8 hours of their time to help the helpers. CrisisCommons and the network of CrisisCamp...
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by Karim Kanji
on Wed, February 3, 2010 9:44 PM
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Early Wednesday morning the good folks at Camaraderie announced on their blog that they have finally secured the premises at 102 Adelaide Street East in the heart of downtown Toronto. Camaraderie is as much an idea as it is a location:
Born from the feeling of collaboration and...
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by Karim Kanji
on Tue, February 2, 2010 7:34 PM
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Late last year we featured a conversation with GridCentric CEO Tim Smith. Earlier today we had the privilege of Tim filling us in on their latest development involving Yok University.
GridCentric is proud to open up the beta deployment of its Copper cloud computing platform at York University to York University...
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