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by Rob Lewis
on Tue, March 2, 2010 9:48 AM
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Canpages announced today the launch of its nation-wide Application Programming Interface (API) contest for smart phone application developers on the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and web platforms. The contest kicks off the opening of Canpages' API to provide access to more than 1,000,000 business listings across Canada and will reward one...
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by Rob Lewis
on Tue, February 23, 2010 2:44 PM
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If you run or work at a small web design or development firm, Microsoft's WebsiteSpark program is worth looking in to. WebsiteSpark is Microsoft’s global program dedicated to helping small web companies succeed.
What do you get when you join WebsiteSpark?
Visibility: By being showcased in the WebsiteSpark marketplace as well...
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by Adrian Crook
on Wed, February 3, 2010 4:57 PM
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Some good news came across the wire today. The BC government, after much consultation with industry, has proposed a labour tax credit package for the interactive digital media sector (as well as some increases to existing film, digital animation and VFX credits).
The proposed interactive digital media tax credit is set...
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by Rob Lewis
on Wed, January 20, 2010 4:51 PM
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If you run or work at a small web design or development firm, Microsoft's WebsiteSpark program is worth looking in to. WebsiteSpark is Microsoft’s global program dedicated to helping small web companies succeed.
What do you get when you join WebsiteSpark?
Visibility: By being showcased in the WebsiteSpark marketplace as well...
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by Rob Lewis
on Fri, January 15, 2010 11:43 PM
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The folks at Vancouver's Tagga Media believe that a large percentage of website visitors are having their very first interacton with new sites on their mobile device.
In a press release earlier today Tagga CEO Amielle Lake concludes that "Mobile is becoming the 'first screen', or a user's primary means of...
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by Karim Kanji
on Sun, January 10, 2010 6:03 PM
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One of our "digital people to watch in Ontario" has recently given us a reason why they were included in this list. TechCrunch is reporting that Shopify has aquired the makers of StoreSync - MNDCreative. Shopify’s acquisition of MNDCreative allows Shopify to expand its existing offerings onto mobile devices.
StoreSync extends...
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by Warren Frey
on Fri, January 8, 2010 2:50 PM
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One of the realities of business in Canada is that if you’re working at a national level, at some point you’ll need to deal with the fact that our country has two official languages. You would think that Team Canada, as representative of our country’s young Olympic hopefuls, would have...
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by Rob Lewis
on Wed, January 6, 2010 10:00 PM
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Web designers come in all shapes and sizes and Vancouver has some great talent. I'm constantly asked for recommendations and usually just point people to the Web Design category in Techvibes Vancouver Directory.
A quick browse reveals over 100 local web designers ranging from sole proprietors like Bluelime Media to larger...
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by Dilip Tinnelvelly
on Fri, December 11, 2009 7:52 PM
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Microsoft has merged its cloud operating system, Azure, that lets developers create new Microsoft-compatible tools and applications in a cloud-based environment with its Server and tools group. The two groups will be operating under one division tagged Server & Cloud Division (SCD). The idea is to bring the software giant’s...
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