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by Doug Lacombe
on Fri, July 22, 2011 2:36 PM
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The shiny new thing in social media this month is Google+ (aka Google Plus or G+). It launched in beta/invite only mode at the end of June, since attracting an estimated 18 million users. Will it kill Facebook? Twitter? It’s too early to tell and that may not even be...
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by Doug Lacombe
on Thu, February 4, 2010 10:16 AM
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Calgary's Hatsize Corporation was selected as the Forum Favourite for Best Company in the Information Technology category at 13th annual Canadian Financing Forum held in Vancouver last week. Also in the IT category, Victoria's Advanced E-Commerce Research Systems was selected as the Best Early Stage Company.
The winners were chosen...
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by Doug Lacombe
on Sun, May 10, 2009 3:38 PM
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Kids these days - they don't even understand handwriting!When a self described "young Gen Xer" like Jeremiah Owyang (of Forrester Research) tells an anecdote about a Gen Y teacher having trouble relating to her students, Boomers like me better take note."Like all kids, they hated homework," commented Owyang "but they...
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by Doug Lacombe
on Wed, March 25, 2009 7:52 PM
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In March 2009 Fortune magazine ranked Intuit as 'The World's Most Admired Software Company' ahead of Adobe, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and others."Canadian Marketing Association, Calgary Chapter
Today, Gene Lewis, Director - Sales & Marketing, Intuit Global Business Division, treated Calgary members of the Canadian Marketing Association to a glimpse of what...
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by Doug Lacombe
on Thu, March 12, 2009 2:06 PM
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In the fall of 2007 there was a plethora of newsworthy events going on in Canada. The war in Afghanistan, the surging loonie and its impact on exports, the Pickton trial, the bluster of Conrad Black, and much, much more.
It's no wonder politicians and news media...
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