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Canadian Startup of the Year Wattpad announced today on their blog that users spent more than 1 billion minutes on the service in the month of January.
According to co-founder and CEO Allen Lau growth comes from a combination of attracting new users and convincing each of those users...
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on Fri, February 10, 2012 11:16 AM
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Neil Sweeney was named Canada's Top Digital Media Executive in 2011 at the Digi Awards in December for pioneering JUICE Mobile, a mobile advertising and analytics company with dozens of Canadian clients. JUICE offers access to over 1B monthly mobile impressions from 1,500 various Canadian and USA publishers.
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on Fri, February 10, 2012 10:05 AM
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In October Techvibes reported that Google Wallet would be coming to Canada in early 2012. No word yet on when the official launch will be but it looks like its introduction to Canada could be delayed because of a number of reported vulnerabilities.
According to Security Watch's Neil Rubenking, if Google...
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on Fri, February 10, 2012 9:14 AM
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Richmond Hill based OrderDynamics, a SaaS provider for on-demand e-commerce technology for retailers says that merchants who used their technology outpaced the e-commerce holiday sales average by 57%.
The company says retail sales grew 15% to $35 billion in 2011 versus 2010 for online transactions between November 1st and December 26th....
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This morning Telus Corporation reported fourth quarter 2011 revenue of $2.7 Billion, an increase of more than five per cent over the same period last year. The increase was generated by 6.5% growth in wireless revenue and four per cent growth in wireline revenue, both driven by strong data...
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on Fri, February 10, 2012 6:00 AM
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Yesterday Plentyoffish.com Founder Markus Frind declared on his blog that the the Web is dead and the future of online dating is mobile. Considering his stats, it hard to argue with him.
In the last year POF has gone from having no mobile apps to 300 Million visits and 3 ...
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by Dan Verhaeghe
on Thu, February 9, 2012 12:18 PM
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What kind of smartphone - or "superphone" you have as Bell is calling some of these feature-laden mobile devices these days - is a hot topic of discussion at a social event.
The person struggling for a conversation piece takes out their phone and the guy next to them goes: "I...
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Telus announced today that its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless service will be available to Haligonians starting February 10th.
Telus plans to continue rolling out its 4G LTE coverage to more regions across Canada to reach more than 25 million Canadians by the end of 2012.
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on Thu, February 9, 2012 6:01 AM
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While there are sites like Brands of the World and Ads of the World that inspire marketers and celebrate advertising creativity, Justin Clark started AdChop, a growing collection of online and mobile advertising case studies. The Ottawa-based AdChop founder says that it's a place where agencies and online merchants can...
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on Wed, February 8, 2012 2:14 PM
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You may have seen some impressive stories come out of Canada's Interactive Digital Media Industry as of late on Techvibes as the achievements of industry leaders behind it all have certainly not gone unnoticed.
The creative force behind Interactive Ontario's X-Summit, GameON: Finance, INPlay, and the Interactive Exchange since co-founding the...
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