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To narrow your skills gap, hire your interns and co-ops – and train them well

Candice So 05/16/2013

Although the threat of a skills gap continues to loom large in the IT industry in Canada, hiring young people and certifying

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Apple’s Top 10 Biggest Blunders

ITBusiness Staff 10/14/2012

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Hyperdrive: accelerating at light speed

Brian Jackson 03/22/2013

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BlackBerry Messenger: On iOS, Android and social networking

05/15/2013

On Tuesday, BlackBerry CEO and President Thorsten Heins announced that BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) would be made available on iOS and Android devices later this

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Creating a report card for accelerators

A number of incubators and accelerators promising to help Canadian startups fast-track the entrepreneurial process and gain access to venture capital money have been popping up nation-wide in the last couple of years.

Published on: May 9th, 2013 Brian Jackson @brianjjackson

World’s most intelligent communities to share stories in Toronto

A conference exploring the success stories of the world’s most technologically advanced hotspots is coming to Toronto in June. The Seven Habits of Highly Intelligent Communities Summit, organized by i-Canada, will run from

Published on: May 8th, 2013 @itbusinessca

How Hootsuite gets 90% customer support satisfaction

HootSuite is used by many businesses to provide support to their customers on social media, so its no wonder the Vancouver-based firm makes it a priority to do its own customer support right.

Published on: May 7th, 2013 Brian Jackson @brianjjackson

Canadian startups building rather than selling, report says

Fewer Canadian startup CEOs are thinking of up and selling their companies, preferring to stick it out for the long haul, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). In a report released

Published on: May 6th, 2013 Candice So @candice_so

Youtube channels could see paid subscriptions soon

Google has expanded its monetization opportunities for its content partners on Youtube in recent years, offering them the opportunity to earn a portion of the advertising revenue off their page views. But now

Published on: May 6th, 2013 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Kirstine Stewart wins in social media country managers ‘death match’

A little bird told us that Kirstine Stewart has been appointed the managing director of Twitter Canada. She was the executive vice president of English services at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Her TV experience

Published on: May 3rd, 2013 Wolston Lobo @WolstonL

IBM promises streamlined M2M communication with MessageSight

IBM Corp. said its MessageSight appliance will help organizations better manage communications between mobile devices and other machines connected to the corporate network. Unveiling MessageSight at the Impact 2012 conference here, Big Blue

Published on: May 2nd, 2013 Michelle Warren @MichelleWarren1

Webbys name Canada’s best-of-Web: McDonald’s campaign, the Biebs

Canadian marketing companies garnered a number of wins at the 17th annual Webby Awards this year, scoring nods for their work in advertising, public service and activism. The Webby Awards, which honour Internet

Published on: May 1st, 2013 Candice So @candice_so

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Readyportal combines Web CMS with collaborative workflow

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To narrow your skills gap, hire your interns and co-ops – and train them well

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Wavefront to partner with Waterloo startup accelerator

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