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

Candice So

Published: May 1st, 2013 Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+
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Small firms raid online marketplace with startup-powered solutions

When Winnie Yip launched her Toronto home decoration and vintage goods shop Even & Odd in spring 2012, her target market was working people in their 30s and 40s. That group is likely

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 4th, 2013 Grant Buckler
Connecting health practitioners with patients online

Connecting health practitioners with patients online

The Web and mobile app stores are saturated with solutions that make buying plane tickets or booking sports facilities easy and convenient. When it comes to something as time sensitive and painful as

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 10th, 2013 Maria Karpenko
What happens to cloud data when you die?

What happens to cloud data when you die?

My guess is that, on average, we have at least 20 different online accounts.  At a minimum, this includes e-mail, social networking (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, MySpace, Flickr), entertainment (e.g. iTunes, Second

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 4th, 2013 ITBusiness Staff
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Mountain Equipment Co-op takes Xtreme approach with mCommerce app

Outdoorsy types who shop at Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) can do so from their iPhone this holiday season, thanks to the work of Toronto-based Xtreme Labs that helped develop the app. MEC has 16

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 19th, 2012 Brian Jackson
Canada Post delivers new online tools for e-tailers

Canada Post delivers new online tools for e-tailers

Canada Post continues its push into the digital realm with the launch of some new e-commerce tools. The Canada Post Web Services tools are aimed at retailers and designedto be integrated into their

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 31st, 2012 Christine Wong
Eliminate business bottlenecks by going digital everywhere

Eliminate business bottlenecks by going digital everywhere

Anthony Raso's Toronto-based car maintenance garage isn't a digital business – customers drive their cars into his shop, they get hoisted on a lift, and he fixes them – but that didn't stop

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 30th, 2012 Brian Jackson
‘Put away the cozy image of the little old lady knitting a sweater for the grandkids’

‘Put away the cozy image of the little old lady knitting a sweater for the grandkids’

By Alexandra Reid  This is a story about a 70-year-old woman who wants nothing to do with social media but is doing it anyway, inspired by an article I read on ReadWriteWeb last

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 26th, 2012 Francis Moran
Wizard of Oz tickets for sale on Facebook

Wizard of Oz tickets for sale on Facebook

Toronto-based AudienceView Ticketing is working with Mirvish Productions to sell tickets to The Wizard of Oz over Facebook and will be announcing a full self-serve ticket platform for reserve seating and general admission

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 11th, 2012 Brian Jackson
Privacy Commissioner shouldn’t be in the business of keeping secrets

Privacy Commissioner shouldn’t be in the business of keeping secrets

After some of the most-visited Canadian Web sites gave away our personal information without asking us, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is choosing to help keep the offending firms’ secret. Apparently the privacy

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 25th, 2012 Brian Jackson
Google awards Canadian towns for small business tech savvy

Google awards Canadian towns for small business tech savvy

Google is awarding several Canadian towns where small businesses have shown some technology zeal with eTown awards, the search giant announced today.The awards go to places where smaller shops have made use of

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 25th, 2012 Brian Jackson
Online payment startup Stripe hits Canada

Online payment startup Stripe hits Canada

Flush with VC cash, U.S. startup Stripe has brought its online payments platform to the Canadian market. What Stripe has to offer is an easy sell to Canada's busy, resourcestarved SMBs who want

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 19th, 2012 Christine Wong
Facebook search engine could capture half of market: survey

Facebook search engine could capture half of market: survey

Facebook could capture up to 50 per cent of the online search market within a few years if it chooses to challenge Google in that area, a London-based SEO consultant firm says.Though possible,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 14th, 2012 Brian Jackson
Keeping good online reputation important for small business too

Keeping good online reputation important for small business too

It’s a dog-eat-dog online world out there. Just ask any business owner that’s seen their online reputation ruined by one scorching review on Yelp, or an angry customer causing trouble on the Web

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 13th, 2012 Brian Jackson
How Vancouver’s tiny BroadbandTV is making big waves in online video

How Vancouver’s tiny BroadbandTV is making big waves in online video

On paper, Shahrzad Rafati seems to have all the odds stacked against her.She's female. She's only 32. And she had to adapt to a whole newculture after immigrating to Canada from Iran at

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 3rd, 2012 Christine Wong