Is credit card alliance Foursquare’s saving grace?

By now you've probably heard that Foursquare had initiated a retail program that allows users to check in to locations and save money with their Visa or MasterCard. In fact, it's been almost

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 4th, 2013 Karim Kanji

Former Radian6 employees join ‘relationship capital’ mining startup

Several former Radian6 employees are now part of a new social startup based in New Brunswick, that promises to unlock more sales opportunities by mining a business' own employees. Described as a “relationship

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 13th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Nobody’s ever told me, ‘I have too much money for marketing’

By Francis Moran With the possible exception of a client vying for a huge defence procurement project in the late 1980s, an undertaking for which money certainly seemed to be no object, I’m

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 28th, 2012 Francis Moran

The allure of building enterprise products

By Jesse Rodgers  There is no doubt that enterprise software is currently in fashion. That’s because in enterprise software there are big problems, bigger data, and bigger budgets where you don’t need to find

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 20th, 2012 Francis Moran

SalesChoice readies all-Canadian alternative to Salesforce.com

As the President and CEO of a small company, Camille Peters feels like her time is stretched pretty thin, and she especially felt like she didn’t have time to endlessly fill out all

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 19th, 2012 Brian Jackson

iPad mini launch day delayed by Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy is raining on Apple Inc.’s parade when it comes for a big launch day for its new iPad mini tablet, with shipping delays to regions hit by the storm.Apple is fond

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 2nd, 2012 Brian Jackson

iPad Mini will cannibalize 15-20 per cent of ‘original’ iPad sales: analysts

Two analysts have weighed in with a prediction that the iPad Mini will cannibalize Apple's regular iPad sales. According to our source story from NetworkWorld, Bill Choi of JanneyCapital Markets and Gene Munster

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 18th, 2012 Christine Wong

iPhone 5 accounts for one-third of smartphone activations in Canada

Apple Inc. can hardly avoid scrutiny as the most valuable corporation in the world, so it’s no surprise the iPhone 5 received some mocking following its unveiling by CEO Tim Cook.Critics were quick

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 10th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Sony tablet recall highlights BYOD problem

Owners of the Sony Xperia Tablet S might want to be extra careful to not splash a glass of water onto their fondle slab now that sales have been suspended due to a

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 5th, 2012 Brian Jackson

BlackBerry gets a ‘D’ in back-to-school phone sales

Looks like a lot of students didn't head back to school with a BlackBerry or Windows phone in their backpacks this year. Vancouver-based iQmetrix surveyed 7,000 wireless retailers in NorthAmerica between July 23

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 26th, 2012 Christine Wong

2012 B2B content marketing trends

By Alexandra Reid  Holger Schulze recently conducted a valuable LinkedIn survey on 2012 B2B content marketing trends that managed to attract an immodest 740 responses, the majority of which came from senior marketing professionals in high

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 6th, 2012 Francis Moran

Social CRM firm Jugnoo lays off 14

Toronto-based Jugnoo Inc. has finished a round of layoffs that reduced its staff size from almost 100 to between 80 and 85 employees, according to the firm.Jugnoo, which offers a Web-based customer relations

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 4th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Apple would maintain tablet dominance with ‘iPad mini’: IDC

Apple will continue to dominate the world's tablet market through 2016 if it launches a smaller iPad this year, according to research firm IDC.In a revised five-year forecast, IDC said last week that

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 12th, 2012 Gregg Keizer

What’s really not working, Facebook or advertising in general?

It was Graham Phillips, the former CEO of Ogilvy and Mather who said “Too much of today’s advertising is irrelevant and a waste of money.” He wasn’t talking about Facebook’s lack of success

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 5th, 2012 Brian Jackson