Facebook drew attention to a big “mystery announcement” today and then used the event to announce a new front end to Bing. Graph Search will be the new empty field next to a
What do you get when you cross a farmer, a coder and a designer? No, this isn’t the start of a bad joke. It’s a snapshot of a local collaboration of agriculture and
Published on: August 22nd, 2012
Kayleigh Platz
@write_girl
Calgary-based mobile app firm Poynt Corp. announced today it has filed for creditor protection under the bankruptcy and insolvency act.The notice of intention filed freezes the company's creditors from being able to collect
Launched in November 2008, Groupon leverages collective buying power to offer huge discounts, which are the result of partnering with small business owners who offer the deals. The featured deal-and the business offering
A young man wants a coffee. He consults an application on his smartphone that shows him nearby coffee shops, chooses one, and sits down with a cup. Meanwhile his friend who happens to
Published on: December 1st, 2011
Grant Buckler
@grantbuckler
1&1 Canada’s My Business Heroes contest, for which I'm a judge, wraps up today. This is the first time the company has launched the contest, where Canadians can nominate businesses they feel have
Published on: August 12th, 2011
Harmeet Singh
@itbusinessca
Geolocation service Foursquare is on the rise. Founded in 2009, by this week it has registered over a half million merchants, after counting 10 million users in June. Foursquare is trying to define
Small businesses advertising on the Web are starting to get more reasons to look beyond Google as Yahoo Canada and AOL Canada ramp up efforts north of the 49th parallel.Both big names that
With the launch of Facebook Deals in Canada and Google’s addition of location-based check-ins through Latitude, the group buying trend may find itself disrupted just as its hitting its stride. Group buying services
Google would be overspending if it paid north of US$5 billion to acquire online coupon provider Groupon, according to various industry analysts.While Groupon would give Google a boost in local advertising and make
Published on: December 1st, 2010
Juan Carlos Perez
@itbusinessca
Everyone uses online classfieds these days. Whether you're looking for a job or an apartment, or doing some Spring cleaning and want to sell some old stuff, sites such as Kijiji and Craiglist
Microsoft Tuesday launched a private beta of its new Vine service, which is designed to allow small groups and organizations to trade vital information. Vine is a downloadable application that allows you to
It's easy to miss little gems of information on Twitter, the social networking service that allows users to exchange short messages. Because we all can't spend hours in front of the service, we
