There were echoes in the advertising industry last year that search advertising which Google has dominated in so many ways over the past decade was about to decline in terms of revenue in the wake of mobile, the sudden return of display advertising and real-time bidding advertising networks.
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Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. As a first step to fulfilling that mission,... [more]
Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. Millions of people use Facebook everyday to... [more]
It was bound to happen eventually.
Following what is probably the biggest internet meme of 2012 so far—"Shit Girls Say," inspired by Twitter account Shitmydadsays—news site VentureBeat has jumped on the bandwagon and released "Shit Startup People Say." While the production quality is poor and the acting is mediocre, what makes VB's video worth watching is the fact that they use "a liberal amount of script from real life." Though it's worryingly hard to tell the real and the fictional pitches apart.
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Fairfax now owns nearly 27 million shares of RIM, well above the 12 million it owned in September, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Toronto company bought 6.5 million shares on January 25 and another 7.6 million shares yesterday.
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BlackBerry (Research In Motion) is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile... [more]
“We also expect to see plenty of spam and malware taking advantage of some of the major upcoming sporting events this year. We are already seeing references to the Summer Olympics in London as part of 419 or advance fee fraud messages,” said Paul Wood, senior intelligence analyst, Symantec. “By relating their mails to widely celebrated holidays and current events with global interest, spammers and malware authors can (at first glance at least) make their messages more interesting, and increase the chance of recipients visiting spam Web sites or becoming infected,” Wood said.
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The Canadian telco announced that it has exclusive live mobile access to numerous major sports events, including the NHL All-Star Game, the Super Bowl XLVI, and the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Of course, nothing is that easy; you have to order Bell Mobile TV and that's a $5 add-on. Oh, and even then, there's restrictions, such as a 5-hour content viewing limit (extra usage is $1 per hour).
"Bell's strategic commitment to bring Canadians the best mobile content across world-leading new broadband networks continues to accelerate the popularity of Bell Mobile TV right across the country," said Wade Oosterman, President of Bell Mobility and Residential Services, and Bell's Chief Brand Officer. "With this unbeatable roster of live hockey, curling, football and basketball events available on Bell superphones, rooting for your favourite team just got better."
Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing the most comprehensive and innovative suite of communication services to residential and... [more]
The disappointment was apparently enough to trigger change at the company. After perhaps observing Apple's tremendous success with its single-device business model, the company now intends to scale back on quantity and ramp up quality. An executive of HTC in the United Kingdom told Mobile Magazine today that the company plans to launch less devices, instead "focusing on what made us great—amazing hardware a great customer experience."
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HTC principally engages in the research, development and manufacture of handheld wireless telecommunications devices based on Windows Mobile,... [more]
HighScore House is an online game that is powered by the real-world. You and your children decide on a set of tasks, like walking the dog or mowing the lawn, and rewards, like an extra hour of TV time or a new game. Then as your children complete the tasks, they earn points that they can redeem for the rewards.
Co-founded by Kyle Seaman and Theo Ephraim HighScore House is a product of Montreal's Year One Labs. Since leaving the labs they have raised an angel round that includes Canadians Jason Bailey (check out his thoughts on angel investing) and Clarity.fm's Dan Martell.
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HighScore House is an online game that is powered by real-world activity and rewards. You and your children decide on a set of tasks, like walking... [more]
The only flops comparable to the Xoom are HP's TouchPad, which was axed in under two months, and RIM's PlayBook, which is still alive (but not yet updated to OS 2.0…). The starkest contrast, of course, is to Apple's iPad: 200,000 Motorola tablets shipped in the fourth quarter versus more than 15 million iPads sold.
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Department Description: Business Unit Description: Motorola Canada Software Center The Motorola Canada Software Center (MCSC) is part of... [more]
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