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YouTube Invests Further Into Their New Funded Video Channels
0By: Kuljit Grewal | August 3rd, 2012 | Business, News, Social Media
In an effort to expand its content while also attracting blue chip advertisers to its website, Google Inc.’s YouTube invested $150 million into nearly 100 new channels approximately eight months ago. The gamble, if one can call it that, has born enough fruit that Google has decided to place a further $200 mi...
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Not a Fan of Facebook’s Timeline Feature? Get Ready to Cry a Chronological River
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 2nd, 2012 | News, Social Media
It seems like Facebook’s polarizing Timeline format is here to stay. According to various sources (including Today Online), the chronologically based format will become the standard for all Facebook users as early as August 8, 2012. ...
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Canadian Entrepreneur Accuses Twitter of Hijacking His Concept
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 31st, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Howard Lindzon, the founder of StockTwits, a service that organizes investment information from Twitter has got a major bone to pick with Twitter. The company, which deploys “cashtags” – hashtag style metadata tags that begin with the “$” symbol rather than the h...
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HootSuite Adds Evernote, Storify and Zendesk to Their App Directory
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 31st, 2012 | Business, O Canada, Social Media
Vancouver’s dashboard style social media management company HootSuite have added some firepower to their service. Having introduced an app directory featuring plugins that work to enhance the dashboard experience for their nearly 5 million customers in late 2011, the company has now integrated three notable third party applications to their repertoire. All of the aforementioned plugins are fr...
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Mark Zuckerberg Denies Facebook Phone…Sorta
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 29th, 2012 | Android, Business, News, Smartphones, Social Media
At another recent Facebook milestone, its first earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg was asked about the rumours surrounding his company and the potential for them to be creating a phone for release in 2013, as reported by TQ. Zuckerberg replied “There are lots of things that you can build in other...
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London 2012 – Twitter Will Transform the London Eye Into an Olympic Lightshow
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 27th, 2012 | News, Social Media, Sports
For those who have not had the chance to visit the wonderful city of London, England, we strongly encourage you to do so. Very few world metropolises feature the multiculturalism, history and significance than the home of the British monarchy. London is also an incredibly busy city. Playing host to the 2012 Summer Olympics brings even ...
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WORD IS: Facebook Enlisting HTC to Build a Phone for Mid-2013
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 26th, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones, Social Media
According to several sources with intimate knowledge of the goings on, Facebook (FB) has enlisted the help of manufacturer HTC Corp. in order to create a Smartphone. The device is expected to be released in mid-2013 to allow HTC to focus on various other products beforehand. Alth...
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GREE Announces New Vancouver Development Studio
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 23rd, 2012 | Business, Games, News, O Canada, Social Media
It is often said that when one door closes, another opens. That seems be the case for Vancouver’s gaming industry following news that Radical Entertainment laid off 89 employees and closed their doors. They have instead been replaced in BC’s gaming landscape by GREE, a Japanese giant who are looking to expand their operations. The Vancouver studio will fo...
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HootSuite Now Offers Google+ Pages to All Users
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 20th, 2012 | Google, News, O Canada, Social Media
Due in large part to a tidal wave of requests, social media management company HootSuite has began offering Google+ page integration to all of its 5 million plus users. This feature, which until now has only been available for enterprise users, is now compl...
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HootSuite’s Next Move? International Expansion
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 18th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Social Media
Social media management service HootSuite is looking to spread their wings outside of North America, opening a new office in London, England earlier this week. The Vancouver based company is one of the largest in an increasingly important field; the dashboard style handling of social media for the purpose of brand management. Since its inception in 2008, the c...
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