NEWS Flurry: Mobile Ads Still Get The Short Straw In Brand Spend; Women Driving eCPMs For The Young, Smartphones No Longer A Luxury Item Barnes & Noble Misses In Q3; NOOK Business Up 38 Percent To $542M It’s On: 8GB Nook Tablet Takes Aim At Kindle Fire With $199 Price Tag World’s Cheapest Tablet Launched [...]

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 LINKS Boxing Day Search Results from 2010 (Coming soon) 50% Of Ecommerce Site Visitors Are Logged In To Facebook comScore: U.S. Online Holiday Shopping Already Up 14 Percent To $9.7 Billion Holiday Spending (in Canada) to Increase and Move Online Will you Miss the Holiday Search Bliss? 4.74 — Facebook Wins By Getting Us Closer [...]

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WARNING: We tried out a different location on a different night this week and the background noise gets intense as a baby shower, drunken Bay Streeters and squabiling IT guys join our studio audience. SPECIAL FEATURE- Cyber-Bullying Hits Home – Our own Hessie J. in this weeks Huffington Post NEWS comScore:U.S.E-Commerce Spending Up 13 Percent [...]

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NEWS: Twitter and TV Get Close to Help Each Other Grow SMEs are well connected but slow to take full advantage of the Internet and ICT – CEFRIO unveils the results of the 2011 NetPME survey Klout Changes its Algorithm Man explains Klout to his boss during a performance review [video] ProSkore – Is There [...]

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NEWS: Android Has More Market Share, But Apple’s iOS Sends More Traffic Google+ Traffic Falls 60% From Post-Launch Highs eBay recognizes Canadian entrepreneurs for excellence in e-commerce SiriusXM Canada Exceeds 2 Million Subscribers Best Buy’s Tech it Away program aims to recycle more than 60,000 tonnes of E-waste Mobile computing and social media top the [...]

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While we were recording episode 33, Steve Jobs had passed away from his long battle with pancreatic cancer. This, shortly after Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 4S. #iSad and #SteveJobs trended on Twitter last evening. We dedicate this podcast to a legend who made his mark in the world and was taken from us far [...]

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Prediction: Facebook Will Enter the Search Market Next Year Facebook and Yelp retreat from daily deals Gartner: Social CRM Charting $1B Course for 2012 Canadian firms sluggish on social media adoption, survey finds Debut Impermium Index Reveals Surprising Trends in Social Web Spam Attacks Facebook Announces 2011 f8 Developer Conference in San Francisco Beyonce Pregnancy [...]

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How Brand Advocates Influence Social Media Marketing Shares in Yellow Media tumble and close down more than 18% Why newspapers can’t stop the presses? Awesome Facebook Accounement Wednesday Over 2/3 of Google+ users are ready to leave Facebook Digital Marketing Awards co-chairs announced Canada wins four Golds, a Silver and a Bronze at Cannes Yahoo [...]

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April 7, 2011 News: Larry Page Just Tied ALL Employees’ Bonuses To The Success Of Google’s Social Strategy Facebook Won’t Become E-Commerce Force, Analyst Says Apple Launches The iAds Gallery App (Only in US) Apple iPhone 5 Rumour Roundup Damn You Auto Correct! April Fools Day 2011 Roundup: The BEST Pranks Of The Year! Discussion [...]

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Recorded Mar. 31, 2011 at Firkin on King In this week’s episode Martin and Steve discuss the following: Hessie’s Charlie Sheen Intern Application Video Charlie Sheen Live: My Violent Torpedo of Truth Winning – a Song by Charlie Sheen Conan O’Brian – Legaly Prohibited tour – Vancouver Clip A clip from Kevin Smith at Roy [...]

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