RIM PlayBook: Starting At $499, Is It A Viable 2nd Or 3rd Tablet Brand?
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After months of anticipation, today RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) finally confirmed prices for its PlayBook tablet and a retail strategy to sell it: the… Read more »
Glam Media Buys BBS Media As Part Of Canadian Expansion
Lifestyle blog network Glam Media has acquired Canadian brand advertising media company BBS Media (Boxer B-Scene Media). The deal, terms of… Read more »
New York Times Paywall Launches Today In Canada; Globally March 28
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The Canadians always complain they don’t get things first. Well, this time they’re at the head of the line. The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) d… Read more »
New York Times Paywall Launches Today In Canada; Globally March 28
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The Canadians always complain they don’t get things first. Well, this time they’re at the head of the line. The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) d… Read more »
Hogging Bandwidth Could Crack Netflix’s Piggy Bank
If there’s a downside to the staggering amounts of broadband traffic Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is responsible for generating, it’s the boundless… Read more »
iVillage Plans Canadian Expansion With Rogers Communications
Comcast/NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Universal’s iVillage has tapped cable giant Rogers Communications to launch a version of the female-focused site n… Read more »
Consumer Backlash Forces Canada To Ditch Internet-Metering Plan
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Plans to charge for internet access based on usage — known as metering — get tossed around from time to time in the U.S. But if Canada’s e… Read more »
Canadians May Adopt U.S.-Style Ban On Breaking ‘Digital Locks’
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In the U.S., copyright law generally makes it illegal for consumers to do things like copy a DVD, even if it’s for personal use. But in Cana… Read more »
Virgin Media, PushLife Offer iTunes Syncing On Android+RIM, But Not iPhones
Virgin Media has yet to go commercial on an all-you-can-eat music service it announced way back in June 2009, but it is still forging ahead… Read more »
Streaming-Only Netflix Debuts In The U.S.; Less Content But Cheaper, Faster
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Take that, Hulu. Less than a week after the video portal dropped its price for Hulu Plus to $7.99, a dollar below the basic Netflix (NSDQ: N… Read more »
BlackBerry Fund Consolidates; Plans Silicon Valley Office And New Fund
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The BlackBerry Partners Fund today is restructuring the way it operates in order to focus exclusively on mobile investments. In addition, it… Read more »
Canada’s Yellow Pages Group Buys Trio Of Digital Ad Firms
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Canada’s Yellow Pages Group, which has been on a digital buying binge for much of the last year has purchased a trio of Canadian digital ad-… Read more »
Netflix: Instant-Streaming Only Option May Debut In U.S. Later This Quarter
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) may begin to offer an instant-streaming only option in the U.S. as soon as later this quarter. The company debuted an i… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09.23.10
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» Back in April, when John Cook quit his post as investigations editor at Gawker to join Yahoo’s news site The Upshot, Nick Dento… Read more »
Evaluating Nokia’s New CEO Stephen Elop
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Early analysis is concluding that Nokia’s hiring of Stephen Elop was the best way to create a clean slate and breathe personality into a com… Read more »
Ericsson Buys Consulting Group To Add To Practice
Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) has paid an undisclosed sum to beef up its telecom consulting practice in North America. The Swedish company said toda… Read more »
Marketwire Buys Social Media Monitor Sysomos
Marketwire, the PR distribution service, has acquired Sysomos, a public relations company that specializes in social media analytics. Terms… Read more »
Two Mobile Marketing Companies Converge: Adenyo Acquires MoVoxx
Toronto-based Adenyo has acquired Santa Monica, Calif.-based MoVoxx. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but all MoVoxx employees will joi… Read more »
Creditors Buy Canada’s Largest Newspaper Publisher For $1.1 Billion
A group of creditors has purchased Canada’s largest newspaper publisher for $1.1 billion. The group is buying Canwest Limited Partners, whic… Read more »
‘Tentative Recovery’ Eases Thomson Reuters’ Falling Profits
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Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) CEO Tom Glocer pointed to the “tentative recovery” as helping fuel momentum for the company in the past quarter,… Read more »
Canada’s Yellow Pages’ Shopping Spree; Buys Canpages, Merges With Ziplocal In U.S.
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Second North American Carrier Taps Into GetJar’s Free App Catalog
As the trend moves toward more applications and content stores, GetJar has benefited. The independent, Lithuanian-based application has part… Read more »
Yahoo Nets Hockey Night In Canada Streaming Rights
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Canada continues to stick it to the U.S. when it comes to hockey. Not only do they get the gold medal, now Canadians can watch Hockey Night… Read more »
Canada’s Yellow Pages Group Buys RedFlagDeals
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Canada’s Yellow Pages Group has purchased Clear Sky Media, the owner of several Canadian shopping websites, including coupon aggregator RedF… Read more »
Canadian Online News Site The Mark Gets Funding
Canadian online news daily The Mark News has closed a round of funding, led by Innovation Grade Capital, Thunder Road Capital, and Arlene Di… Read more »
Online Dining Guide Restaurantica Sold To Yellow Pages Group
Another digital acquisition by a yellow pages publisher. Canada’s Yellow Pages Group has bought up online dining guide Restaurantica, which… Read more »
Foursquare To Do Geo-Targeting Partnership With Canadian Newspaper
Location-based social net Foursquare has signed a deal with commuter daily Metro in Canada that’s designed to attract more local advertising… Read more »
Social Publisher Wattpad Closes First Round
Document-sharing and self-publishing site Wattpad has closed its first round of funding from private investors including Harvey Beck and Ala… Read more »
Canwest Receives $24 Million Financing; Sale Of Newspaper Chain Begins
Troubled Canadian media giant Canwest has found some breathing room, at least for the moment. The Winnipeg-based company, which owns the Nat… Read more »
New eBook Service Kobo Launches, Raises $16 Million From Borders, Others
Add another entrant to the white-hot eBook market … Kobo, a startup backed by Borders. After all, Borders can’t afford to let Barnes & Nob… Read more »
Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Gets Approval … In Canada
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It’s not exactly the announcement everybody is waiting for, but Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) officials are trumpeting that… Read more »
Rogers Gives Canadians Their ‘TV Everywhere’ With New VOD Service
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Canadian cable giant Rogers Communications has launched an ad-supported online video service that THR is calling a “Canadianized Hulu.” But… Read more »
Canwest Flagship National Post Faces Shutdown Unless New Owner Is Found
Troubled Canadian media firm Canwest may have to shut down its flagship newspaper The National Post on Friday unless another holding company… Read more »
Some Canwest Properties File For Bankruptcy
Canadian media giant Canwest has asked a court for bankruptcy protection for some of its flagship holdings, including the National Post news… Read more »
Century 21 Canada Sues Rogers Communications' Real Estate Site Over 'Data Scraping'
With the bitter housing market making business tough for real estate agents, Century 21 Canada has filed a lawsuit against a new home sales… Read more »
MSN Ends Deal With Bell Canada; Both Will Launch Separate Portals
MSN’s five year old deal for a joint venture Canadian online portal with Bell Canada has come to and end, and both will launch separate port… Read more »
PayPal Brings Billing To BlackBerry's App World In 10 New Countries; Four Languages
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We knew that Research In Motion was rolling out its BlackBerry App World in new countries, but now PayPal — which is the exclusive billing… Read more »
Report: U.S. To Overtake Japan As Largest 3G Market In 2011
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Over the next two years, the U.S. will have more 3G subscribers than Japan, which has been the world leader since rolling out its first comm… Read more »
Ericsson Pays $1.13 Billion To Win Nortel Assets At Auction
Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), the largest wireless infrastructure company in the world, has agreed to pay $1.13 billion in cash to acquire parts of… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Romplr iTunes App; Loc-Aid In Canada; Quattro Stats; Two BlackBerry Apps
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– From Zippo Lighter to Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em: Moderati, which created the popular Zippo Lighter app on the iPhone, is launching a new app ca… Read more »
