Open Mobile: A New Forms Festival Free Event In Vancouver

 New Forms Festival is introducing a new event this year, Open Mobile. This day is jam-packed with experts and leaders in the field of mobile technologies and platforms presenting case-studies, the actual "this...

Private Family Photo Sharing: Connecting All Your Generations

Kinzin is transforming how families share the most important little people in their lives with the latest launch of Kinzin.com. Privacy and security online is important to many of us, especially to parents. Kinzin understands this better than anyone and has created an online...

Are You Normal? One Of The Fastest Growing Facebook Applications

As of this morning, just shy of 2 weeks officially included on the Facebook application map, "Are You Normal?" has added over 25,000 users, making it one of the fastest growing apps on Facebook. That's an average of 6 users per minute, or roughly one new user every 10...

Turn It Off! British Columbia

May 16th, 2007: Shut 'er down BC!! Here's a news flash: Vancouver is smack dab in the middle of a 30 Days of Sustainability celebration and affirmation. (Find the month-long schedule of events here.) This Wednesday is the official "Turn It Off! British Columbia" Day. It's...

It's Time To Talk About Vancouver's Best Fashion Store: Twigg & Hottie

I have been a long time supporter and advocate of this little shop on Main Street called Twigg & Hottie, that ain't so "little" any more. Since day one of its' inception way back in 2003, I have spent thousands. (Gulp.) And I don't regret one penny. It is without a doubt...

Britain Pulling Out Of Iraq

Finally, perhaps some light... Read this report from Doug Saunders of The Globe and Mail, leaked to the media on Tuesday evening, to get the full story on Tony Blair's decision to pull all 7100 troops out of Iraq by the end of next year. He is to deliver the news in The House...

Lost: The Sequel? From The Beaches Of Vancouver?

Getting Up Close And Personal With A Plane Wreck - Thankfully, This One's For The Big Screen Seeing movie trailers, cables, cameras, lights and crew members with walkie-talkies in hand has long been a common...

Video Sharing: A Thorough Index

Last year, video sharing did a little Kaboom! number on the masses, with the popularity of YouTube soaring, then the news of YouTube selling for 1.65 billion to Google hitting the mainstream, digital cameras becoming a toy most cannot do without and video blogs popping up...

Canada's New Media Awards: Call For Submissions and Nominations

Get Your Vote In! The nominations for this year's Canadian New Media Awards is open for business. There are 15 categories, 7 for product and 8 for individual and company - take a spin through the list and check out the categories to nominate your colleagues and friends whom...

VANOC Counts Down: T-Minus 3 Years

The Vancouver Whistler Olympics begins in a mere 3 years. While this may seem like it's a far-off date, as we all know, "time flies". And while VANOC is off budget, over budget and mishaps like the BC Place Dome collapsing continues to plague the preparations, where's the...

Why I Care About What Is Happening In Bangladesh

Over the past week, Bangladesh has been in the headlines in and around the 3rd or 4th story. Before 2 months ago, I think these particular clips would have passed me by, in that, when hearing the words, "... And in...

Kidzworld: One Of The Largest Ruby On Rails Sites Ever Deployed

Vancouver's Kidzworld Launch: A Social Networking Website For Kids Kidzworld: a fully moderated, safe and secure social networking site for kids. Kidzworld the company is a 7-year old Vancouver company and has over 700,000 users to date worldwide. In their world online,...

IPhone vs. iPhone

Cisco Gets Jealous Over Apple's Dream Toy UPDATE: And here lies the latest. Thank-you to NowPublic contributor bigbrother. Based on the fact that it's Apple, and Steve Jobs, and a tagline that reads: "Apple reinvents the phone", I think that Cisco doesn't have a hope in...

BC Place Dome Collapses

The roof on BC Place, a landmark in downtown Vancouver since 1983, has collapsed. First reports have indicated that there appeared to be a 40-foot rip in the roof, causing the collapse. One worker who happened to be...
 

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