Monthly Archives: July 2006

Wordpress Playing With Ads

By Mark Evans | Published: July 29, 2006
Since Wordpress burst onto the blog publishing scene, it has been a free service but this status may be poised to change. The company, which took some angel financing, earlier this year is experimenting with “contextual adsense” advertising. Here's Matt Mullenweg's explanation: “Depending on how it goes, it could enable you guys to put your own [...]
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It's Bubble Time, Baby

By Mark Evans | Published: July 28, 2006
Well, it's now official: we're in the midst of dot-com boom 2.0 so get ready for another wild ride. The market finally turned the corner when YouTube CEO Chad Hurley was asked about an IPO by MarketWatch's Bambi Francisco. His response: “If we have an opportunity to go public in the future, that would [...]
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Surprise, Surprise: Canadian Telecom Market Grows

By Mark Evans | Published: July 28, 2006
Amid the doom and gloom of the telecom landscape, the CRTC issued a report yesterday Canada's telecom market grew 3.5% to C$34.5-billion last year while operating profits rose a healthy 8% to C$12.4-billion. That's that bad considering competition, particularly, within the enterprise market, is brutal. Most of growth came from the high-speed Internet and wireless [...]
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As the Rocketboom Turns

By Mark Evans | Published: July 28, 2006
In the latest installment of the ongoing Rocketboom soap opera, the site is being upgraded and a new version will be unveiled July 31 with a “consistent format, timely news stories of Internet culture (editor's note: what's that?) and many new features along with additional content on a regular basis.” Sounds like a case of [...]
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Convedia Snapped Up for $105M

By Mark Evans | Published: July 28, 2006
Boy, the folks south of the border sure like our tech companies. This time around it's Burnaby, B.C.-based Convedia Inc., which has been acquired by RadiSys Corp. for US$105-million. It's a sweet return for Convedia's investors, which includes Ventures West, Mayfield Ventures and Terry Matthews' Wesley Clover. Convedia makes media servers for telecom carriers and [...]
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VoIP Revenue Booming

By Mark Evans | Published: July 27, 2006
Infonetics expectsVoIP revenue is poised to explode over the next three years to become a $120-billion business. In North America, it forecasts revenue to climb to $13.3-billion by 2009 from $2.6-billion in 2005, while sales in Europe and Asia will reach $12.7-billion and $12.9-billion respectively. The number of VoIP subscribers will double this year to [...]
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