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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Attention, Digital Peasants: the iPhone is Coming
So, it’s been nearly a year since the iPhone was breathlessly unveiled. And in that time, it has become a smash hit…..but not in Canada.
Why? Because Canadians (aka digital peasants) can’t buy an iPhone in Canada because none of the carriers sell them.
But wait! There’s hope for us who live without. Rogers plans to introduce [...]
Posted in Apple/iPod 8 Comments
Does Length Suddenly Matter?
Here’s an observation that’s completely unscientific but, nevertheless, interesting.
At a time when Twitter – and its 140-character messages – is becoming all the rage (at least within the high-tech community, according to Kara Swisher), posts by some of the leading bloggers (TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, Silicon Valley Insider, et al appear to be getting a lot longer. [...]
Posted in Blogs 6 Comments
Akoha Raises $1.9M
More encouraging news from the Canadian tech start-up scene with Akoha raising $1.9-million in angel financing. (TechCrunch love can be found here.)
Congrats to Austin Hill, Alex Eberts and the Akoha team. Akoha’s investors include:
Investors include some of Canada’s most prominent business and technology leaders, including:
• David Chamandy, co-founder, Lavalife;
• John Bromley, Benefic Group.;
• [...]
Posted in Venture Capital Leave a comment
Atta Go, Twitter!
According to CNet, which is citing the infamous and notorious “source familiar with”, Twitter is close to raising $15-million to $20-million.
All I have to say is “Nice work, Twitter!”
It’s good to know that it’s still possible to raise gobs of venture capital on the basis of eyeballs/users as opposed to a business plan/revenue. It’s heartening [...]
Posted in Venture Capital 3 Comments
Hard to Believe But…
1. The White Pages was delivered to my house yesterday. Who uses the White Pages anymore other than as a door stop?
2. Someone send me an invitation to be their friend on Pownce. First one I’ve seen in months!
3. The NYT has jumped on the iPhone is going to knock off the Blackberry story, which [...]
Posted in Web 2.0, Wireless 7 Comments






Twitter’s Success: It’s the Ecosystem