The canadian edition of PC World has a very interesting article about Nortel Networks and its story. According to the article, Nortel transformed Ottawa into the nation’s tech capital. More than 60 high tech manufacturers and telecom service providers can trace their roots to Nortel, according to a 1999 report on the country’s capital region, [...]
Update: CRTC “agrees” with ADISQ
“Le CRTC pourrait réguler l’Internet” is cyberpresse’s headline today. Michel Arpin, VP of CRTC, said that they didn’t see the need to regulate the Internet in 1999, but it’s different now. He added: On s’aligne donc pour intervenir, et ce avant trois ans. This is after the ADISQ, the APFTQ, and the ACTRA made a [...]
Branchez-Vous launches customizable start page
Branchez-vous, the “first independent” web media company in Quebec, launched today a new section called mon branchez-vous, which is very similar in principle to Netvibes or Pageflakes. Users can add, remove or change each of the page’s section. There are 35000 pre-selected “news sources”, but you can also put in your own RSS feed(s). There [...]
ADISQ asks for content regulation on the Internet
I watched the gala de l’ADISQ yesterday, which is an annual award ceremony rewarding musicians and singers from Québec. I haven’t watched Radio-Canada for months, but it was a family gathering and, well, I convinced myself that it was an opportunity to know what people are really listening to these days in Quebec. What I [...]
Participate in the next Barcamp!
The next Barcamp is due in Montreal, in exactly one week. Sylvain Carle, Simon Law and Evan Prodromou are behind the event, although in the true spirit of a BarCamp, everyone is invited to participate, contribute and help organizing. You can: volunteer as a MC or help in logistics invite developers, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs from [...]
ca.Intruders.TV covers canadian web2.0 and technology scene
The canadian edition of Intruders.tv was announced late last night, with the objective of covering conferences and events, interview entrepreneurs and also visit startups. The team is made of Laurent Maisonnave, Christian Aubry, Vincent Abry, and Benoit Descary. The first two are known for their video blogs projects, like yulbuzz, while the other two blog [...]
Job Listing: Flash developer at activeMedia
Company: activeMedia Position: Flash Programmer Responsibilites and Tasks: activeMedia is looking for a talented Flash programmer (ActionScript 2 and 3) to join his Canada’s most certified Flash team. activeMedia is developping, since 2001, pure SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions in Flash actually used by more than 185,000 users in 21 different verticals. Our full [...]
Vote for Mitch Cohen!
Congratulations to Mitch Cohen, who is nominated by Business Week in their third annual “Best U.S. Entrepreneurs 25 and Under”. Mitch Cohen is an undergraduate student at McGill university, but has already started his 2nd company, which is by all means impressive. He demoed recently ClixConnect at DemoCampMontreal4. Readers are invited to vote, and the [...]
CakeMail now offered in 8 local versions
I am giving a quick shout out to CakeMail which has now an additionnal language (Russian) for the email marketing software. I really like their efforts in localization. Montreal may not have Silicon Valley’s hot weather and certainly not the same level of activity of technology entrepreneurship but one of its true strengths lies in [...]
Capazoo provides revenues for their members’ content
Capazoo.com, which was under development since late 2006, has been officially launched publicly monday in New York City, and tuesday in Montreal. It’s presented a social network, with a focus on monetization through a virtual currency named zoops. Registered members can tip another profile page, video, music or a photo; if you reach a minimum [...]
