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When it comes to networking, it’s hard to deny the importance of Linkedin and the other social networking sites, but according to Stacy Parker, Executive Vice-President of Marketing at Randstad Canada, the country’s leader for staffing, recruitment and HR Services, good old-fashioned face-to-face networking is also an important component that needs to be developed in today’s competitive job market. Read the rest of this entry »

Don Tapscott, one of the world’s leading authorities on innovation, media, and the economic and social impact of technology, is pleased to have been chosen as the global curator for Social Media Week 2012, and will deliver the opening keynote in New York City on February 13, 2012. Social Media Week takes place from February 13-17, 2012 in 21 cities, with 60,000 attendees and half a million online viewers. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent Toronto production company Ready, Set, Panic is entering principal photography on 10-part comedic web series Bill & Sons Towing, featuring top-notch Canadian talent. Set in Hamilton, the series stars the award-winning sketch troupe The Imponderables, named one of Variety’s Top 10 Comics to Watch, as the titular thirty-something sons who take over the family’s floundering tow truck business. Read the rest of this entry »

click.to, the desktop app from Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH in Karlsruhe, Germany, has announced its new partnership with HootSuite social media management system. The new “click.to HootSuite” app allows HootSuite users to immediately synchronize the implementation of social media campaigns on social networks like Facebook, Google+ and Twitter, from anywhere on the desktop. Read the rest of this entry »

Social campaign optimization and social learning experts PARTA Dialogue Inc. have announced the addition of Rona Inc. and Air Transat joins Post Foods Canada Corp., Van Houtte® and Koodo Mobile® on the list of corporations testing and evaluating Parta’s  e-Value™ social media analytics tool. Read the rest of this entry »

Uniiverse, the platform for collaborative living, was launched worldwide today. Stating that it is not a social network, the company is the first online platform to take an offline approach for its users.  Doing-away with status updates and virtual friends, Uniiverse is all about trust, the sharing economy, and face-to-face interactions. Read the rest of this entry »

iStockphoto has released a new app that lets anyone create fast, fun and free e-cards for use on Facebook. The company also announced the results of an in-depth consumer study that revealed more people are turning to e-cards now instead of traditional cards. Read the rest of this entry »

NextSportStar.com continues to dramatically increase its online fan popularity, attracting 3,148,198 unique visitors per month according to ComScore December 2011 data. Now with over 7 million page views monthly, the unswerving growth in fan popularity month-after-month is proof that NextSportStar.com has a winning concept. Read the rest of this entry »

When it comes to connecting online with friends, colleagues and acquaintances, Facebook is the place to be for those in creative fields, a new survey by The Creative Group suggests. Nearly half (44 per cent) of advertising and marketing executives interviewed said Facebook would be their social media site of choice if they were limited to using just one. Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite continues to build momentum as a platform for partners, developers, and users by extending functionality and integration opportunities with the release of their Engagement API, and another wave of apps to join their ever-expanding App Directory. Today, users gain access to a wave of new apps that join the App Directory including Digg, Trendspottr, and InboxQ. These apps are available immediately to HootSuite Basic, Pro, and Enterprise account holders worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »