Description: ‘SinglesAroundMe’ has taken location privacy into consideration with their new feature allowing users to “shift” their location appearance to other unfamiliar users. Source: Mashable Date: January 16, 2014 Privacy is a slippery slope — the more we engage with and utilize the technology at hand, the more we compromise our privacy. The dating app ‘SinglesAroundMe’ offers an answer to… Read more »
Posts Categorized: business models
The 22-year-old Redefining Mobile Advertising
Description: Brian Wong, Co-Founder and CEO of Kiip, hatched a new strategy to connect brands with consumers by offering rewards for virtual achievements. Source: Forbes Date: January 17, 2014 Kiip, a mobile advertising company, has developed a way to cash-in on those little moments consumers have everyday through various apps, and reward them ever so subtly. Watch… Read more »
New Social Fundraising Tool Coupons4Giving Launches in Edmonton
Description: Coupons4Giving is a new fundraising tool coming out of Edmonton, Alberta to help organizations not only manage their campaigns but also to help encourage donations. Source: Techvibes Date: December 12, 2013 GenerUS Marketing Solutions has launched Coupons4Giving, a fundraising tool that allows not-for-profits to create and manage successful fundraising campaigns in order to drive… Read more »
Farm At Hand is Taking Farm Management to the Cloud
Description: Farm At Hand is taking farm management from the dusty notebook to the cloud. The farm management multi-platform program will allow farmers to track everything from equipment to harvesting. Source: TechVibes Date: August 28, 2013 News on the upcoming GrowLab cohort is slowly leaking as accepted startups update their AngelList profiles and move into office space… Read more »
Intel’s Holiday Pop-Up Store Sounds Like The Opposite Of Christmas
Description: Intel will open a series of pop-up shops around New York City this holiday season, starting with one in the city’s Nolita neighbourhood. Source: Fast Company Date: November 14, 2013 Intel is opening a series of pop-up shops around New York in an attempt to woo holiday shoppers. But without a gift-worthy, flagship product, what’s the draw? Anyone who has… Read more »
HootSuite Partners with Foursquare to Create Online Venue Management Solution for Businesses
Description: With the new partnership between Hootsuite and Foursquare, the two apps are hoping to utilize each other’s platforms to further grow their companies and engage customers in real-time conversations. Date: November 21, 2013 HootSuite is partnering with Foursquare to create a venue management solution for businesses. The app integration aims to combine the power… Read more »
Why Canada Is a Testing Ground for Apps
Description: Start-up companies have found a perfect testing ground for their new apps in Canada. With the large (but not too large) size of the country, friendly and honest people and a tech savvy marketplace, Canada is the perfect country to launch new ideas. Source: Mashable Date: November 22, 2013 Developers worldwide are using Canada as… Read more »
Victoria Start-up “BackyardBC” Finds New Way to Promote Tourism in Province
Description: Tourism in BC has been on the decline for the last 10 years. This new start-up “BackyardBC” hopes to turn things around by offering a one-stop shop for discounted rates on hotels and resorts to locals all over the province. Source: Techvibes Date: November 8, 2013 The amount of international visitors to the province of… Read more »
Samsung Keeps its Cash Hoard Close
Description: While companies like Apple have taken part in a number of acquisitions this year, Samsung has been a bit more frugal with their undertakings. Here’s a look at why they are keeping their cash locked up. Source: Globe and Mail Date: October 31, 2013 Samsung Electronics’ money pile is growing and its cash strategies… Read more »
Online Retailer ModCloth Adds Crowdsourced Apparel Fittings
Description: Customer fitting for online buyers has always been one of the main issues for online retailers. Vintage and retro-style women’s clothing company ModCloth believe they have found the answer by crowdsourcing information on different types of sizes to find a perfect fit for their customers. Source: CNET Date: November 1, 2013 Online apparel store ModCloth… Read more »
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Introduction to Information Systems, 3rd Canadian Binder Ready Version Update Edition
R. Kelly Rainer, Casey G. Cegielski, Ingrid Splettstoesser-Hogeterp, Cristobal Sanchez-Rodriguez
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August 2015, © 2016
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