In the year leading up to this talk, the web tool Twitter exploded in size (up 10x during 2008 alone). Co-founder Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves.
Waterloo - Ontario is building a stronger workforce by boosting the number of graduate spaces at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University with an additional $8.26 million in funding from the Province.
TORONTO - Toronto Hydro-Electric System has announced a new electricity conservation program to cut electricity use in commercial and institutional data centres. The utility will offer offices and institutions - such as schools and hospitals - financial incentives to cut the amount of electricity they are using in their IT data centres.
Cambridge, Ontario – Grand River Foods, a leading food processor and food solutions company, announced its designation as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies. Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies is the country’s leading national business awards program recognizing excellence in Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenues over $10 million.
Kitchener-Waterloo – Desire2Learn Incorporated (Desire2Learn) a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise eLearning solutions, is extremely pleased to congratulate its Founder, President & CEO, John Baker, who has been selected amongst the Waterloo Region's 40 Under 40 for 2009.
Kitchener - A dozen second-year students from Conestoga’s Broadcast - Television diploma program are putting their skills and talents to work in a website show called Conestoga Connected (www.conestogaconnected.com).
China - The Laurier women’s curling team won silver at the 24th Winter Universiade in Harbin, China and Canada’s women’s hockey team won gold at the 24th Winter Universiade in Harbin, China.
MARKHAM, ON ~ Markham’s economic competitiveness strategy, Markham 2020, took top honours at the Ontario Economic Development Awards ceremony this month. The awards were presented by the Economic Developers Council of Ontario (EDCO), Canada’s largest provincial economic development association.
Fire-related deaths in India are a major public-health problem and a leading cause of death in young women requiring urgent intervention. These are the conclusions of an Article to be published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet.
TORONTO - Omega ATS is pleased to announce a new pricing schedule, effective March 9, 2009. For stocks trading at $1.00 or higher, the active side (liquidity remover) will be charged a fee of $0.0025 per share and the passive side (liquidity provider) will be paid a rebate of $0.0024 per share.
MISSISSAUGA - Kia Canada Inc., a maker of quality vehicles for the young at heart, invited its central Ontario dealers to its headquarters to receive and drive away the first of many new 2010 Soul vehicles.
Hamilton - The City of Hamilton has voted to participate in the Ontario bid for the 2015 Pan Am Games approving a plan to build a new stadium and velodrome in the city.
Kingston - PARTEQ Innovations, the technology commercialization office of Queen’s University, has been awarded $9.1 million from the federal government towards the establishment of a National Centre of Excellence for the development and commercialization of Green Chemistry technologies.
LONDON - Two months into 2009 and equity investors are having a worse time than they did last year, with global stocks at six-year lows and little respite in sight.
TORONTO - CTV Television Inc. says its A Channel television stations are in a "grave'' financial situation as both the struggling economy and lower ad revenues impact results, and force the broadcaster to reduce costs at the local networks.
TORONTO - Torstar Corp. is replacing its chief executive officer, slashing its dividend and warning of further restructuring and job cuts after a posting a $211.2-million fourth-quarter loss.
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