Archive for 'Software'
A Tax Free Zone in Halifax
Here’s an idea: A tax free zone somewhere on the Halifax waterfront for (insert industry). Some major factors that attract foreign companies are: Availability of skilled labour (of all ages and experience levels), and an environment [...]
Yamli.com: A Dominant Force in Arabic Search and Transliteration
I thought I’d provide a quick update on Yamli’s status. A little over three years ago I wrote about the launch of Yamli.com (Yamli: The Next Billion Dollar Google Purchase), predicting that Yamli will be acquired [...]
New Website Trends: YouTube Videos to Replace Traditional Websites
In a brilliant attempt at differentiation, American ad agency Boone Oakley (BooneOakley.com) scrapped its traditional website and is instead using a YouTube video as its homepage. Utilizing YouTube tags and annotations, the company did not only [...]
Canadian Young Inventor Redefines Online Shopping With New Personal Payment Device
Daniel McCann wants to revolutionize the current online payment process used by millions of online shoppers when conducting online credit card transactions. During a telephone interview from his office in Regina, Saskatchewan, the 29 years-old inventor [...]
How To Switch and Move From A Free WordPress.com Blog To a Hosted WordPress(.org) Blog
How-To steps to Move from a free Wordpress.com blog to a hosted Wordperss.org account, without loosing the traffic you built in your old blog! [...]
Can Creative Work Be Outsourced to India?
I was discussing this topic with an executive of a local advertising agency during February’s “Third Wednesday Social Media Meet-up” in Halifax. Our discussion was about how an ad agency in another part of Canada has [...]
Interesting Online Innovations From Halifax
I attended today’s ‘Third Wednesday New Media Meet Up’ event at the Foggy Goggle in Halifax. The event is an informal monthly gathering of people in the city who are involved or just curious about new [...]
The Ice Awards Taught Me How To Use Twitter
I attended the 7th annual Ice Awards at Pier 21 last Friday and was treated to what I believe to be the most glamorous awards show in Halifax. Pity that the local TV stations don’t cover [...]
Nova Scotia Pomegranate Phone: Great Viral, but is it effective?
A phone that translates what you say into any language? It comes with a built-in mini projector for presentations and movies? It also doubles as a harmonica? That’s where the features of the Pomegranate Phone start [...]
Halifax Municipal Elections Candidates Score Card
With the impending triple election saga this fall (US + Canadian Federal Elections + Halifax Municipal Elections), it appears that many local news outlets in Halifax have determined that US and Canadian federal elections are more [...]
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Brother I am not familiar with canadian environment.But as a student o
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
With regards to Farak's comments: 1st, Hitler and the others you ment
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Stumbled upon this accidentally and didn't finish reading, but I'm won
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Salam All, This is in response to the comment from Abdirizak and all
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Nice article. It just goes to show that the Canadians are becoming the