Category Archives for Technology

Canada’s government announces Start-Up Visa Program

Canada’s federal government recently announced a Start-Up Visa Program aimed at attracting inter­na­tional entre­pre­neurs to the country. Overall it is sending the right message to global entre­pre­neurs, that Canada welcomes them and their ideas in the hopes of creating jobs … Continue reading

07. March 2013 by Neil
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Dropbox increases maximum free storage via referrals

Dropbox announced yesterday they are increasing the amount of free storage one can earn by referring people to the service! I wrote a blog post about the service almost three years ago, claiming they made USB drives obsolete. Dropbox offers … Continue reading

04. April 2012 by Neil
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Integrate social media efforts across marketing and customer service

Most organi­za­tions likely place social media respon­si­bil­ities primarily (or solely) with marketing, but a recent interview with Cisco’s Marketing Director on WebWork­er­Daily, now part of GigaOM provides some insightful tips and makes the case for spreading it throughout the company, … Continue reading

01. March 2011 by Neil
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Opening up Outlook’s data format

In Q4 last year, Microsoft announced through its Inter­op­er­ability @ Microsoft blog that it was planning to open up its propri­etary PST email format used by Outlook. The data in .pst files has been acces­sible through the Messaging API (MAPI) … Continue reading

26. June 2010 by Neil
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Payroll system conversion horror story

Converting their payroll system has resulted in some serious errors to the tune of greater than $1.5 million for the Fort Worth (Texas) school district. The school district overpaid employees and former employees at least $1.54 million, according to the … Continue reading

20. January 2010 by Neil
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