Wednesday 21 March 2012

twitter's birthday

Twitter’s birthday: Six tweet years already?
Alyshah Hasham Staff Reporter
Twitter is now six years away from that first 140 characters-or-less tweet from co-founder Jack Dorsey: “Just setting up my twttr.” Back then the company had just 5 employees exactly six years ago yesterday. Now there are more than 800 and they aim to have 1,000 by the end of the year. It took three years, two months and one day to reach a billion tweets on the site. In 2011, 60 billion tweets were sent out.
They have more than 100 million users right now (though Facebook has more than 800 million).

Friday 16 March 2012

The Multicultural Marketing Conference March 23, 2012 8:00am

 
Friday, – 12:00pm Hyatt Regency Calgary  March 23, 2012 8:00am
the agenda
The Multicultural Marketing Conference – The Visible Majority
Marketing’s Multicultural Marketing Conference is the premier event to help organizations understand and connect with the “visible majority.”

BCE to acquire Astral Media for $3- billion

BCE to acquire Astral Media for $3-billion
 susan krashinsky  Published Friday, Mar. 16, 2012 7:40AM EDT updated 8:29AM EDT

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@Bell_News @astral
BCE Inc. (BCE-T40.06-0.12-0.30%) has struck a $3-billion deal to acquire Astral Media Inc. (ACM.A-T36.250.350.97%), boosting the media content of the telecommunications giant in Quebec and positioning Bell better against Montreal-based media and telecom rival Quebecor Inc. (QBR.B-T35.93-0.37-1.02%).  The two companies announced the $50-a-share cash-and-stock deal Friday, valuing it at about $3.38-billion, including debt of $380-million.

Tuesday 13 March 2012

The Public Relations World Congress March 13-15,2012 in Dubai

#prwc  #ipra @prwcdxb


The Public Relations World Congress (PRWC) is a biennial event that brings together global PR professionals. The be hosted from March 13-15 in Dubai.
http://www.prwcdubai.com/
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tarde arabia
The 20th Public Relations World Congress is to be held in Dubai with the theme of 'From the Arab Street to Wall Street: Communications in an Age of Dialogue'. Phil Blizzard talks to Sunil John, CEO, Asda'a Burson-Marsteller, Dubai and chairman of the organising committee on what this platform will offer PR professionals from across the globe. He also talks about the evolution of PR in the Middle East and how PR is likely to progress.

Tuesday 6 March 2012

Canadian ISPs Want New Internet Billing Plans from CRTC

Canadian ISPs Want New Internet Billing Plans from CRTC

2012-03-05
The country's independent service providers want the latest Internet billing and pricing schemes thrown out. So, too, documents reveal, the country's largest providers.
The Canadian Network Operators Consortium, representing smallers ISPs like Primus, Teksavvy and Telnet, has asked the telecom and broadcast regulator to start again in its look at setting wholesale rates for Internet usage.