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eBay To Close Vancouver Customer Service Center

Canadians have a reputation for being polite and kind people.  Unfortunately for around 700 customer service agents in Vancouver, this won't be enough to save their jobs, as eBay's announced its intentions to close a facility by the end of September. 

Anything You Say On Facebook Can And Will Be Held Against You

Seems like hardly a month goes by without news about somebody’s social network profile getting them in trouble either with their school, with work, or with the court system. The two most recent cases come out of Canada, where a college student was put on probation for badmouthing a professor online, and a litigant may have to divulge information on his private Facebook account.

Bebo Opens Mobile in Canada

Earlier this month, Bebo announced its Open Mobile global partnership program. Now this has extended to all major Canaidan operators.

Click Fraud Is At An All Time High

Click Forensics has released a study showing that click fraud has hit 17.1%, an all-time high. For those of you who are unfamiliar, click fraud represents the act of clicking on a web advertisement to inflate click-through rates.

Google Earth Gets 3D Model Of Vancouver

Remember how, in the months, weeks, and finally days before the 2008 Summer Olympics, companies were churning out all sorts of interesting little products that no one had time to use?  Google is starting to gear up for the 2010 Winter Olympics much sooner with a 3D model of Vancouver.

Digital Music Sales Reach New High In Canada

Sales of digital music in Canada increased in 2008, but were not enough to make up for the loss of physical album sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan Canada.Overall album sales declined 8.5 percent compared to 2007, which shows that the digital growth did not offset the decline in physical sales during the year.More than 40 million digital tracks were purchased in 2008 representing an increase of nearly 60 percent over 2007 compared to a 73 percent increase in 2007 over 2006.

Canadians Can Now Find Their Neighbors on Twitter

Last week we launched TwellowHood, part of our popular Twellow service, and a way to find people who are on Twitter by the cities they live in. This lets you find out who close to you is using Twitter, and can lead to you making some connections with locals that you may not have otherwise.

Microsoft Promotes Live Search In Canada With Contest

Microsoft has introduced a new contest to Canadian users in an effort to promote its Live Search.The promotion is called "Big Ticket" an online card game. Users are randomly dealt two cards when they conduct a query on Live Search. If the cards match users will be eligible to win a prize.

Bloggers Spill Canadian Election Beans

Canada's a big country, spanning six time zones, so when an election takes place, results from one end can come in well before the other side's done voting.  Some bloggers recently created a hubbub by ignoring this situation.

Canadians Spending More Time Online

Canadian Internet users are spending more time online but it is not significantly changing other media habits.According to a new report by The Canadian Internet Project, Canadians find the time to be heavy Internet users while maintaining their level of use of other media forms.