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Purple Forge is Hiring
Purple Forge has two immediate openings: iPhone developer (full time) Website developer (part time) Visit http://www.leadtowin.ca/jobs/app/ for more information. Posted in Business, Canada,...
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50 most populous metro areas ranked by job postings per capita
Rankings Second Quarter 2009 50 most populous metro areas ranked by job postings per capita. Rank (Last Qtr Rank) Metropolitian Area Job Postings Per 1000 People 1 (1) Washington, DC 133 2 (2)...
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Levels of Intimacy in Today’s Communications
Posted in Computing, Creative Class, General Interest, Information Technology, Innovation, Networking, New Media, Technology, Traditional Media, Trends, Web 2.0 Tagged: communications, technology trends
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Government 2.0
Tim O’Reilly spoke at http://www.aifestival.org about Government 2.0. According to People and Places: He advocated enabling four types of interaction: Government to citizen – providing services and...
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JobNob – Linking Unemployed and Startups?
I like watching what is going on in Silicon Valley in general. There are always good tech and trend insights. But there are also some very innovative ideas related to social innovation. For instance...
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US States With More then 10% Unemployment
Michigan 15.20% Rhode Island 12.40% Oregon 12.20% South Carolina 12.10% Nevada 12% California 11.60% Ohio 11.10% North Carolina 11% District of Columbia 10.90% Kentucky 10.90% Tennessee 10.80% Indiana...
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Cellphone Use Linked to Brain Cancer
A new report Cellphone and Brain Tumors – 15 Reasons for Concern states that: Studies, independent of industry, consistently show there is a “significant” risk of brain tumors from cellphone use....
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The Entrepreneurial Effect
I am involved in a new book that is now out. Members of the local Ottawa tech community have gotten together to produce a new book called “the Entrepreneurial Effect” with the foreword by Terry...
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Lead to Win – November Session Accepting Applications!
The Lead to Win program is accepting applications for the November session. If you are interested in creating your own company – check out the program at http://www.leadtowin.ca. Spaces are limited and...
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Social Networking + Mobile = Next Killer App
Morgan Stanley recently published data on key economy and internet trends. The presentation is available online at various locations, including SlideShare below: Some key highlights: Mobile internet...
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GUI Mock Up Tools for iPhone
I posted some information back in August about GUI mock-up tools. Since then, I have tried a variety of tools, including the hosted Protoshare and the multi-platform desktop application Balsamiq...
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Automated Testing Tools for iPhone
I recently asked some friends for their insights into automated testing tools for iPhone. Based on the feedback (special thanks to Kevin Burr!) and some research, it turns out there are a few...
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Latest Employment Stats for October
Region Unemployment Rate Ottawa 5.2% Gatineau 5.9% Ontario 9.3% Canada 8.6% U.S. 10.2% (26 year high) / 17.5% (including underemployed) The Globe and Mail has this interactive webpage that gives...
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H1N1 Useful Links
Ottawa H1N1 Vaccination Clinics Public Health Canada – H1N1 Website Public Health Canada – Deaths Associated with H1N1 flu virus in Canada Interactive Map of H1N1 Cases Across Canada United States CDC...
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Canadian Business Barometer October 2009
CFIB’s Business Barometer® Index dropped to 67.0 in October, from 68.7 a month earlier. Measured on a scale between 0 and 100, an index level above 50 means owners expecting their business’...
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US at 17.5% Unemployed and Underemployed
The New York Times published an article on November 6th that talked to the point that the “broader measure of unemployment stands at 17.5%“. The 17.5% rate includes the officially unemployed, who have...
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Venture Capital Statistics
United States VC Investments Q3 2009 – MoneyTree – National Data VC Investments Q3 2009 – MoneyTree – Regional Data VC Investments Q3 2009 – MoneyTree – Top Deals VC Investments Q3 2009 – MoneyTree –...
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Key Economic Indicators
CIBC publishes two documents that provide a good summary of key economic indicators for US and Canada: Key Canadian Economic Indicators Table Key U.S. Economic Indicators Table The Economist publishes...
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Ottawa-Gatineau #9 in Small Business Growth
Ottawa-Gatineau is #9 in small business growth among Canadian CMA’s (Census Metropolitan Areas): Some Interesting Statistics Small businesses employed roughly five million people in 2008, comprising...
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Pharmaceuticals to Replace Telecom as Canada’s Top R&D Spenders?
RESEARCH Infosource released a report last week titled “Canada’s Top 100 Corporate R&D Spenders List 2009 Analysis“ Canada’s communications/telecom sector was the number one R&D spend – with...
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Ottawa University #8 in Research Income in 2008
Research Infosource published a report titled “Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities List 2009 Analysis“. Ottawa University came in #8… unfortunately Carleton University didn’t make the list. Posted in...
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Duration of Unemployment in US Rising
ref: Length of unemployment (1980-2009) Posted in Business, depression 2.0, Economy, Trends, Unemployment, United States, US Tagged: Economy, Trends, Unemployment, US
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Looking for a Tech Job? Move to Waterloo…
According to this Globe and Mail news report - Jobs disconnect in RIM’s hometown apparently there are over 2,000 tech jobs that are open… A related article from the Globe and Mail identifies who is...
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US Tourism Stats (Inbound Visitors)
Inflow from Mexico is up, but overall still down significantly from 2008. ref: http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/view/m-2009-I-001/table1.html Posted in Travel, Trends, United States, US Tagged: Canada,...
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What is the Mood of the Nation?
Mobile applications, combined with cloud computing and software offers the unique ability to reach out to the world and collect real-time information from the community. Ever wonder what the “Mood of...
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Smart Phones, New Politics
Purple Forge Ottawa Citizen – Smart Phones, New Politics Posted in Business, Canada, Canadian Politics, Ecosystems, Entreprenuerism, General Interest, Government, Government Policy, Innovation, Jobs,...
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Search Engine Marketing and SEO Job Titles
Account Executive Campaign Analyst Client Services Manager Director of Analytics Director of eMarketing Director of Internet Marketing Director of Marketing Director of SEO Director of Search Director...
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Tim Hudak App a Great Success
Purple Forge recently did an iPhone application for Tim Hudak, leader of The Ontario PC Party. The application has been a great success – it has generated a huge amount of earned media for The...
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Social Networking and New Media Stats
Survey stats as of April 3, 2010 from Purple Forge iPhone applications show that Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are the top 3 social networking/media applications used by Purple Forge application users...
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Canadian Federal Party Poll – April 3, 2010
Survey results from the MyPolitics Canada iPhone application from Purple Forge for April 3, 2010: If a Federal election was held today, which party would you vote for: Conservatives Liberal NDP Green...
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Ottawa-Gatineau Tech Jobs Lowest in 5 years
According to the latest from Stats Canada, Ottawa-Gatineau tech jobs have hit a new five-year low: The technology sector bled another 800 jobs, dropping to 46,900, a new five-year low. Layoffs at...
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Go West! To Waterloo…
Waterloo companies are looking for tech workers - WATERLOO REGION, ON, April 13 /CNW/ – Some of Canada’s hottest tech companies will head to the nation’s capital to look for talent when Communitech,...
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Mobile App Companies in the Ottawa Region
UPDATED: go here http://purplejunction.com/2012/08/25/updated-mobile-companies-in-ottawa/ ———- There has been a lot of interest in the mobile app development cluster in Ottawa. I recently took an...
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GUI Mockup Tools Part 2
Two new mockup/wireframe design apps are now available for the iPad that are worth taking a look at: SketchyPad iMockups My initial impression is that iMockups is the better of the two at the moment…...
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Mind Mapping Tools and iPad – A Perfect Fit
I am a big fan of mind mapping tools. My favorite tool has traditionally been Freemind, a free tool that works across Windows and Mac. I recently changed over to using XMind and have been exploring...
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UI/UX Design Patterns
Came across these links to UI/UX design patterns in a LinkedIn discussion thread – some good references for others that are interested in this sort of stuff: http://ui-patterns.com/...
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Smartphone, Tablet, Mobile Web and App Stats
Blackberry OS Stats: http://us.blackberry.com/developers/choosingtargetos.jsp Android OS Stats: http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html iOS Stats:...
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Smartphones reduce accessibility barriers by 45% (or more)
The economics of mobile smart phones and mobile service are reducing the financial barriers to access the Internet. People who in the past might not otherwise be able to afford to access the...
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Android May Yet Fade Away…
Android may yet fade away. As a platform it has several very large problems, all of which seem to be increasing as time goes by. Android is under siege from Microsoft, Oracle and Apple (and others) who...
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New Stats on Smartphone Consumer Preferences… Apple #1
Some recent published studies find that iPhone is preferred over Android. ChangeWave said it surveyed 4,163 U.S. consumers and found that consumers, when asked which mobile OS they would prefer in the...
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