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Montreal’s Standout Jobs announced today it has struck up a strategic partnership with top UK recruitment advertising and branding firm Work Communications. Work Communications will become a full solution reseller to clients looking for an advantage in sourcing talent online. Standout Jobs gets to Work on microsite strategy - Techvibes Blog
So Fido are now offering new plans and those plans do not add the fucked up money grabbing dishonest “network access” and “911 support” charges that I’ve been bitching about for years. Being a Fido subscriber, I called to change to one of the new plans, the guy on the line didn’t seem to like the idea —and I was loosing my “unlimited incoming calls” by changing—so he offered a monthly credit equivalent to the two fake charges. If you hate those charges, make the call and have them credited or change your plan. I never knew » Blog Archive » Fido Partially Un-Borked

Second, the forecasts are lovely. The Kelsey Group, a respected research firm on the directories and local ad market, predicts global revenue for local search and online directories will grow to $15 billion U.S. by 2012 from $6 billion U.S. today.

The audience numbers seem to justify it. Canpages.ca, for example, has seen its traffic grow to 3 million viewers from 30,000 in one year.

Online search tools gaining ground on phone directories

Convergence has been a long-cherished dream in the media business.

It’s about bringing together different technologies - print, broadcasting, the Internet and wireless - to deliver content and advertising to audiences.

Convergence was the inspiration for Montreal-based BCE Inc.’s acquisition of such media properties as the Globe and Mail and CTV.

It was also behind AOL’s blockbuster takeover of Time Warner in the U.S.

But making the dream a reality has been tough and many convergence-inspired deals have failed to pay off in profits.

Making media convergence dream a reality has been tough
Quebec has emerged as a North American hi-tech hub with more than 2700 IT firms employing over 11,000 people. Montreal is recognised as one of the world’s most competitive regions in telecom equipment, software development, internet and multimedia industries. Best Jobs in Overseas » Quebec wooing skilled Indian professionals and cos
: Créer et exploiter des technologies publicitaires qui permettront aux grandes marques de rejoindre les consommateurs dans de nouveaux territoires, avec de nouvelles approches. Ces rencontres et les opportunités qu’elles soulèvent contribuent également à faire augmenter notre enthousiasme autour du produit AdGear que nous développons. Elles ajoutent par contre à la pression que nous ressentons tous pour arriver au marché rapidement avec cette plateforme publicitaire ouverte. Bloom Digital Platforms - Blog » Partenariats et vélocité recherchés

It struck me that what we were all watching last night was the return of leadership. I’ve felt for some time that leadership has become less important in society, especially for younger people. Disenchantment with mainstream media coupled with the repeated failure of some of our most important institutions and a culture that focuses on the self (and money) rather than the community have all conspired to make leadership and its ideals less and less relevant for all of us.

Yet, the reflex for people to lead or follow is a basic human trait. There is no avoiding being or following a leader. So, I would say that for some time there has been a void in our society. We all crave and need leadership. Its baked into our DNA.

StartupCFO: Leadership Matters!