Webnames.ca StaffIn June, we gave all of our email users access to Pronto, our new webmail interface. We were pretty excited about its collaboration features and wanted to see what you thought about them too. After 3 months we sent out a survey to a select group of Pronto users. Here are the results: You liked…
Webnames.ca StaffNever ones to let the grass grow under their feet, Telnic have once again improved the Telhosting interface. On Thursday October 22nd they are releasing two new great features: Backup/Import and 255 character labels. I did a test of the Backup and Import and it worked really well. The backup file gets exported as an…
Cybele NegrisYesterday I attended the launch event for Small Business BC’s new Start-Up Kit. Produced by the Small Business BC team and partners the Start-Up Kit contains comprehensive business start-up information, is nicely designed with colourful bright photographs and extremely valuable content. The kit is divided into five categories: Getting Started, Business Planning, Financing, Legal/Taxes and Resources.…
JuliannaBelow are our “top picks” from CIRA’s To-Be-Released domains list this week. Our favourite names are in bold. These domains are available for pre-booking now at Webnames.ca, and will be released by CIRA on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. betterbid.ca biomedicine.ca boxingweekspecials.ca breakingout.ca businessconcepts.ca businessdatabase.ca careerboost.ca centralcoast.ca cookfresh.ca cpanelhost.ca cpanelhosting.ca creditlimit.ca crimesolvers.ca debitpay.ca digitalplus.ca dream-big.ca ecofriendlycleaning.ca…
Cybele NegrisI am extremely honoured to have been appointed to the Government of BC’s Small Business Roundtable. Since forming in 2005, the roundtable has held over 35 consultations with more than 600 small business owners. The 24 members of the Roundtable represent small business organizations from every region of B.C. The Roundtable presented its 4th Annual…
John Demco.SE Domain Brought Down Due To Misconfiguration – The registry for Sweden’s .se domain published an incorrect .se zone file on October 12, effectively removing all .se domain names from the zone file and making them inaccessible. Corrected data was quickly published, although the old incorrect information may have remained available for some time due…
JuliannaEarlier in the month we randomly drew a winner in our .TEL -Blackberry Strom contest. Webnames.ca customer Nancy Hamilton is the recipient of a fancy new Blackberry Storm smartphone courtesy of our friends over at Telus. In fact, Nancy’s own .TEL is great example of how to use .TEL for business – check it out at…
JuliannaBelow are our “top picks” from CIRA’s To-Be-Released domains list this week. Our favourite names are in bold. These domains are available for pre-booking now at Webnames.ca, and will be released by CIRA on Wednesday, October 21, 2009. activetrade.ca adultnet.ca advalue.ca amery.ca analyses.ca audiobox.ca bargainland.ca beautyland.ca bridalblossoms.ca businesscollective.ca buyonline.ca buyperfect.ca callplan.ca canadianexporting.ca candyworld.ca cedaroof.ca citypub.ca…
John DemcoCIRA Conducts Survey on Internet Policy Dialogue in Canada – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is conducting a survey on Canadian public interest in Internet policy and decision making. The survey seeks input on: priorities and concerns around the evolution of the Internet in Canada, the best type of process to advance public debate,…
Webnames.ca StaffSure – we can all get fergusjones.tel or maryp.tel and people will remember them but you might want to consider being unforgettable. Keep Fergus and Mary as your professional .tel name. For your personal name, you want to dazzle the person you are giving it do. Maryp.tel versus tornado.tel – there really is no competition.…
Nick CaristinosIt used to be that domainers had fairly limited options for parking and monetizing their domain names. Most domain parking service providers gave users a list of static links, that may or may not have direct relevance to the domain name or products, services and industries it relates to. In many ways domain parking and monetization…
JuliannaWebnames.ca is looking for a company to take over our adjacent office space on the 5th floor of 21 Water Street, in the Packing House building in Gastown. It would be suitable for a tech, design, media or similar themed company. Office Details The available space faces south on to Water St. and includes three offices,…
JuliannaBelow are our “top picks” from CIRA’s To-Be-Released domains list this week. Our favourite names are in bold. These domains are available for pre-booking now at Webnames.ca, and will be released by CIRA on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. allergie.ca bathware.ca beautifulpictures.ca bouncing.ca calgarycommercial.ca capebretonvacation.ca chosenone.ca click2order.ca clickforms.ca colonialmotel.ca condoskelowna.ca countrycottages.ca creativepartners.ca cutting.ca datamobile.ca diamondplus.ca doggieschool.ca…
JuliannaThe Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) announced the results of its 2009 CIRA Board of Directors election last Thursday. The four newly elected individuals will take office immediately, each for a three year term. CIRA’s Returning Officer, Eric Lay, tabulated votes from 603 ballots cast by CIRA Members who participated to elect three Candidates from…
JuliannaWebnames.ca Inc. announced today that it has acquired RIPE B2B Inc., an award winning custom software development company which was one of Business in Vancouver’s Fastest-Growing Technology Companies as well as PROFT 100 Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. The acquisition is part of Webnames.ca’s continuing strategy to offer clients a full service offering that extends beyond provisioning…
