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New Cybele Negris Article: Online Tools and Resources to Help Owners of Small Businesses Know What They Don’t Know

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Webnames.ca President and Co-Founder Cybele Negris’ new article, “Online Tools and Resources to Help Owners of Small Businesses Know What They Don’t Know” is now available on Business in Vancouver. In this article, she talks about different resources entrepreneurs and small businesses can use to grow their business.  While there is a large number of…

The New Facebook Graph Search

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After largely ignoring the search function at the top of the Facebook interface for years, the social media giant is finally implementing improvements to its search function. On January 15, Facebook unveiled Graph Search. Facebook Graph Search is a significant improvement over their old “search bar”, that gave results that were uninteresting or unrelated to…

Help Shape .CA and Canada Online – Join CIRA’s Nomination Commitee!

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The Canadian Internet Registration Authority’s (CIRA) Board of Directors is seeking individuals from across Canada to apply to fill five open positions on its Nomination Committee. Canadians with committee experience and/or an interest in technology or the Internet are encouraged to apply. What is the role of the Committee? The Nomination Committee plays a critical…

Webnames.ca President Cybele Negris Speaks at TEDxCapU November 5th

Posted on by Garrett Saundry

On Saturday, November 5th , Cybele Negris, Webnames’ President, will be a speaker at the TEDxCapU.  Cybele’s talk will address technology in an event themed: R U READY?, that is all about the impact of change on business. “The speed of change in Technology, Expectations, Demographics is frustrating, challenging, exciting and resource-consuming! Change also presents…

Become a CIRA Board Member – Help Shape the Canadian Internet and our Future

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Starting August 2 to August 15, 2011, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority’s (CIRA) is accepting applications for interested individuals across Canada to fill an open position on its Board of Directors. Professional Canadians with Board experience and/or an interest in technology and the Internet are encouraged to apply. Expertise in one of the following areas…

BCIC-New Ventures Competition 2011: Now Open to Applications Until April 18, 2011

Posted on by Cybele Negris

Webnames.ca is once again proud to sponsor the annual BCIC-New Ventures Competition. Now in its 11th year, the BCIC-New Ventures Competition is one of North America’s largest technology business idea competitions. The Competition attracts applicants from a wide range of industries including cleantech, digital media, Internet, information technology and life sciences. Entrepreneurs learn how to…

BC Innovation Council / New Ventures Competition – Regional Businesses Advancing to Round 2

Posted on by Cybele Negris

Webnames.ca, as sponsor of the Regional BCIC New Ventures Competition, would like to congratulate the 39 businesses advancing to Round 2 of the competition. These businesses will be presenting to the jury over four days (November 29 to December 2) in Kelowna and Victoria. Advancing Companies – Round 2 (in alphabetical order) – BCIC-New Ventures Competition:…

What the Internet was?

Posted on by Julianna

The BBC recently posted an article about the first .COM registration way back in 1985. To put this in perspective, 1985 was the same year ‘Back to the Future’ was released. The first .COM domains registered were: 1. 15-March-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM (Their Wikipedia page is a great snapshot of the era.) 2. 24-April-1985 BBN.COM 3. 24-May-1985…