Cybele NegrisAs media partner for the BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA), Webnames.ca would like to congratulate the winners of the 2011 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs). The 2011 TIA event took place June 9 with a crowd of over 800 people to recognize and celebrate the achievements of the technology industry in British Columbia. Here are the…
Webnames.ca StaffCIRA (The Canadian Internet Registration Authority) is a member-driven organization that manages Canada’s .CA domain name registry, develops and implements policies that support Canada’s Internet community, and represents the .CA registry internationally. Every year CIRA accepts nominations for their Board of Directors, which then gets brought to a National Vote. CIRA’s Nomination Committee is seeking…
Cybele NegrisAs media partner for the BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA), Webnames.ca would like to congratulate the finalists for the 2011 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs). Founded in 1994 by the BCTIA the Technology Impact Awards celebrate the successes of the technology industry and the companies, people and innovation that continue to put British Columbia on the…
Webnames.ca StaffThere have been some large Domain Sales published on the YTD Sales Chart which you can view here, and it’s only April. We wanted to share some of the year’s biggest sales so far for 2011. The sales data presented here comes from DN Journal (an extremely useful, albeit ugly website, for keeping tabs on…
Webnames.ca StaffYou’ve built your website, it’s been working well for a while, but it’s time for an update. Keeping your website the same for too long is like not updating the paint on your home. Eventually it starts to look outdated. Looking at your website as something that needs to be refreshed and updated is the…
Webnames.ca StaffMay 3rd and 4th, Western Canada’s largest tech conference for higher education is coming to Vancouver’s SFU Harbour Centre. This year, over 400 faculty, IT staff and students will converge to discuss innovative and smart ways to use information technology to accelerate teaching, learning and research. The BCNET Conference 2011 is held over two days,…
If you haven’t already heard or seen the video, GoDaddy is getting a lot of bad press right now because their CEO Bob Parsons shot an elephant and put the video up on the internet (warning: graphic if you haven’t seen it). This is interesting timing because yesterday during a management meeting we were talking…
Webnames.ca StaffBelow are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for March 16th, 2011 has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early.We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the TBR…
Garrett SaundryWe’re Celebrating 10 Years in Business By Fundraising for Early Stage Cancer Detection With the Vancouver Canary Derby only 25 days away our fundraising has been kicked into high gear. We’re cranking it up this week by throwing a birthday party that’s not all about us. Webnames.ca is also using our 10 Year Anniversary Party…
Webnames.ca StaffOn March 5th, Cybele published her secrets to high page rank for her dot tel. Given the incredible rank she achieved with Cybele.tel, I asked her to wave her magic wand at Webnames.tel as it was sow’s ear rather than a silk purse. On March 11th, she updated the information and enhanced the listings. Twenty…
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…
JuliannaHere are our top picks from CIRA’s weekly To-Be-Released dot-CA domains. 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, August 19, 2009. 1vote.caaudioshack.cababybook.cabbqpit.cabbta.cabeautifulgiftbaskets.cabefresh.cac2r.cac99.cacampingtips.cacareerquiz.cachangeit.cacheapbuy.cacitywise.caeventures.cafitnesssupplies.cafuelcosts.cagreencoalition.caheavydutymechanic.camedkits.cametaweb.caoblique.caoblivious.capaki.capedestrian.caprobiotic.carasv.carentbicycles.carentbikes.caresourcelinks.carideon.casafetyplan.casexlove.cashopsmarter.castagettes.casupercat.caunpublished.cavancouvermover.caworkfit.caworries.ca To pre-book an expiring .CA domain from the above list: 1) Go to Webnames.ca’s To-Be-Released .CA Domains…
JuliannaBuild out your domain portfolio or snag a great domain for your business, blog or website! Here are our top picks from CIRA’s weekly To-Be-Released dot-CA domains. Our favourite picks are in bold. These domains are available for pre-booking now at Webnames.ca, and will be released by CIRA on Wednesday, March 25th: 3 and 4…
JuliannaBuild out your domain portfolio or snag a great domain for your business, blog or website! Here are our top picks from CIRA’s weekly To-Be-Released dot-CA domains. This week’s highlights: – 4-letter combinations – food/cooking related terms. Our favourite picks are in bold These domains are available for pre-booking now at Webnames.ca, and will be released…
.TEL – Another TLD is Set to Launch I’m not certain that domain fatigue is a recognized medical condition, but each time another domain extension is launched I get a new batch of e-mails and phone calls from friends and business acquaintances. For a few people, a new extension is an opportunity to pick up…
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