Vancouver’s high-tech hurdle: Attracting top-level talent – The Globe and Mail

From left: Version One Ventures CEO and founder Boris Wertz, BuildDirect president and CEO Jeff Booth, Vision Critical founder and president of corporate innovation Andrew Reid, Hootsuite CEO and founder Ryan Holmes, Shoes.com chairman and co-founder Roger Hardy, Plentyoffish CEO and founder Markus Frind, and…

7 Signs CMOs Need To Examine Their Media Mix – Marketing Land

One of the most common questions we get from clients and prospects is this: “Are we spending our money on the right advertising channels?” Quite obviously, the answer varies by company and the goals of the campaign in question. But if you’re trying to do…

South Dakota’s ‘Mars’ marketing campaign drawing job-seekers – Yankton Daily Press

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A workforce development campaign in South Dakota that sells the state as being a better place to live than Mars is generating traffic to the state’s workforce website, despite not-always favorable national attention. The focus is a video ad about…

Where the heck is Apple TV? – CNET

Apple TV first launched in 2007 and hasn’t been revamped since its last generational update in March 2012. Sarah Tew/CNET Another Apple event, another Apple TV no-show. Apple’s streaming-video box has gone three years without a refresh to a new generation, all while Internet-delivered TV…

Romancing the drone: Demand takes off in South Florida – Miami Herald

Step inside Animusoft’s Kendall offices, and you’ll see drones everywhere — large ones, little ones, drones that inspect, drones that pick fruit, and a few just for fun. Some are half-built; 3D printers are working 24/7 to create new parts. You might think this is…