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June 4th, half of 2007 is gone already and we can’t get back a single minute of it. We also can’t get “Amp’d” any more as they have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after two years and $360US invested into the mobile player. This now leaves us with three to target the youth generation here in Canada, Virgin Mobile Canada, Solo (Bell Mobility) and Fido (Rogers).

Here in Toronto, the first annual Toronto Tech Week was held May 28 - June 1 with over 20 events being hosted throughout the city which provided for a lot of business development, education and networking opportunities. Events attendees came from across the city, country and from other cities across the world. I’ll have a deeper debrief on the week shortly.

Here is a recap of the news and stories covered here in this edition of the Week That Was.

Headlines:

Telus announced $100+ million investment to give faster mobile data access speeds

Quebecor Media launches Canada’s largest classified network

Quebecor Media to purchase remaining shares of Nurun

Google catches Geosign and clamps down

Voice on the Go launches new mobile service

Travelzoo Canada hits the half a million subscribers mark

Lavalife launches social network for baby boomers

Rare Method Fuels of the Future

EQO Communications launches EQO Mobile, cheap International calls for mobile users

HealthPricer.com Breaks the 2,000,000 Unique Visitors Barrier

Marqui’s MQ brings more integration for marketers

Microsoft wants to search your enterprise

Waterloo, Canada named Intelligent Community of the Year with help from hometown hero Research In Motion

Deal Flow:

Communicate.com receives $1 million investment from Geoffrey Hampson

Telus announced $100+ million investment to give faster mobile data access speeds

Social Media Monitoring provider Radian6 Raises $3.7 million in financing

From the Job Board:
FreshBooks - Customer Support Rock Star - Toronto

Web Technical Consultant - Integration Specialist - Toronto

Search and Web Analytics Business Analyst - Trapeze Media- Toronto

Financials:

illumiCell Corporation reports financial results

VIQ Solutions reports $3.3 million in revenues

ZipLocal.com releases financial results

DataMirror revenue increases by 22% over Q1

Categories: Week in Review