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Dave Teixeira Speaks In Favour of Bill C54

Speaking notes and submission by Dave Teixeira in favour of Bill C54 to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights in Ottawa. Please check against delivery Thank you very much for the opportunity to address this Committee today. My name is Dave Teixeira. I own a public, media and government relations company – Dave.ca [...]

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Dave's Totally Awesome Social Media Show on CKNW 980AM

CKNW – Dave’s Totally Awesome Social Media Show – June 8, 2013

We discuss is social media and our use of smartphone leading to the decline of eye contact?; new cellphone code a “great victory” for Canadians; Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewarts takes to social media to combat criticism about “Downtownhotelgate”; Blackberry’s BBM coming to iPhone and Android?; iOS 7 coming soon; i-FlashDrive HD a flash drive for iPads, iPhones, and laptops; [...]

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Web Wednesday on CFAX 1070AM

CFAX – Web Wednesday – June 5, 2013

We discuss is social media and our use of smartphone leading to the decline of eye contact?; meeting on Match.com or Facebook leads to better marriages; Twitter releases new security feature after high-profile hacks but can be abused; Symantec report: mistakes cause most security breaches – not hackers; the upside of teens playing video games [...]

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Web Wednesday on CFAX 1070AM

CFAX – Web Wednesday – May 29, 2013

We discuss the final figure on the crowdsourced fundraising for the Rob Ford video; passwords: you’re doing it wrong – here’s how to make them uncrackable; Google+ visitors spend an average of 7 minutes on the site vs Facebook’s 7 hours; Facebook rolling out verified pages for celebrities and brands; lots of information on funding your project [...]

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Dave's Totally Awesome Social Media Show on CKNW 980AM

CKNW – Dave’s Totally Awesome Social Media Show – May 25, 2013

We discuss how I used social media once again to predict the outcome of the BC election; the online campaign to raise funds to purchase the video allegedly showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack; why can the US media outlets say “Rob Ford smoked crack” while Canadian outlets must say “allegedly”; the Toronto star [...]

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Web Wednesday on CFAX 1070AM

CFAX – Web Wednesday – May 22, 2013

We discuss how the online campaign to raise funds to purchase the video allegedly showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack; why can the US media outlets say “Rob Ford smoked crack” while Canadian outlets must say “allegedly”; Tumblr sold to Yahoo! for $1.1 billion; Microsoft coming out with the Xbox One; every parent should [...]

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Web Wednesday on CFAX 1070AM

CFAX – Web Wednesday – May 15, 2013

We discuss how social media predicted yesterday’s BC Liberal majority government re-election; Elections BC told campaigns and candidates to STOP using social media yesterday; Google has a new streaming music service, will it succeed or will it be the latest Google+; how spaceman Chris Hadfield’s sons pushed him to social-media stardom; and more. [Audio clip: [...]

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Do Twitter or Facebook Followers Predict Election Results?

Do Twitter or Facebook Followers Predict BC Election Results?

Always lots of chatter about how social media plays a role in elections. You know, social media was the ONLY reason US President Barack Obama in 2008 and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi in 2010 won their posts. There is even a theory that the candidate with the most Facebook followers or Likes will win. In November 2011 three mayoral Candidates [...]

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