The national anthem figured prominently on Google Trends this week thanks to the Harper government’s attempt to slip an edit to O Canada into the speech from the throne. CBC Radio’s Q asked tweeps to comment: @CBCRadioQ “The ‘O Canada’ Debate: Action or Distraction? tell the Q blog: cbc.ca/q #anthem”
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One week after the much-ballyhooed launch of Apple’s uber tablet thingy, the Twitterverse was still buzzing about the iPad.
Marketers, branding experts and wags wondered aloud about the product’s name, as did @lopapatel, who noted “If Apple had a woman on its board, the iPad would a different name rather than one [...]
Infidelity took centre stage on the social web this week, as the Tiger Woods debacle continued to play out. Some, like @thedayhascome, expect this to go on throughout the holidays, even suggesting a new Christmas classic: “I saw mommy kissing Tiger Woods.”
Most, though, have wearied of the whole Tiger Woods affair, like @columalmighty: “this Tiger [...]
Canadians loomed large on the social web this week.
For starters, the Vancouver Sun’s @gillianshaw reported that “Canadians are the social networking ninjas of the world” based on findings from a recent Forrester Research survey.
Shaw wrote:
” . . . Four out of five online Canadians use social media and almost 57 per cent participate in social [...]
