Canada Technology

CRTC says Google must cover costs of regulating it under Online News Act

Google will need to pay for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) implementation of the Online News Actper a decision from the commission. The CRTC’s operations are mostly funded by fees charged to the companies it regulates. Because of this, the Online News Act included Cost Recovery Regulations that apply to what the commission […]

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Plutera Capital buys Hardbacon’s assets out of bankruptcy following 2024 shutdown

Newly launched affiliate marketing firm aims to restructure and transform the former FinTech startup. Plutera Capital has acquired the assets of fellow Montréal company Hardbaconincluding the Hardbacon.ca domain, following the FinTech startup’s shutdown last year. Hardbacon offered a free budgeting app and generated revenue through lead generation and affiliate marketing for financial products. As […]

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Freedom now offering $10/mo Pixel 8 deal

Shortly after Google unveiled the new Pixel 9 series, MobileSyrup reported that several Canadian carriers were running sales on the Pixel 8, offering the phone for just $5/mo. However, Freedom has now tweaked its Pixel 8 offerings and has a new deal alongside the $5/mo option. Freedom’s $5/mo Pixel 8 deal required customers to get […]

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Hardbacon to file for bankruptcy after Google search changes crush affiliate business

CEO says Google’s algorithm updates decimated SEO-reliant financial product referral revenue. Montréal-based FinTech startup Hardbaconwhich offers a free budgeting app and generates revenue through lead generation and affiliate marketing for financial products, has shut down after seeing most of its Google traffic vanish over the past year, following some updates to the search giant’s […]