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For once, Canucks get chance to play role of tech tastemaker
DAVID PARKINSON
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Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins is banking on early users of the company’s Blackberry 10 smartphone to generate the word-of-mouth buzz that he hopes will trigger a snowball effect of customers to the new device. And he’s giving his home-country crowd in Canada a rare opportunity to be that buzz. We’re the first snowflakes.
