Tucows Sweetens Technology Learning with butterscotch.com

Butterscotch.com is your fresh, friendly, smart and sticky portal into the world of technology. We help you do more with the tech you already own and turn you on to the latest and greatest in language everyone can understand. We promise not to talk down to you and to only talk up the most interesting and impactful software, trends, news, gadgets and gear if you promise to come back often. Have a look around and see what sticks!

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News Release

Tucows Sweetens Technology Learning with butterscotch.com

New video website offers consumers entertaining video to demystify technology and the Internet

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Fast Facts and Figures:

• butterscotch.com is a video site about technology, aimed at people who think tech is too techie. It's HGTV meets TechTV
• butterscotch.com is led by entrepreneur and former G4TechTV personality Andy Walker and Internet celebrity and tech journalist Amber MacArthur
• butterscotch.com has a production team made up of former G4TechTV producers
• butterscotch.com is launching November 6, 2008 with six shows; four more will launch in the first half of 2009
• butterscotch.com has more than 200 episodes are 'in the can' as of launch day
• butterscotch.com's web editor, Andrew Moore-Crispin, is the former editor-in-chief of Canada's top rated online tech magazine hubcanada.com
• butterscotch.com has tons of talented staff with over 1500 hours of combined on-camera experience in tech broadcasting
• butterscotch.com is backed by Tucows, a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services
• butterscotch.com incorporates the 40,000-file library of Tucows.com, one of the most popular download sites on the Internet
• butterscotch.com perfectly describes the site and its content: tasty tech meets delicious downloads
• butterscotch.com is practical tips, helpful tricks and useful downloads
• butterscotch.com is all kinds of awesome

Useful Quotes

"Butterscotch.com is a new video destination site that is a cross between HGTV and Techtv. The site contain personality driven videos and video tutorials that demystify technology and teach you how to use it more effectively while also building on the massive file download library from Tucows.com." - Andy Walker, Executive Producer, butterscotch.com

"Butterscotch.com is aimed at moms, dads and children who love technology but sometimes think it's too techie. We're here to help people who buy the latest gadgets and then scratch their heads over how to use them to their full potential." - Andy Walker, Executive Producer, butterscotch.com

"In the initial launch you'll see exciting and entertaining technology videos released every week as we grow our library of video content that will eventually feature hundreds of must-see episodes and thousands of tutorials into 2009." - Andy Walker, Executive Producer, butterscotch.com

"Butterscotch.com is the place to go online for technology education and entertainment. The network will cater to newbies and early adopters, but most importantly the content will be easy to understand and a pleasure to watch." - Amber MacArthur, director of Content, butterscotch.com

Butterscotch.com Show Descriptions

Here's a listing of the tasty tech videos available from butterscotch.com on launch day:

Lab Rats - Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers demystify the technology that you already own - and they have a blast doing it! From defining the latest buzzwords to showing you how things work, Andy and Sean are the go-to guys for making sense of everyday technology.

A-List - Internet pop culture is driven by viral videos. Missing out puts you behind the times. Who can forget the now infamous “Chocolate Rain” video, or the diet soda fountain video that inspired countless people to try the same gag at home? Host Amber Mac shows you all the top viral videos on A-List.

The Noob - Who hasn’t wondered what RAM is? Or what text messaging is really all about? The Noob is a short 3-5 minute show that helps unravel confusing and tricky technology terms.

Miss Download - Making sense of downloading on the Internet can be tricky business, never mind where exactly to find the best file downloads on Tucows.com and beyond. In this 3-5 minute show, Miss Download gives the low-down on all of the best file downloads available on the Internet.

On Deck - Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at Butterscotch.com? Here’s your chance! On Deck takes you inside our space so you can see where all the magic happens.

Tutorials - Video tutorials are one of the best and easiest ways to help people understand different products, services and concepts. Our short one-off tutorials and lengthier (about 10 minutes) full explanation tutorials are the perfect interactive way to walk people through your product or service.

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About Tucows

Tucows is a global Internet services company.

OpenSRS manages over 8 million domain names and millions of email boxes through a reseller network of over 9,000 web hosts and ISPs. Our Retail group sells services directly to consumers and small businesses through Domain Direct, It’s Your Domain and NetIdentity. YummyNames owns premium domain names that generate revenue through advertising or resale. Butterscotch.com is an online video network building on the foundation of Tucows.com.

More information can be found at http://tucowsinc.com.