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Articles by Lee Rickwood

Travel and Hospitality Sector Needs to Book Time with Mobile and Social Media
November 4, 2011 – 11:59 am | One Comment
Travel and Hospitality Sector Needs to Book Time with Mobile and Social Media

by Lee Rickwood

Operators should be integrating social and mobile into their overall marketing plan, and then they must monitor and evaluate the options to determine which are most complimentary to their business growth strategy.

New options for frustrated tablet typists
October 25, 2011 – 9:50 am | One Comment
New options for frustrated tablet typists

By Lee Rickwood

Added intelligence, new hardware and software tools make for better – if not safer – tablet typing.

Bidders Bulk Up as Canada’s Wireless Spectrum Put on the Auction Block
October 14, 2011 – 10:51 am | No Comment
Bidders Bulk Up as Canada’s Wireless Spectrum Put on the Auction Block

by Lee Rickwood

If you want to see a truly modern Canadian mobile Internet and wireless broadband eco-system stretching from sea to sea to sea, how the auction plays out will be of tremendous importance.

New Wireless and Mobile Services for Pro Sports, Top Concerts, Live Event Venues
October 10, 2011 – 9:23 am | One Comment
New Wireless and Mobile Services for Pro Sports, Top Concerts, Live Event Venues

By Lee Rickwood

Twenty or 30 or 40 thousand people, all together in one place with one shared interest. It’s an instant social network, just waiting to be connected by new wireless technology installed in sports and concert venues.

Steve Jobs Passes Away: Former Apple co-founder and CEO leaves a legacy that reshaped our lives
October 6, 2011 – 6:28 am | No Comment
Steve Jobs Passes Away: Former Apple co-founder and CEO leaves a legacy that reshaped our lives

by Lee Rickwood

As word of his illness hung over the industry these past few months, and now with word of his passing, I’ve often thought back to that MacWorld Conference and the closest I ever got – or felt – to Steve Jobs.

Here’s Looking at You Kid – Proximity Marketing and Customer Tracking Embedded in Advertising
September 25, 2011 – 11:48 am | No Comment
Here’s Looking at You Kid – Proximity Marketing and Customer Tracking Embedded in Advertising

By Lee Rickwood

Technological developments being applied in what’s known as ‘digital out-of-home’ advertising industry are bringing amazing new abilities to track and measure the audience, to trigger and enhance client interactivity, and to find and identify new customers.

Internet Regulator Steps in to Speed Up Play with World of Warcraft
September 19, 2011 – 9:41 am | No Comment
Internet Regulator Steps in to Speed Up Play with World of Warcraft

Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG) like World of Warcraft are a big and growing business; Internet connectivity is the only thing slowing them down, it seems.

by Lee Rickwood

Going GaGa for Google Movies as Rental Service Launches in Canada
September 2, 2011 – 10:09 am | No Comment
Going GaGa for Google Movies as Rental Service Launches in Canada

by Lee Rickwood

Google’s foray into the living room will not end here; the company will soon offer as many services for the home TV as it now does for a PC or mobile device.

First Look at the Samsung ML-3712DW wireless office printer
August 31, 2011 – 3:55 pm | No Comment
First Look at the Samsung ML-3712DW wireless office printer

By Lee Rickwood

In many ways, the Samsung ML-3712DW monochrome wireless laser printer is for people who hate printing. It’s that good! It’s fast and quiet (noisy printers drive me crazy!). It’s competitively priced for the many features it offers, including some nice green eco-options (almost any printing gives me enviro-guilt!). And better still, it’s the prize in the latest WhatsYourTech.ca contest!

Is RIM Ready to Face the Music with New BBM Music Sharing Service?
August 29, 2011 – 9:55 am | No Comment
Is RIM Ready to Face the Music with New BBM Music Sharing Service?

By Lee Rickwood

Research In Motion announced its new BBM Music service – but timing is everything: ‘Unos, dos, tres, catorce!’

Videoconferencing Raises Visibility, Lowers Cost for Business, Academia, Home
August 19, 2011 – 2:07 pm | One Comment
Videoconferencing Raises Visibility, Lowers Cost for Business, Academia, Home

By Lee Rickwood

New products and services make personal conferencing just as possible and practical as professional conferencing. You can hold a video conference in your bedroom as easily as your boardroom (should you so desire)!

Privacy technologies win awards as security breaches garner headlines
August 16, 2011 – 9:42 am | No Comment
Privacy technologies win awards as security breaches garner headlines

By Lee Rickwood

These are much more than academic awards. Just a week after one award winning researcher notified Facebook about such attacks, the social net made significant changes to its online systems.