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Articles by Lee Rickwood

High Tech Needs Women, Say Digital Convergence Workshop Producers
August 5, 2011 – 12:25 pm | No Comment
High Tech Needs Women, Say Digital Convergence Workshop Producers

By Lee Rickwood

Are IT job opportunities and technology industry training the same for men and women?

Online Photo Site Takes Top Toronto Tech Start-Up Award
July 27, 2011 – 9:48 am | No Comment
Online Photo Site Takes Top Toronto Tech Start-Up Award

By Lee Rickwood

Online promotion and social media marketing activities are powerful tools to promote the image and the artists selected on a new award-winning website, 500px.

How to Find a Safer Cell Phone
July 23, 2011 – 12:24 pm | One Comment
How to Find a Safer Cell Phone

By Lee Rickwood

Is there a ‘safer’ cell phone? And how can you tell, if so?

Internet Tracking and Online Surveillance Bill to Boost Costs, Restrict Privacy
July 21, 2011 – 9:10 am | One Comment
Internet Tracking and Online Surveillance Bill to Boost Costs, Restrict Privacy

By Lee Rickwood

If passed by the majority government, a controversial piece of Canadian Internet legislation could require Internet providers in Canada to hand over personal information to authorities without a warrant or judicial oversight.

Mobile Apps and Multi-player Games come from Ottawa’s High Schools
July 11, 2011 – 7:21 am | 2 Comments
Mobile Apps and Multi-player Games come from Ottawa’s High Schools

Grade 3 students act as ‘Customers’, spec’ing out the kind of game they’d like to play, and doing some ‘beta testing’ and ‘QA’ along the way.

by Lee Rickwood

Silver Generation Seeks to Demystify Technology at Ryerson University Silver Screens Arts Festival
June 29, 2011 – 10:25 am | No Comment
Silver Generation Seeks to Demystify Technology at Ryerson University Silver Screens Arts Festival

by Lee Rickwood

These are pretty tech savvy seniors, and everyone in the room raised their hands as computer users and e-mailers, with maybe 60 or 70 per cent of them on Facebook, and about the same having used iPhones, digital cameras or video camcorders.

Microsoft’s Cloud-based Office 365 Still a Little Foggy in Beta Release
June 24, 2011 – 8:30 am | 4 Comments
Microsoft’s Cloud-based Office 365 Still a Little Foggy in Beta Release

By Lee Rickwood

Microsoft’s Office 365 is a cloud-based version of its well-known desktop and office applications, with Web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Lync and more available as SaaS, or software-as-a-service. There is a dedicated Office 365 site for Canadians.

Canada’s Prairie Provinces Prove to be Digital Media Hotbed
June 15, 2011 – 10:40 am | No Comment
Canada’s Prairie Provinces Prove to be Digital Media Hotbed

By Lee Rickwood

Like Swiss chocolate, German cars and Latin jazz, digital media should be Canadian.

How Do You Get Media? – Government Regulator Asks Canadians for Input on Internet Billing Costs, Music Downloads and Video on Demand
June 10, 2011 – 8:53 am | No Comment
How Do You Get Media? – Government Regulator Asks Canadians for Input on Internet Billing Costs, Music Downloads and Video on Demand

By Lee Rickwood

This is your chance to have to your say, and tell the government where to go…uhh, on matters relating to digital media and Internet.

Are Canadians Ready for the Next Internet? World IP v6 Day Puts Tech Companies, Consumers, Internet Providers on Notice
June 8, 2011 – 9:38 am | One Comment
Are Canadians Ready for the Next Internet?  World IP v6 Day Puts Tech Companies, Consumers, Internet Providers on Notice

by Lee Rickwood

“Canada was an early mover on IPv6 in the early 2000′s and had several ‘firsts’, however its technology leadership has not been sustained.”

New Radiation Warnings from WHO on Cell Phone, Smart Phone Use
June 1, 2011 – 11:05 am | No Comment
New Radiation Warnings from WHO on Cell Phone, Smart Phone Use

by Lee Rickwood

User manuals and product information sheets do contain printed warnings about using a cell phone or smart phone too close to the body (just over one half an inch in Apple’s case).

Online tours and iPads – Humber and Seneca multimedia portfolios on display
May 25, 2011 – 8:12 am | No Comment
Online tours and iPads – Humber and Seneca multimedia portfolios on display

By Lee Rickwood

The tools, techniques and technologies are always changing, and so the good students, top teachers and best bosses all agree, learning about this business is a lifelong activity.