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Tech CEO shakeups continue as Sony brings in Hirai
February 3, 2012 – 9:32 am
Tech CEO shakeups continue as Sony brings in Hirai

 
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
 
New leadership. It is the biggest indicator that a troubled company is committed to fix things.  Sony has gone to Kazuo Hirai to help steer the course.

Canada’s Broadband Status Questions as Internet Slowdown Complaints Speed Up
February 2, 2012 – 12:27 pm
Canada’s Broadband Status Questions as Internet Slowdown Complaints Speed Up

By Lee Rickwood

Canadians enjoy the fastest, most widely available and least expensive Internet in the developed world, according to a new broadband report. But those findings run counter to the experiences of Canadian Internet subscribers.

Google’s Search to Become More Social
January 31, 2012 – 12:13 pm
Google’s Search to Become More Social

By Hessie Jones

In its quest to become more social…. correction….in its quest to be perceived as being social, Google has run into stumbling blocks. In the end the consumer loses out.

Surveillance by Design: Government Rules, Business Practices Threaten Canadians’ Personal Privacy
January 30, 2012 – 9:48 am
Surveillance by Design: Government Rules, Business Practices Threaten Canadians’ Personal Privacy

By Lee Rickwood

We are all players in the “Privacy Theatre”, living in an online world that shows only a pretense of privacy behind the curtain.

Unlocking phones: what Canada’s carriers will and won’t do
January 27, 2012 – 5:53 am
Unlocking phones: what Canada’s carriers will and won’t do

By Ted Kritsonis

Phone unlocking is always one of those hot-button issues when it comes to mobile freedom, but most consumers buy their phones subsidized by the carriers through contracts. These phones are locked to their respective carriers, making it difficult to use them as leverage to leave for another provider.

Gravatar – enabling your online brand
January 25, 2012 – 9:48 am
Gravatar – enabling your online brand

By Tim Teatro

Gravatar enabled sites are common place these days. Blogs, forums, social media and public opinion sites can display your customised image with your content which uniquely identifies you.

Shakeup at RIM: Co-CEO’s Balsillie and Lazaridis resign, Heins is new CEO
January 23, 2012 – 8:17 am
Shakeup at RIM: Co-CEO’s Balsillie and Lazaridis resign, Heins is new CEO

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

RIM’s longtime Co-CEO’s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have resigned their positions and have endorsed Thorsten Heins as the new CEO while Barbara Stymiest is chairwoman of RIM’s board.

Televising the Revolution – Occupy Protests Use Streaming Media Tech Tools
January 20, 2012 – 11:04 am
Televising the Revolution – Occupy Protests Use Streaming Media Tech Tools

By Lee Rickwood

Hundreds of citizen journalists and videographer activists provided live video during the Occupations – streaming if not actually televising their ‘revolution’.

5 Companies that face challenges in 2012
January 16, 2012 – 3:33 pm
5 Companies that face challenges in 2012

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The only constant is change and how businesses adapt to this change defines how they evolve and more importantly, how they survive.

Five Social Media business trends for 2012
January 13, 2012 – 10:01 am
Five Social Media business trends for 2012

By Hessie Jones

As the Cluetrain Manifesto states, “Markets are now conversations.” The voice of the individual can multiply into the voice of the majority, easily drowning out the corporate voice.

Canadian Content at CES Covers Mobile, Media and New Gadgets Galore
January 11, 2012 – 10:49 am
Canadian Content at CES Covers Mobile, Media and New Gadgets Galore

By Lee Rickwood

Canada continues to put out the hardware, software and wetware that are key to the success of the global consumer electronics industry.

So let’s hold CES here next year, eh?!?

CES celebrates evolution of digital media, consumer electronics
January 9, 2012 – 11:06 am
CES celebrates evolution of digital media, consumer electronics

By Lee Rickwood

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is as much about the provider as it is the consumer, and it has as much to offer the high tech industry in specific as it does the consumer marketplace in general.