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Keek at the Intersection of Social Networking, Mobile Media, TV Watching
May 1, 2012 – 9:50 am
Keek at the Intersection of Social Networking, Mobile Media, TV Watching

Folks in the Twitter-verse have found some ways to get attention in a short space (although controversy and obscenity seem top techniques right now, there are some short, substantive comments out there), here’s hoping Keek-ers can do the same.

by Lee Rickwood

Smart TVs can transform surveillance with online connectivity
April 23, 2012 – 10:08 am
Smart TVs can transform surveillance with online connectivity

By Lee Rickwood

The biggest and brightest TVs out there — now called smart TVs — have Wi-Fi, Ethernet and high speed Internet connectivity, and each one is a potentially open door into not just your viewing habits.

The Promise of Big Data: For Good
April 18, 2012 – 10:31 am
The Promise of Big Data: For Good

By Hessie Jones

The new marketing meme, “Big Data” has captured everyone’s attention. The rise of social, online behaviour, user content generation, not to mention increased mobile activity, has contributed to a mountain of online datasets.

Online protests force reboot of government spying bill
February 29, 2012 – 11:25 am
Online protests force reboot of government spying bill

By Lee Rickwood

The potential financial costs of implementing the legislation – and the lack of clarity over who would pay that bill, and how – are seen as another good reason the bill came to an early end.

Facebook’s Billion Dollar IPO ‘Unfriends’ Canadian Members and Contributors
February 10, 2012 – 9:28 am
Facebook’s Billion Dollar IPO ‘Unfriends’ Canadian Members and Contributors

By Lee Rickwood

Sure, it’s great to share – in many ways, sharing is a core human activity. We can all learn and grow and gain insight equally, if and when information is shared equitably.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

Cloud Computing brings privacy concerns, consumer confusion, business opportunities
December 1, 2011 – 9:43 am
Cloud Computing brings privacy concerns, consumer confusion, business opportunities

By Lee Rickwood

It may be one of the hottest tech topics today, but it is also a metaphor for things unknown, unseen or uncertain.

Here’s Looking at You Kid – Proximity Marketing and Customer Tracking Embedded in Advertising
September 25, 2011 – 11:48 am
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.