Articles tagged with: privacy
by Lee Rickwood
So, what were those scientists saying about mobile tracking again? Why are so-called privacy experts going ballistic – haven’t any of them read the instructions?!?!?
By Lee Rickwood
Criminal gangs and criminally minded individuals are becoming smarter, more ambitious and more sophisticated with tech attacks at home, at work, on the go.
By Ted Kritsonis
This week, Google updated its Nexus S Android smartphone and ultimately severed the ties between Facebook contacts and Android’s own Contacts application. The move is just the latest in the increased competition between the two tech giants over sharing data.
By Ted Kritsonis
Face recognition is fast becoming a staple of photo editing software because of the simple fact that it helps organize growing libraries of digital photos. The latest version of Fotobounce fills in some crucial gaps in organizing and sharing full resolution photos, but some extra tweaks would’ve made this update even better.
by Lee Rickwood
We all want to know what features a specific cell phone has, for example, just as we all should want to know what impact media and technology have on our economy, our society, ourselves.
By Tim Teatro
I shake my head as I watch the constant roll of articles detailing some new height of insecurity or lack of privacy in Facebook. But there’s hardly been a promising alternative: until now.
by Lee Rickwood
Most Canadian companies say they aren’t concerned about data breaches involving their customers’ personal information. Despite the fact those same companies are collecting and holding more personal information than ever before, a recent survey conducted for the Privacy Commissioner of Canada found that 42 per cent of businesses surveyed are not concerned about security breaches.
By Lee Rickwood
Human behaviours are as important as new technology when assessing Canada’s digital personality.
by Lee Rickwood
It is ‘A Time for Innovation’ in privacy, as well as technology.
by Lee Rickwood
Every public tweet, ever since Twitter’s inception in March 2006, will be archived – what a treat!
By Jessica Muhlbier
Foursquare.com is a popular and fun location-based tool for mobile devices, and is also a game. It allows users to “check in” at various venues using either text messaging or a smart phone application. But there are several red flags to consider before checking-in all over town.
We’ve let the fires die down before talking about it, and now we’ll ask: what’s the Buzz now?
