Author Archives: Lee Rickwood

About Lee Rickwood

Lee Rickwood covers developments in media and technology with particular interest in how such developments affect our social, political and economic activities and interactions.

New Wireless Streaming Solution from Canada’s Eleven

by Lee Rickwood

Eleven Engineering is showing off its new personal wireless standard, called TRiK, at CES. It will compete with other proprietary concepts on the market, and with established standards like Bluetooth.

Canadians See Film, TV in a New Dimension

by Lee Rickwood

The media world is buzzing over 3D. Movie theatres have it, soon home TVs will have it. You know your laptop and iPhone can have it, right?

Consumer Devices Head for the Clouds

by Lee Rickwood

As always, the future is uncertain…cloudy, in fact.

But two predictions are safe to make about the increased importance of cloud computing and mobile TV.

New Cellphone Service Wind Launches with Community’s Help

By Lee Rickwood

Dedicating its opening ceremonies to the folks it wants to serve, telecom start-up Globalive officially unveiled its new rate plans and cellphone services today with the opening of the first Wind store in Toronto.