Think You’re So Smart? Toronto is No Longer the Intelligent Community of the Year
Another criterion for smart cities, apparently, is that they do not have obstructive old highways blocking their spanking new waterfront!
by Lee Rickwood
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Privacy Programs Funded by Government Even as Privacy Watchers Cite ‘Government Missteps’
Since 2004, nearly $4.5 million has been allocated to more than 100 initiatives under the Program. Those are positive indicators, yet they pale in number, significance and seeming impact when compared with developments that undermine online privacy and security.
by Lee Rickwood
Technology, Innovation and the Sharing Economy: The Future Rewritten, But Who’s at the Keyboard?
Tough conversations that challenge the status quo take place at the crowded, busy intersection of technology, science, creativity & entrepreneurship – and at events produced by a Canadian entrepreneur.
by Lee Rickwood
Canada Calls for Telephone Companies to Count the Last Pay Phone
Whether you carry a cell phone or not, whether you wear the newest watch tech or not, public payphones have an on-going value, beyond being one of the last examples of shared social consciousness and communal convenience.
by Lee Rickwood
TechWomen Canada Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk to Entrepreneurial Success in Silicon Valley
by Lee Rickwood
An increasing number of Canadian women tech entrepreneurs are heading to the high impact and high growth environment of Silicon Valley.
New Canadian Web Series Shows Our Personal Data Being Tracked in Real-Time
Even if you think you know how much the Web knows about you, you will be astonished by what is revealed in this series.
by Lee Rickwood
Face Time, or Face-to-face Time: The Medium Makes a Difference
With less time spent practicing and performing real face-to-face communication, the scientists’ worry, social skills will decline, much as without physical exercise, muscle tone in our bodies will decline.
by Lee Rickwood
High Tech Incubators Support Entrepreneurs with Precedent Setting Partnership
Ryerson’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ) is partnering with Waterloo’s Communitech and Toronto’s OneEleven to share their facilities, resources and talent. Communitech and OneEleven, like the DMZ, help entrepreneurs grow their businesses.