Digital Advice for Valentine’s Day: Don’t Give Your Love – or Location – Away
Online and mobile dating on Valentine’s Day should be about romantic serendipity, not compromising safety.
by Lee Rickwood
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Canada’s Copyright Enforcer Says ‘Everyone Leaves a Trace’
New Canadian copyright regulations may enshrine the possibility that Internet providers have to disclose personal information about their customers to legal authorities without safeguards for privacy.
by Lee Rickwood
Canadian Tech Company Plays at the Super Bowl with Mobile Messaging System
iSIGN Media’s wireless platform reaches out to consumers’ mobile devices within 100 metres, sending specific messages about nearby activities, with special offers, discount coupons and other local information.
by Lee Rickwood
New BlackBerry’s Official Launch – Is BB10 More Important to You, to RIM, or to Canada?
The Official Launch of new BlackBerry 10 products and services is seen as a ‘make-it or break it’ day for RIM; the launch may be just as important to the overall Canadian tech landscape.
by Lee Rickwood
Mapping Digital Media: Where’s Canada in Global Rankings on Social Media, Music Downloads?
Urban consumers in China, Brazil, India and Singapore are the world’s most voracious users of digital media, powered by the rapid uptake of smartphones and tablets – not Canada.
By Lee Rickwood
Digital Activist’s Suicide Triggers Internet Memorials, Online Controversies
Digital innovator and cyber activist Aaron Swartz, 1986 – 2013. In a speech he made last year, he spoke of the on-going battle to define what can, what will and what will not take place on the Internet.
by Lee Rickwood
Canadian Developer Launches Interactive Online Travel Marketplace
Time for a get-away? A Canadian company is using social and cloud technology to connect travelers and great vacation properties in a new online travel community.
by Lee Rickwood
RIM Shifts Time in Advance of BlackBerry Launch
RIM needs to make a big splash with its new BlackBerry Enterprise 10 operating system and BlackBerry 10 smartphones in as short a time as possible.
by Lee Rickwood