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.
By Lee Rickwood
If passed by the majority government, a controversial piece of Canadian Internet legislation could require Internet providers in Canada to hand over personal information to authorities without a warrant or judicial oversight.
Grade 3 students act as ‘Customers’, spec’ing out the kind of game they’d like to play, and doing some ‘beta testing’ and ‘QA’ along the way.
by Lee Rickwood
by Lee Rickwood
These are pretty tech savvy seniors, and everyone in the room raised their hands as computer users and e-mailers, with maybe 60 or 70 per cent of them on Facebook, and about the same having used iPhones, digital cameras or video camcorders.
By Lee Rickwood
Microsoft’s Office 365 is a cloud-based version of its well-known desktop and office applications, with Web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Lync and more available as SaaS, or software-as-a-service. There is a dedicated Office 365 site for Canadians.
By Lee Rickwood
Like Swiss chocolate, German cars and Latin jazz, digital media should be Canadian.
By Lee Rickwood
This is your chance to have to your say, and tell the government where to go…uhh, on matters relating to digital media and Internet.
by Lee Rickwood
“Canada was an early mover on IPv6 in the early 2000’s and had several ‘firsts’, however its technology leadership has not been sustained.”
by Lee Rickwood
User manuals and product information sheets do contain printed warnings about using a cell phone or smart phone too close to the body (just over one half an inch in Apple’s case).