Family History Hits the Road with New iPad, iPhone App from Ancestry.ca
By Lee Rickwood
Warning, this story contains material that may be dangerous to beer-drinkers.
Category: Business
Are Canadians too polite to succeed on the Internet? Reflections on Podcamp TO 2011
By Hessie Jones
I love Podcamp. The audience includes a very engaged Toronto social media community. Professionals, students, budding enthusiasts – all come together to embrace, share and learn about the new media. There is always a new insight to learn from, a new challenge to grapple with, a new technology to test.
WhatsYourTech.ca salutes the 100th International Women’s Day
By Yasmin Ranade
This year’s theme, as led by the United Nations, is : Equal access to education, training and science and technology pathway to decent work for women.
No More New Web Addresses as IPv4 Allocation Exhausted, Global IPv6 Test Planned for June
There are no more new Web addresses, no matter how much Internet data costs. As far as the current naming protocol, IPv4, is concerned – it’s game over.
By Lee Rickwood
Will Google and Facebook start feuding over data?
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.
New Canadian Telecom Launches in Basement; Start-up Offers Leading Edge Cell Phone Service to Other Small Businesses
By Lee Rickwood
The newest phone company in Canada is starting in the basement – literally. But one subscription to its service equals a telecom solution with a multitude of opportunities ffor small and medium businesses.
Internet Pricing and Usage Billing Battle Continues Online – and In Person
What with online petitions, special webcasts and Internet–based forum presentations, the furor over usage based billing may be causing a spike in usage!
by Lee Rickwood
HTC reveals first Facebook-focused Android phones
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
HTC’s Facebook phones fill a void in the tween and teen text-focused feature phone market once dominated by the Sidekick and LG’s messaging phones. The new phones focus on texting and typing and quick-buttons that put users in the middle of the Facebook experience where they can share, post and tag photos, and communicate with their friends on-the-go.