Mayor Munch online game brings YOU into Toronto mayoralty race
by Lee Rickwood
That’s munch. Not punch.
It’s supposed to be fun, after all, not violent.
Category: Business
Canadian New Media Awards (CNMA) 2010 establishes new Digital Media Woman of the Year award
By Yasmin Ranade
This is the last day to vote for the Canadian New Media Awards (CNMA), the country’s only nationwide competition recognizing the accomplishments of Canada’s most successful digital media companies. For its 10th year, the CNMA has established three new award categories …
What the new Twitter has in store for you
By Ted Kritsonis
After four years, Twitter, a social networking site that took microblogging to the next level, went through a surprising makeover that started in the U.S. yesterday. The new look and features promise to make the whole Twitter experience “faster, easier and richer”.
Mobile Browser Shootout
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Mobile browsers have become the newest area of competition. We pit Safari, Opera Mini, Skyfire, Firefox Mobile and Internet Explorer against each other to determine which is best.
Watch Your Speed: Canadian ISPs Told to Share the Wealth
by Lee Rickwood
Internet access is seen as a basic service – almost a citizen’s right, if you will – and much like basic phone service, should be available to all. That’s the approach of the country’s telecom regulator, as well as some industry groups and consumer advocacy agencies.
Google Chrome and Arcade Fire Rock the Web with New Video and New Online Capabilities
By Lee Rickwood
The Wilderness Downtown, the new music video from Montreal-based Canadian rockers Arcade Fire, American writer/director/photographer Chris Milk and Google, is a clever way to promote the new browser, Google Chrome –the new browser, Google Chrome – mostly ‘cuz the only way you can watch the video in its full interactive glory is to use Chrome.
Yahoo Web Searches Powered by Bing Coming to Canada
By Lee Rickwood
Microsoft will do the heavy lifting, providing back-end functions like ranking search listings for Web, video and image results generated from search queries. Yahoo remains responsible for how the content looks on the page.
Where to start with Search Engine Optimization
By Tim Teatro
Search engine optimization (SEO) has been an extremely hot topic for years now. […] Many companies specializing in SEO have sprung up; some of them making wild promises and others offering only to do what they can to make sure your ranking is as high as it can be. Where is the truth, and what can you do to optimize your own site?