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.
Category: Business
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.
PM Tweets Reversal of Usage-Based Internet Billing
by Lee Rickwood
The CRTC recently said that both large and small Internet service providers would be able to bill by the meter – so called UBB, or usage based billing.
Internet Pricing Becomes Political Issue as Meter Pricing Ticks Closer
A new usage-based billing policy for Internet use in Canada takes effect March 31.
by Lee Rickwood