Google’s Search to Become More Social
By Hessie Jones
In its quest to become more social…. correction….in its quest to be perceived as being social, Google has run into stumbling blocks. In the end the consumer loses out.
Category: Featured
Surveillance by Design: Government Rules, Business Practices Threaten Canadians’ Personal Privacy
By Lee Rickwood
We are all players in the “Privacy Theatre”, living in an online world that shows only a pretense of privacy behind the curtain.
Unlocking phones: what Canada’s carriers will and won’t do
By Ted Kritsonis
Phone unlocking is always one of those hot-button issues when it comes to mobile freedom, but most consumers buy their phones subsidized by the carriers through contracts. These phones are locked to their respective carriers, making it difficult to use them as leverage to leave for another provider.
Gravatar – enabling your online brand
By Tim Teatro
Gravatar enabled sites are common place these days. Blogs, forums, social media and public opinion sites can display your customised image with your content which uniquely identifies you.
Shakeup at RIM: Co-CEO’s Balsillie and Lazaridis resign, Heins is new CEO
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
RIM’s longtime Co-CEO’s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have resigned their positions and have endorsed Thorsten Heins as the new CEO while Barbara Stymiest is chairwoman of RIM’s board.
Televising the Revolution – Occupy Protests Use Streaming Media Tech Tools
By Lee Rickwood
Hundreds of citizen journalists and videographer activists provided live video during the Occupations – streaming if not actually televising their ‘revolution’.
Backing up your computer’s data more than once is a must
By Ted Kritsonis
Imagine having all your digital snapshots of your family, your vacations, your experiences — essentially your life’s memories, all gone because you never bothered to back everything up. The feeling of loss, especially over something you could’ve completely avoided had you cared enough to bother trying, is coupled with shame because making sure that all your data is secured multiple times is not hard — and proves a worthy investment.
5 Companies that face challenges in 2012
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
The only constant is change and how businesses adapt to this change defines how they evolve and more importantly, how they survive.