By Tim Teatro
Identica simply has more features than Twitter and a public stream. With Twitter, if you have no followers, no one can hear you scream. With Identica, there are thousands of people watching the public stream, so if you say enough interesting things, someone will start following you.
Routers may be the conduits that feed us the bandwidth we need to work and play on the Internet, but they’ve traditionally been the type of gizmos that require a first-time setup, and then some updating and maintenance thereafter. Cisco,…
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Wind Mobile, together with Mobilicity and Public Mobile are new entrants in the wireless game and have been trying to compete with the big three by offering more affordable handsets and prepaid plans. Rogers Wireless also owns Fido and Chatr will be its third wireless cellular company.
By Jessica Muhlbier
Probably the most wonderful and interesting uses of social media and music is during live music performances. With mass crowds, flashing cameras, and television screens galore, it’s the jackpot for online social engagement.
by Lee Rickwood
Toronto should be the perfect city for it – after all, we have the most Facebook members, right?
But can social media cure political apathy? A newly-launched website is designed to do just that, and it’s called VO4TO. Say it fast and often enough, it sounds like a road to Rome.
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An added plus is that the HTC Legend runs on the sweet looking Sense UI that offers up widgets and updates for news, weather and social media all atop of the Android OS. These widgets are intuitive, non-obtrusive and stylishly render as much information on the screen without looking too busy.
By Ted Kritsonis
Now that Netflix has announced its plan to roll out service to Canada (except for Quebec, temporarily), there is certainly a level of excitement for those with a thirst for content via the Internet, but the move also raises some questions on what the future of the rental market will be in Canada.
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Apple is no longer a niche player in the business, it is now a market leader that has seen unparalleled success even in a down economy. Apple, whose market value of $222.1 billion surpassed even that of Microsoft last May.