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Who owns social media? A Canadian Marketing Association roundtable

By Hessie Jones

I recently moderated a roundtable entitled “Who Owns Social Media? While the answer may be obvious, especially among those of us who practice it daily, it was important to delve more deeply into the topic and ask marketers, those who’ve dabbled vs those on the other end of the spectrum who’ve operationalized social media within their respective businesses.

Tough cameras clicking with consumers

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

An emerging segment of sporty, water-resistant and tough video cameras is enticing users to look beyond basic specs and features and is opening up a new way to enjoy taking action videos.

Rogers rolls out Canada’s first LTE network

Text and photos by Ted Kritsonis

Ottawa is officially “Canada’s fastest city” after Rogers uncorked its high-speed Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in the nation’s capital. The new LTE network will increase download speeds by up to 12Mbps to 25Mbps, more than double what consumers are using now on 3G.

HP TouchPad and webOS perform well, but can’t beat the iPad

Featuring Ted Kritsonis

Being the latest tablet to enter the fray against the iPad, HP’s TouchPad is an intriguing player, largely because of webOS, the mobile operating system running the thing. The hardware, while unspectacular, is more than passable for a tablet that is portable and functional, but it’s webOS that is the real star here, and it shows real promise on what it can do long-term. For now though, the slick and intuitive design and interface is still not on par with where the iPad 2 sits.