Tag: Canadian Business

New basic TV packages now available, but extra fees dampen savings

By Ted Kritsonis

As of March 1, Canada’s TV providers were required to begin offering a “skinny basic” plan of $25 or less that would begin the process of unbundling channels and moving to an a la carte model. The initial rollout of these skinny basic plans, when you can find them, shows that providers will have no qualms about inflating the price as much as possible.

Canadian Bloggers Feature Prominently in New Vegan Food Monster App

By Christine Persaud
New York-based One Green Planet went north of the border to launch the app first because Canada is a very “vegan-friendly” country, says the company, and thus a great place to gauge consumer reaction before proceeding with a worldwide release.

Entrepreneurism: Vision, Skill and a lot of Tenacity

By Yasmin Ranade
WhatsYourTech is excited to launch its Women Entrepreneurs series. Our focus is to explore the world of start ups and entrepreneurism in Canada, and will feature interviews with small business owners and start-up thought leaders as well incubators, support networks, corporate programs and educational offerings.

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Data Privacy Day 2016 is About Protecting Not Hiding Your Information

by Lee Rickwood
From cyber-criminality to targeted advertising, from corporate spies to commercial retailers, from government agencies to technology developers, it seems almost everyone is looking at our online activity. And not just looking: our digital fingerprints are being are being tracked, collected, stored, analyzed, cross-referenced and re-purposed, often without our knowledge and often by entities unknown to us.

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Canada’s role in the future of transportation: An Interview with GM Canada’s Steve Carlisle

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

One of the biggest issues facing hybrid and EV drivers is range anxiety, or the fear that they will run out of charge before getting to a charging station. “Having 320 kilometers of range is one way to overcome range anxiety,” Carlisle says, “another way is to have convenient charging. We need to work with other parties and partners to make this happen.”