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.
Tag: technology
Digital Media Readies for ‘Moonshot’ as New Tools and Technologies Roll-out at Canada 3.0
by Lee Rickwood
Like the pledge to land a man on the moon before the end of the ‘60s, the goal is to develop a technical infrastructure and digital environment in which anyone in Canada can do anything online.
TELUS Facebook TV – Is the ‘Next Frontier of Social Networking’ Really a Repeat?
By Lee Rickwood
It’s taken more than a decade for anyone to take the next few steps on a path laid down long ago.
Great Canadian Appathon Offers $45K in Prizes for Best New Mobile Game
by Lee Rickwood
Like great games, hackathons, game jams and appathons are engaging and somewhat addictive on their own.
Finalists for the tenth annual Canadian New Media Awards – a feast of digital creativity
By Yasmin Ranade
Read the full list of 2010 CNMA finalists and explore their websites and work. I’m sure you’ll agree they represent a remarkable, wide-angled portrait of Canadian digital creativity.
Can Social Media Cure Toronto’s Apathy?
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.