Posts Tagged ‘canada’

Via the Calgary Sun
OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy watchdog says Internet phenomenon Facebook breaches the law by keeping users’ personal information indefinitely — even after members close their accounts.
Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says the popular social networking site should hang on to the data only for as long as truly necessary.
In a report Thursday, Stoddart urged [...]

Via the New York Times
By ALEX MINDLIN
Published: November 30, 2008
Canadian Internet users are far more likely than Americans to use a social networking Web site, according to September figures released by the research firm comScore. That number is consistent with Canadians’ generally heavy use of sophisticated Internet features like online video. “We joke that it’s [...]

Via Media Shift
by Jeffrey D. Neuburger, November 13, 2008
Linking to content is the essence of the online experience — it’s the “Web” in the World Wide Web. But there’s a lot of legal gray area around linking, and surprisingly few court rulings providing guidance as to the circumstances when linking could result in liability.
A court [...]

Federal employees will be able to post, modify content on internal program
Vito Pilieci, The Ottawa Citizen
After years of banning access to blogs, YouTube and Facebook, it seems the federal government has figured out that maybe that Internet thing isn’t so bad after all. In fact, it might even be useful.
At the annual Government in Technology [...]

Via ARS Technica
By Nate Anderson | Published: October 20, 2008 - 11:49AM CT
Rural Canadians in New Brunswick, the sorts of folks who have to suffer in silence with dial-up or satellite Internet service, are being discriminated against. That’s the charge made by Progressive Conservative candidate Jack Carr, who is fighting for a spot in the [...]

Via Tech Now by Paul Brent
May 22, 2008 11:28
The concept of a new global culture is part of a report done by IDC Canada and commissioned by Nortel in which 2,400 working adults in 17 nations were asked about the technology they use.
The report provides a glimpse of a new kind of person, who crosses all [...]

Link to study PDF

Via Tech Now by Paul Brent
September 11, 2008 02:49
The kids are back at school and the laptops, cellphones, iPods, MSN, text messaging and every other form of technology are all  getting a real workout from the younger generation.
A feeling for just how important technology is to young people comes via a survey done by a group [...]

Via Yahoo Finance
Press Release Source: HP Canada
Generational Divide: Age Matters When It Comes to Small Business Owners’ Attitudes Toward Office Technology
Friday October 3, 7:00 am ET
 
<< New research from HP Canada uncovers generational differences among small business owners when it comes to how they learn about, purchase and use office technology >>
MISSISSAUGA, ON, Oct. 3 [...]

Via CBC

Globalive is aiming for 1.5 million subscribers in its first three years.Globalive is aiming for 1.5 million subscribers in its first three years. (Manu Fernandez/Associated Press)
More cellphone competition is on the way as Globalive Communications Inc. is aiming to have Canada’s fourth national wireless service up and running in the second half of 2009.
The [...]