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07/20/2010 - 10:56pm
Why hasn't Foursquare and other location-aware platforms taken off?
Let's not dismiss the amazing growth that online platforms like Foursquare have had, but they certainly do not have the mass adoption trajectory or passionate users like Twitter,...
07/20/2010 - 10:55pm
Why hasn't Foursquare and other location-aware platforms taken off?
Let's not dismiss the amazing growth that online platforms like Foursquare have had, but they certainly do not have the mass adoption trajectory or passionate users like Twitter,...
07/20/2010 - 4:34am
Canada is currently negotiating two major international trade
agreements and my weekly technology law column (Toronto
Star version, homepage
version) notes that while it may seem hard to believe, their
successful completion may ultimately depend on...
07/20/2010 - 4:12am
The EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, which included ACTA on
its agenda as part of its meetings last week, has written
to Commissioner Karel de Gucht to express concern about the privacy
implications of ACTA. The Working Party is...
07/20/2010 - 4:11am
The CBC reports
on a new study from Bank of America Merrill Lynch has an eye-opening
rankings for Canada's major wireless providers. The report finds
that
the Big 3 of Bell, Rogers, and Telus control 95% of the market, have
the highest profit...
07/20/2010 - 4:10am
A group of public interest organizations in the U.S. have filed
a complaint alleging that the Obama administration's trade policy
reduces access to medicines in low and middle income nations, and
therefore violates international human rights...
07/20/2010 - 4:08am
DataLibre.ca posts a helpful
review of the question areas in the long-form census linked to the
specific pieces of federal legislation and policies at stake.
07/20/2010 - 4:07am
The Federal Court of Canada has released a decision
involving a $27 million claim over copyright infringement. The
court awarded $500 in statutory damages.
07/19/2010 - 3:33pm
When you're desperate it's hard to win business, get that job, market a product or do anything (like find a mate).
The trouble is that most people who are desperate, can't even muster up the levity to see, feel and hear it in themselves. When you'...
When you're desperate it's hard to win business, get that job, market a product or do anything (like find a mate).
The trouble is that most people who are desperate, can't even muster up the levity to see, feel and hear it in themselves. When you'...
07/19/2010 - 3:50am
One of the biggest stories coming out of the latest ACTA leak
is how the U.S. has gradually caved on its digital lock demands.
While
the U.S. initially proposed an aggressive draft chapter it hoped would
export U.S. law to all ACTA partners,...
07/19/2010 - 3:30am
Maclean's Andrew Potter has a must-read opinion
piece
that links Industry Minister Tony Clement's response to the census
issue with the Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore's copyright bill
response. While Potter makes the political link,...
07/19/2010 - 3:29am
Canadian recording industry groups may be pining
for a three strikes model in Canada, but the NY Times reports
that the French law has yet to result in any penalties and some
politicians are expressing misgivings about the law altogether.
07/19/2010 - 3:27am
Australian Minister Tanner has launched
the Declaration of Open Government, which focuses on openness and
transparency in government.
07/19/2010 - 3:26am
Heather Morrison provided great leadership on this submission
on open access to the digital economy strategy consultation.
I was pleased to add my name to it.
07/18/2010 - 2:40pm
Episode #211 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to. This is also episode #33 of Media Hacks.
Instead of the usual phone conversation, Hugh McGuire, Julien Smith and I met up for an early...
Episode #211 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to. This is also episode #33 of Media Hacks.
Instead of the usual phone conversation, Hugh McGuire, Julien Smith and I met up for an early...
07/17/2010 - 1:54pm
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (BitCurrent, Rednod, GigaOM, Human 2.0, the author of Complete Web Monitoring and Managing Bandwidth:...
07/17/2010 - 1:53pm
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (BitCurrent, Rednod, GigaOM, Human 2.0, the author of Complete Web Monitoring and Managing Bandwidth:...
07/16/2010 - 4:53pm
You probably learned this lesson early on in your education: check your sources.
Here's a shocker: Wikipedia is going to have mistakes in it (some might argue that having mistakes is part of its charm). People will make YouTube videos that are both...
