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Why a Metered Internet for Canada is such a Bad Idea
Posted on January 28, 2011 | 5 CommentsWhile the rest of the world is embracing unlimited broadband Internet on a scale never seen before, Canada’s Radio-Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), has approved Telecom Order CRTC 2010-657, that will allow... -
Google’s Street View violates Canadian Privacy Law
Posted on October 20, 2010 | 12 CommentsCanada’s Federal Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart has stated that Google broke Canada’s Privacy Law by collecting personal information from unsecured wireless networks across the country for its Street View application.... -
Amazon’s “Business Methods” patentable in Canada
Posted on October 15, 2010 | 4 CommentsWhen America’s largest online retailer, Amazon.com applied in 1998 for a Canadian patent of its online shopping “method and system”, Canada’s Commissioner of Patents eventually rejected the application on the... -
Internet Shopping growing rapidly in Canada
Posted on September 28, 2010 | 3 CommentsStatistics Canada has just reported that 39% of Canadians aged 16 and over used the Internet to place more than 95 million orders last year, up by a third from 2007 levels... -
Canadians Connected
Posted on September 25, 2010 | 5 CommentsOn September 21, 2010, CIRA (the Canadian Internet Registration Authority) held its Annual General Meeting and Symposium in Toronto, called, “Canadians Connected”. The Symposium brought together .CA domain name owners... -
Canada approves Facebook Privacy Changes
Posted on September 23, 2010 | 4 CommentsJennifer Stoddart, Canada’s Privacy Commissioner approves of the changes made by the popular social networking site Facebook, regarding privacy issues that were highlighted following an investigation of the social media...
