WIND Mobile: A green light and a clean slate for mobile in Canada

December 11, 2009
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Earlier today, the Canadian government overturned the CRTC’s ruling that Globalive would not be permitted to operate its WIND mobile service in Canada due to its foreign ownership structure. That means the 500 employees current twiddling their thumbs could be put to work as speculation indicates that Globalive could launch as early as next week.
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Informative video from CERA: “DNS explained”

December 4, 2009

I wrote a post not too long ago that illustrated in lay terms how the DNS (domain name system) works. Byron Holland, the Chief Executive Office for the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) alerted me to a cool video produced by The Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries (CERA) that also offers a [...]

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Rogers On Demand Online: Coming soon to a computer near you

November 26, 2009
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Earlier this week I was invited to attend an intimate gathering held by Rogers at Yorkville’s Hazelton Hotel. It was in the Silver Screening room where Rogers unveiled what they believe to be “the next big thing in TV”.
Rogers On Demand Online (RODO) service offers a convenient, one-stop portal with a comprehensive library of classic [...]

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ASK A SCIENTIST: Quantum to Cosmos Festival @ The Perimeter Institute

October 20, 2009
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Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics celebrates its 10th Anniversary with Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future. This innovative festival, October 15th to 25th, will take a global audience from the strange world of subatomic particles to the outer frontiers of the universe. You can enjoy a wide range of presentations in three ways— [...]

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Bell Entertainment Service: the Results are Impressive

October 20, 2009
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This is a follow-up to an earlier post regarding how Bell’s new Entertainment Service works. Specifically, this post will discuss the overall bandwidth expectations a subscriber can expect. The Entertainment Service is a converged service. This means that television and Internet services are provided over a single VDSL line from Bell.
Internet speeds.
Our speedtests showed impressive [...]

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Secure your bit.ly URL – before somebody else does

October 14, 2009
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This isn’t one of those “sky is falling” posts, but it is important for marketing and brand managers to be aware of the implications of the bit.ly custom name feature and how it can wreck havoc with your company’s (and personal) brand.
Bit.ly is a popular shortening service that converts long URLs to a shortened, [...]

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IPTV television service from Bell – How it works

October 12, 2009
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Bell Canada has finally launched their super cool IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service. As a technology guy, when a new product or service arrives, I feel it is my obligation to sign up for it. This way, when friends, family members and colleagues ask me about it, I can continue to provide a valuable service. [...]

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CIRA 2009 elections and an overview of how DNS works

September 27, 2009
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Could somebody have made you care about the financial industry a year ago? When the financial crisis struck, do you remember anybody shouting at you about the impending doom beforehand? This is how I feel about CIRA. Nobody’s screaming at you to pay attention, or give a darn, but that doesn’t make what CIRA does [...]

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