Everyday I talk to people who are still using dial-up to access the internet. Not out of choice but because they have no other options. In rural homes, ranches and farms of Central Alberta people want to connect to the web. The last mile, the point from where fibre and copper ends and the point […]
Read more "Broadband in rural regions needs attention"There is a lot of press lately concerning the censorship and limit of access to the web in countries like China and Iran. If you are a corporate or government employee, you too may be subjected to the same censorship and denial of access to the web as the citizens of these repressive political regimes. […]
Read more "Web censorship – not just in China or Iran"With the demise of our local TV station set for August 31 and with rumors that the last show will broadcast on August 28 maybe there should be some planning for a new station in Red Deer. So far I haven’t heard much from our community on this but I do hear lots from Victoria […]
Read more "Save our local TV or at least create something new"Our local TV station, CHCA-TV will go off the air on August 31, 2009. They were part of the Canwest Global E! network. Canwest claims they did everything they could to save the five stations across Canada which were targeted. Only three made the cut but ours and CHEK in Victoria, BC didn’t. Whose fault […]
Read more "Local TV station fades to black – a victim of our times"According to a report from Borrel Associates, 20% of the advertising dollars spent on social networks such as Facebook and Myspace, comes from local businesses. Although not a huge number it does say a lot about the reach that these sites can have for a small business with limited ad budgets. We don’t have numbers […]
Read more "Local advertising on social networks grows"
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