Net neutrality not only gives you freedom of speech but also freedom to hear. Or read…or watch…or share points of view…or innovate. For a good explanation on what net neutrality is, check out these sites: Save Our Net (Canadian) Save the Internet (US). Net neutrality is also a hot topic in Europe and Asia. Not […]
Read more "Net neutrality: freedom of speech and freedom to hear"Social media can play an important role during a flu epidemic by providing information on symptoms, treatment, avoidance and status of community infection. Educators are also turning to social media and social networking tools as a method of delivering course materials and lectures at times when students are absent from class during flu epidemics. With […]
Read more "New media a teaching tool during flu epidemic"Yesterday Jian Ghomeshi, host of the CBC radio show ‘Q’ interviewed Leonard Kleinrock one of the fathers of the internet. The first words from the mouth of the internet baby were uttered forty years ago and Dr. Kleinrock is still involved with what he calls a “teenager still struggling to find its way”. Dr. Kleinrock […]
Read more "Inventor of the internet – CBC’s Q interviews Leonard Kleinrock"In case you live in a cave and don’t watch TV in any form – over the air, cable, satellite – there is a big battle going on between Canadian network broadcasters and the cable companies. In a nutshell, the broadcasters want the CRTC to force the cable co’s to pay them for the programming […]
Read more "Battling it out on Twitter – networks vs. cable companies"Breaking news! Big surprise! (sorry about the sarcasm! – well, not really!) According to this report from eMarketer, print advertising is down and digital platforms (read: internet) are growing! There are many notable quotes from the article but here are my favourites: For example, Barclays Capital predicted in its “Internet Data Book July 2009” that […]
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