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IT World Canada: Province of Ontario's social media policy evolves
Four years after it banned the use of Facebook, YouTube and similar tools by employees, the government is figuring out how to strike an appropriate balance between flexibility and risk management Social media is like any other tool in a company鈥檚 marketing arsenal: It can bolster brand awarene...
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Toronto Star - Bell's new network too fast for many phones
(14-Sep-11) Bell Mobility Inc. has launched a super-fast wireless network in southern Ontario, but users will have to wait until smartphones are available that can take full advantage of the leading edge infrastructure. At this point, modem sticks are the only means to connect laptop computers...
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CNN - Help for social media mayhem
It wasn't until a man diagnosed with measles ate at her New Jersey diner that Connie Correia Fisher, co-owner of The Pop Shop, discovered that the only thing that spreads faster than an infectious disease is bad news. "We had every major TV station here. All the papers were here, and people we...
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The Globe and Mail - When the Internet runs out of addresses
(03-Aug-11) Earlier this year, there were a smattering of media reports about the Internet running out of addresses. People who don鈥檛 spend their days immersed in the Web world could be forgiven for wondering if this was another looming technology 鈥渃risis鈥� like the Y2K bug. The answer is no, b...
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Mercury News.com - Biz Break: Adobe looks to future of signatures and Apple rides a strong wave
Adobe added to its ubiquitous PDF document creation and management platform on Monday with the purchase of a Palo Alto-based electronic-signature company called EchoSign. The San Jose software company had been attempting to develop its own such service, recently beta testing it, but decided to...
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Redmond Developer News - Infragistics Charts a New Course for Windows Phone
(18-Jul-11) Infragistics Inc. released a suite of its data visualization controls for Windows Phone developers at the end of June, after previewing the mobile UI technology in April. The XAML mobile controls, which support Windows Phone 7 gestures and the Metro UI, are available to licensed users...
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Public CIO - Application Consolidation - Where the Real Savings Is
(27-Jun-11) As CIOs work through the thorny issues involved in consolidating IT hardware and personnel, another challenge appears on the horizon: dealing with the 鈥渁pplication bloat鈥� that has built up within agencies over the years. In 2009, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick issued an executiv...
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CBC News Online - Final Nortel patents up for auction
(27-Jun-11) The last of Nortel's assets 鈥� patents for Internet search, mobile video and wireless networks that can be used in consumer technology 鈥� go up for auction Monday, ending an era for the bankrupt Canadian telecom company. Internet search engine giant Google has started the bidding at ...
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The Globe and Mail - Five reasons to buy a PlayBook - and two reasons not to
(3-Jun-11) With its new PlayBook, Waterloo, Ont.-based 91制片厂 In Motion Ltd. seeks a stake in the exploding tablet market. It faces an uphill battle, though, particularly against the Apple iPad, which is already in its second generation and owns a massive chunk of the tablet market. But BlackBe...
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