This week: Yahoo joins Google to Push Email Encryption; HTTPS = higher Search rank?; Telus profits up; Tracking with “Ever” Cookies; The Internet of Things Changing Devices; Russian Hack Yields over a Billion Passwords: Russia wants Apple, SAP cooperation; Remote Access gives Hackers Backdoor; Cdn Telcos explore new markets for Growth. Wall Street Journal | Yahoo Joins ...
This week: Telus and Rogers Challenge Request for Cell Records; Cdn Gov Investment in Rural Internet; Internet of Things and Privacy Concerns; HP’s Post-Electronic Solution to huge Data Brandon Sun | Telus and Rogers challenging request for All cellphone records from 21 Telus towers and 16 Rogers towers An Ontario judge has agreed to hear a ...
This week: Uber return to Vancouver; How the NASDAQ was hacked; Germany to use Typewriters to Foil Spying?; Third of Canadian Netflix users access through US Netflix; Canada’s High Wireless Prices Business in Vancouver | Uber promises to return to Vancouver Uber may be ready to give Vancouver another try. Uber briefly operated in Vancouver ...
This week: NZ ISP offers customers free VPN for UK, US Netflix Access; Harper Government’s Flawed Wireless Shakedown; Facebook selling Advertisers Your Browsing Data; How to Stop Facebook from Tracking Your Browsing History TechGage | New Zealand ISP Offers Customers Free VPN to Help them Access US & UK Netflix Catalogs Living in Canada, I know ...
This week: Canadian Government Tries to Open Competition with Wireless Spectrum Auction; US Supreme Court Rules Phones Can’t be searched Without Warrant; Google Begins Erasing Links for Searches in Europe Globe and Mail | Spectrum auction to push mergers of small wireless players The federal government will announce Monday that it is offering coveted chunks of ...
Join us for a summer evening at the beautiful Jericho Tennis Club. We will gather at 3 p.m. on July 17th at Jericho for three brief presentations. At 3:15, Ron Grant (Skyway West & Chair, VANIX Steering Committee) will give an overview of the inner workings of the Internet in the Harbour Center, the Western ...
This week: Canadians Lax on Privacy; Facebook Wants to Listen to you; Vancouver a New Tech Hub; Canada Hit by PoS Infection; Canada Relaxes Flight Restrictions on Mobile Globe and Mail | Canadians are lax on privacy, Senate committee hears Canadians are “stupid” and post far too much information online, a former head of the ...
This week: Health Benefits of Electric Car; Facebook Privacy; DARPA’s new projects; Secret History of Hypertext; The Most Secure Email in the Universe The Atlantic | Forget Saving the Planet, Driving an Electric Car Will Save Your Life The failure to persuade a sizeable percentage of Americans that climate change poses a clear and present danger ...
This week: NSA Runs into California Roadblock; State of the Internet: Lousy?; How to get a job at Google; Euro Court rules Google must respect right to “be forgotten” Reuters | NSA data-gathering may run into California roadblock The federal government would need a warrant from a judge if it wants the cooperation of California ...
This week: Hundreds of Thousands of Canadians under Surveillance; Canada’s Digital Strategy: Telus pledges Infrastructure Billions; US Judge says Email warrants valid Overseas Toronto Star | Government agencies seek telecom user data at ‘jaw-dropping’ rates OTTAWA—Government agencies are asking telecoms and social media companies to turn over Canadians’ user data at “jaw-dropping” rates, with nearly 1.2 ...
