Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, August 29, 2014
Your news links for today: Paper billing fees add up to over $500M a year, study finds – CBC News New PIAC report, “How to Pay the Piper: A Primer…
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The Star: Gov’t to employees: delete emails with no "business value"
Is the government trying to avoid future scandal by making civil servants delete emails? Article by Adrian Wyld for the Star The Conservative government is telling public servants to delete…
Save the Internet, Save the World: The Defining Battle for Net Neutrality
Guest blog by OpenMedia community member Cynthia Khoo The world needs a hero, and that hero is you. Our worldwide web is currently dangling above an alligator-filled moat, tied to…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, August 28, 2014
Your news links for today: Rogers, Shaw Latest to Think They Can Build a Netflix Killer – DSL Reports Hands-on with shomi, the future of video-on-demand in Canada (video) –…
Financial Post: What’s next for On-Demand TV streaming
Rogers and Shaw have announced that they will launch an on-demand TV service to rival Netflix and Hulu. What do you think about this development? Article by John Greenwood for…
TelClarity: Wind Mobile cuts roaming rates by %95. Here’s how they could cut them more
A recent CRTC ruling brought the roaming rates that Big Telecom charges smaller companies like Wind Mobile down from the stratosphere. Here’s why they still need to go further Article…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Your news links for today: What’s a ‘Reasonable Expectation’ of Privacy? – Michael Geist Harper government asks public servants to delete emails – Toronto Star Inside SS7, the Insecure Global…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Your news links for today: Rogers and Shaw announce shomi, its $8.99/month Netflix competitor – Mobile Syrup Rogers and Shaw unveil shomi, a Made-in-Canada video-streaming service to rival Netflix –…
What does your lazy summer afternoon at the lake have to do with saving the open Internet?
Hi! I’m Alexa, OpenMedia’s new Managing Director – great to meet you! I took a break from the behind the scenes work to share why I’m here. Summer days are…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, August 25, 2014
Your news links for today: How the web lost its way – and its founding principles – The Guardian How you can be tracked anywhere in the world – Washington…
Mobilesyrup: Mobile Net Neutrality just got a big boost in Canada
In a home-grown Internet slow lane battle, Rogers has backed down from charging customers different data rates for the TV app and content they own than they do for other…
Toronto Star: Pick-and-pay could be coming to Canada
The way that Canadians pay for TV content may change dramatically if CRTC proposals go through. What do you think of these proposed new options? Article by Colin McConnell for…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, August 22, 2014
Your news links for today: Net neutralized: Rogers changes mobile TV policy after CRTC inquiry – Mobile Syrup Wind Mobile cuts roaming rates – CBC News A glimpse into the…
We’re taking your Online Privacy concerns straight to the B.C. Legislature – and we need to hear from you.
Ever wanted to have your opinions heard by key decision makers in B.C.? Now’s your chance. Our own David Christopher has been invited to present the pro-Internet community’s concerns about…
Globe and Mail: Are mobile TV apps the next battlefield in the fight against Internet slow lanes?
In response to a filing by our community member @Ben Klass, the CRTC is asking Big Telecom some tough questions about whether they give preferential treatment to their own data…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, August 21, 2014
Your news links for today: CSE commissioner’s annual report released – Lux Ex Umbra Spy agency mishandled information about Canadians: watchdog – CTV News Spy agency intercepted, kept 66 communications…