Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Your news links for today: Canada’s Digital 150 Strategy: Cynical, lazy and so 1867 – Boing Boing Colorado Town Approves Public Networks – Save the Internet Job listing hints Google…
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Globe and Mail: Do Canadians really want Big Telecom to crowd out the alternatives?
How will the CBC stay relevant in a media climate increasingly dominated by arrogant Big Telecom giants? Share your thoughts in the comments. Article by John Doyle for The Globe…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Your news links for today: Canadians’ mental-health info routinely shared with FBI, U.S. customs – CBC News FBI Plans to Have 52 Million Photos in its NGI Face Recognition Database…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, April 14, 2014
Your news links for today: NSA never used Heartbleed to spy, White House says – CBC News NSA Said to Exploit Heartbleed Bug for Intelligence for Years – Bloomberg Obama…
David Ellis: Citizen pressure prompts CRTC to demand answers from Bell
Is the CRTC finally waking up to Canadians’ anger over big telecom’s attempts to throttle wireless access to online content? Do you think this is a step in the right…
David Ellis: Digital Canada 150: The ‘strategy’ without a strategy
Experts are slamming the government’s recently released Digital Canada plan. This analysis from David Ellis highlights how the plan’s lack of strategy means Canada will fall further behind other industrialized…
Michael Geist: The outlook for Canada’s digital future is not rosy
BY THE NUMBERS: the government’s Digital Canada 150 plan will allow Canada to fall behind other industrialized nations and worsen the digital divide between Canadians. Think that’s not good enough?…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, April 11, 2014
Your news links for today: Privacy Act Ignores Reckless and Expensive Government Surveillance – Epoch Times Information commissioner finds three Tory staffers interfered in with access-to-information requests – iPolitics Digital…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, April 10, 2014
Your news links for today: Heartbleed Ripped a Hole in the Internet – VICE Canada Has the NSA Been Using the Heartbleed Bug as an Internet Peephole? – WIRED Wild…
Michael Geist: Canada’s digital strategy not keeping up with international standards
Compared to other industrialized nations, Canada’s Digital strategy lags far behind on increasing access, speed, and affordability. We can do better. Check out this Michael Geist piece comparing Canada’s recent…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Your news links for today: Heartbleed Bug prompts Revenue Canada website shutdown – CBC The Heartbleed Bug, explained – Vox Canada Revenue Agency has fired staff for privacy violations, committee…
Words by Nowak: Canadians deserve independent, world-class service at affordable rates
Compared to other industrialized countries, Canadian telecom giants reap far higher rewards while offering slow and expensive service. Last Friday’s Digital Canada 150 announcement by Industry Minister James Moore contained…