Description: Teksavvy forges partnership with Hastings CableVision Source: Canada.com Date: September 16, 2014 During the CRTC’s latest “Let’s Talk TV” discussions, third-party internet provider TekSavvy announced a new partnership with Hastings CableVision company, possibly signaling that the company has plans to move into providing cable services at some point in the future. Read the full story. Questions for… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Competitive advantage
U.S. Netflix In Canada Could Be History If Copyright Holders Have Their Way
Description: Here in Canada, Netflix is about to face the CRTC, adhere to Canadian broadcasting regulations, and pay into the CanCon Media fund. Source: Huffington Post Date: September 18, 2014 Major media companies are beginning to lobby Netflix and other streaming services to prevent users from accessing content available in other countries. Currently, about a third of Canadians… Read more »
Keep Learning Linux – It’s The Future
Description: Linux may be 20 years old, but it’s as hot as ever in terms of job creation, a new survey finds. Source: readwrite.com Date: February 20, 2014 Everyone’s a tech company these days. From new-school video streaming services like Netflix to old-school grocery businesses and government agencies, technology increasingly drives business productivity. At the… Read more »
Zipments.ca Turns Everyday People Into Couriers to Get You What You Need When You Need It
Description: Hate waiting for delivery of your online purchases? Well now there’s Zipments.ca, who cater to your delivery with personalized couriers. Source: Techvibes Date: February 7, 2014 Admit it, our busy schedules stop us from getting stuff done (I know—the irony!). The solution: We share resources and help each other. Vancouver-based Zipments.ca is making it happen with a selected group… Read more »
Are Mobile Apps Now a Requirement for Businesses?
Description: Mobile Apps are they way of the future for almost all businesses. They encourage impulse purchases and without one, your business may be losing out on potential sales. Source: Techvibes Date: February 6, 2014 How’s your business’s mobile app doing? Don’t have one? Turns out you could be leaving significant money on the table. Customers now… Read more »
A Room with a SKU: SuiteQ Lets You Design a Room and Buy the Contents
Description: A new app, SuiteQ allows you to set up a room with furniture to your liking – and then buy the products. Source: Techvibes Date: January 24, 2014 Every so often, I see start-up companies rehashing an idea that’s been done to death many, many times before, either because they haven’t done their market… Read more »
CES: Cars that are solar-powered, talk to each other, and don’t need drivers
Description: Solar powered vehicles? Cars that can communicate with one another? Vehicles that can drive themselves? These concepts might not be as fictional as you may think. Source: CNET Date: January 7, 2014 The cars of the future may be able to communicate with each other, drive themselves, and be powered by the sun. CNET’s Sumi… Read more »
Flying Car Could Help Isolated Communities
Description: A Slovakian designer has produced a flying car which he hopes could help countries with poor transport infrastructure. Source: Globe&Mail Date: December 31, 2013 A flying car may seem to be a far-fetched idea, but the reality is that it may not be as much of a fantasy as you may think. A vehicle like this… Read more »
Federal Government: We Will Reduce Roaming Costs on Canadian Network
Description: Canadians are fully aware of the exorbitant wireless service fees they are charged every month, but now here’s some good news. The federal government intends to reduce costs – including roaming charges while outside of the country. Source: Techvibes Date: October 17, 2013 The Canadian government admits we as consumers pay a lot of money… Read more »
Five companies to watch in Atlantic Canada
Description: Look out for these 5 Atlantic tech companies in the following years. Everything from a sensor floor technology company to a social media start-up. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: May 13th, 2013 The technology industry in Atlantic Canada produced some big exits in the past two years. The region is poised for more… Read more »
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Introduction to Information Systems, 3rd Canadian Binder Ready Version Update Edition
R. Kelly Rainer, Casey G. Cegielski, Ingrid Splettstoesser-Hogeterp, Cristobal Sanchez-Rodriguez
ISBN: 978-1-119-13385-8
August 2015, © 2016
CDN $98.95; CDN $114.95