Posts Categorized: Digital Policy

When employees cross the line online

Posted by & filed under Business Intelligence, Digital Policy, Human Resources, Privacy, Social Media, Uncategorized.

Description: Most everybody posts online these days. But in an age of conspicuous opinionation, how does an employer know when an employee has crossed the line? Source: Globe & Mail.com Date: Jan 31, 2011 The boundaries between work life and home life are dissolving, just as the difference between public and private communication is becoming… Read more »

Ottawa enters dispute over higher Internet fees

Posted by & filed under digital divide, Digital Policy, industry analysis, M-commerce, telecomunications, WI-Fi.

Description: The Harper government is stepping into a contentious debate over just how much Canadians should pay for Internet service, as Industry Minister Tony Clement says he will review a federal regulator’s decision that will raise prices for consumers and businesses Source: Globe & Mail.com Date: Feb 1, 2011 As people access increasing numbers of… Read more »

Google, Twitter help give voice to Egyptians

Posted by & filed under cyber terroism, cyber war, digital divide, Digital Policy, IS ethics, Social Media, Uncategorized, wireless networks.

Description: CNN’s Josh Levs talks about how technology plays a part in protests around the world Source: CNN.com Date: Jan 29, 2011 Last week, as demonstrators angry with the policies of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak took to the streets, the government shut down social-media websites, then blacked out all internet access in much of the country. On… Read more »

The world’s fastest Internet access—who’s got it?

Posted by & filed under digital divide, Digital Policy, national culture, telecomunications.

Description: New research ranks the countries with the fastest Internet connections, and all 50 U.S. states too. Source: Fortune.com Date: Jan 24 , 2011 The speed at which people around the world connect to the Internet is climbing at a 14% annual clip and now averages nearly 2 megabits per second, according Akamai’s “State of the… Read more »

So far for magazines, tablets are a bitter pill

Posted by & filed under Apple, business models, Copyright, Digital Policy, iPad, M-commerce.

Description: Since Apple introduced the iPad last year, publishers have poured millions of dollars into apps in the hopes that the device could revolutionize the industry by changing the way magazines are read and sold to consumers. Source: Globe and Mail.com Date: Jan 17 , 2011 “If you look at the Apple store,” said David Carey,… Read more »

In the Works: A Google Mobile Payment Service?

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Description: Google (GOOG) is considering building a payment and advertising service that would let users buy milk and bread by tapping or waving their mobile phones against a register at checkout Source: Businessweek.com Date: Jan 4 , 2011 The service may make its debut this year, say the two, who requested anonymity because the plans… Read more »