Is the End Near for Newspapers?
The Pew Research Center published a report in Dec 2008 which identified a significant trend that may represent the beginning of the end for traditional Newspapers. For the first time, more people (40%)...
View ArticleTechnology Rates Adoption from 1900 to Present
This interesting chart is from the New York Times, it highlights the speed of adoption of new technologies over the years. The general conclusion is that adoption/consumption of new technology occurs...
View ArticleSocial “Things” and E-democracy
Social networks and services offer interesting possibilities for the future of e-democracy. E-democracy is a combination of the words “electronic” and democracy.” E-democracy represents the use of...
View ArticleVinod’s 12 “Unhyped” New Areas in Internet and Mobile
Data Reduction or Filters: “Reducing, filtering and processing data streams to deliver the information or action that is relevant to you.” Big data or Analytics: “Analyzing massive amounts of...
View ArticleRed Bull Marketing is Great!
The use of web addresses plastered on sports, products and billboards is very effective. I was reading an article today on the web about the red bull high altitude parachute jump and was wondering how...
View ArticleInteresting look inside Google Data Centers
Data Centers The Data Center as a Computer DRAM Failures Disk Failures Google Technology Google Search Engine Filed under: Ottawa Tagged: archive disk, cs utoronto, data centers, disk failures, dram,...
View ArticleThe Little Black Book of Scams
This book is great! It should be distributed to all students and community groups. Filed under: Ottawa Tagged: internet, online, scams, Smartphones
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