KJ Mullins-Toronto: Tweens and teens are both flocking to social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook to stay connected with each other. While used correctly this can be a positive thing the sites are also being used as weapons to facilitate cyberbullying. Norton Canada recently completed a study called The Norton Cyberbullying Survey asking Canadian [...]
Continue reading …New mobile platform enables anyone to quickly compose and share media stories directly from their iPhone. TORONTO, May 9 /CNW/ – Blurb, the global creative publishing platform has launched its new mobile publishing application, Blurb Mobile. Designed to enable easy and fast story creation using rich media content, including photos, videos and audio, the stories [...]
Continue reading …MISSISSAUGA, ON, May 4 /CNW/ – Royal LePage Meadowtowne Realty launched a mobile application today that enables consumers to conveniently search real estate listings on their iPhone or iPad devices. The app can be downloaded for free from iTunes and allows users to view all of Royal LePage Meadowtowne’s listings anytime and from anywhere. The [...]
Continue reading …mesh 2011 Conference Gathers Digital and Social Media Visionaries from Around the Globe
March 22, 2011 No CommentToronto event features insights, best practices and emerging ideas on the digital market TORONTO, March 22 /CNW/ – The digital media landscape is rapidly evolving, leaving many seeking a better understanding of the impact that new trends and technologies will have on how we live, work and play. Thought-leaders and game-changers from around the world [...]
Continue reading …TORONTO, March 10 /CNW/ – The United States, Australia and Britain are giving their citizens greater access to publicly funded research. Finland has enshrined its citizens’ right to a high-speed Internet connection in law. Nations around the world increasingly realize that digital knowledge, skills and resources are vital national assets. In Canada, where just this [...]
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Patrick Connors-Toronto: The Direct Engagement Show brings leaders from government and business together live to provide their unique narratives in context to topical discussion themes, and to get unedited answers to your most pressing questions not from one person but a panel made up of leading professionals in the public and private sectors. It gives [...]
Continue reading …TORONTO, Oct. 20 /CNW/ – A new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll shows very clearly the recognition by Canada’s small and medium business sector (SMB) that the Internet is a key element of business strategy. However, the study also suggests that the country’s SMB sector may be reluctant to expand capacity to use the Internet [...]
Continue reading …KJ Mullins: An early morning warning on social media networks Twitter and Facebook about a earthquake posed to hit Southern California in the next few days is fake. Twitter user “Quakeprediction” sent out the warning: “80 HOUR MAJOR EARTHQUAKE WARNING; 6.0 to 7.0 earthquake likely in S California in the next 80 hrs” Within minutes [...]
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LONDON, ON, Sept. 21 /CNW/ – On Monday, September 20, 2010, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Ontario, also referred to as “O” Division, launched the official “Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Ontario” Facebook page. Using Facebook will allow us (“O” Division RCMP) to expand our profile, make connections with more people and audiences and [...]
Continue reading …KJ Mullins-Toronto: The Toronto Police use YouTube, Facebook and Twitter in their crime stopping efforts. In 2009 the department received a record number of tips with Toronto Crime Stoppers. The site gives tipsters several ways of leaving information without having to give up their identity and without fear that they will be asked to appear [...]
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