]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/tech-business Blog Articles Tagged with 'tech-business' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/139033?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Bill St. Arnaud, Chief Research Office at CANARIE, which is Canada's advanced network organization, is on a mission. The primary focus for this morning's call was alternative models for delivering fibre to the home.?? Bill's contention is that the tr... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/139033?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:07:36 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/137747?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business From the day that I first saw a picture of the E71 on a Nokia press web site, all shiny and slim with those seductively gleaming keys, I knew that this phone was what I had been waiting for.Side by side with a sleek 10 mm thick E71, my BlackBerry Cur... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/137747?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:33:25 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/138117?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business From the day that I first saw a picture of the E71 on a Nokia press web site, all shiny and slim with those seductively gleaming keys, I knew that this phone was what I had been waiting for.Side by side with a sleek 10 mm thick E71, my BlackBerry Cur... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/138117?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:33:25 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/136616?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Yesterday was the announcement of Skype for Asterisk - a channel driver for Asterisk that allows Skype users to call into Asterisk PBX's, and for employees of those business to use Skype to call their customers. With this move, Skype becomes a powerf... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/136616?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:59:52 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/135862?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Yesterday Paul Brent from the local CTV affiliate dropped by my office to tape an interview with me about identity theft, privacy and online safety. My view is that these are really two subjects one is managing your own image online (don't put ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/135862?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:58:30 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/135419?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Image via WikipediaSandisk has announced a new initiative called Slot Music. It's music purchased on an SD card. It's going to be available in Walmart and Bestbuy; you buy a 1G MicroSD card, and simply plug it into your phone or PC, and play the mu... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/135419?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:23:21 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/135252?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Ever wonder about the impact of Twitter on your business? The WebGuild has written a small case study of a business called Coverity which used Twitter as one of their marketing tools. You can read the full piece on their web site. The key takea... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/135252?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:16:18 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/133227?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business If you've been waiting to upgrade your first gen iPhone to the 2.0 software, or holding off on buying an iPhone 3G because of the reports circulating about dropped calls and the like, wait no more. iPhone 2.1 is out. This is the software that App... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/133227?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:09:19 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/132613?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business This morning our guest was Chris Shipley, DEMO Executive Producer.We talked about the DEMOgod awards the process by which the judges arrived at who the winners were, and some of the winners themselves, including Microstaq, Fusion-IO, UGA Digital,... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/132613?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:05:33 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/127585?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Blackberry Bold launched yesterday in Canada in a low-key affair, compared to all the hoopla that surrounded iPhone. Why?As many commentors have noted, the price point is corporate, at $599 without a contract, and $399 with one of Roger's punitive ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/127585?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:22:06 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/127375?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Image via CrunchBase, source unknown On the SquawkBox conference call this morning we discussed the rumours of an iTunes unlimited offering. The folks over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog published a piece this morning suggesting that Apple might of... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/127375?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:41:27 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/126957?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business After waiting over a year for Apple to release cut and paste on iPhone, the team at OpenClip.org has decided to take matters into their own hands. They've released a library that will allow any developer to add cut and paste to their own iPhone app... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/126957?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:53:15 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/125603?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business If you're green geek or a tech geek, you'll appreciate JAJAH and Intel's announcement today that they have partnered up to release remote wake aware telephony software for a new generation of Intel motherboards. What this means is that a prop... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/125603?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:47:49 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/125605?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Before bed last night, I caught sight of the fact that Qik has announced iPhone 3G support! Huzzah! Popped over to the web site and discovered that it requires a jailbroken iPhone 3G. Haven't done that yet, and until (a) there's a reliabl... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/125605?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:22:24 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/123986?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Image via WikipediaJAJAH.Babel just launched a few minutes ago. It's a simple service that puts a translator on the other end of the phoneline. Developed in conjunction with IBM Research, JAJAH.Babel lets you call a local number in China, the US,... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/123986?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:16:03 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/123561?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Image via WikipediaFirst we chatted about Vint Cerf's proposal that ISPs should guarantee minimum bandwidth to their customers. The engineering problems with guaranteed bandwidth appear to be the achilles heel of Cerf's proposal.We also chatted a lit... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/123561?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:34:27 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/121712?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business I spent a good chunk of my vacation zipping around Europe with the Nokia N78 and Nokia Maps 2.0, courtesy of the Nokia Blogger Relations program. Before leaving Canada, I made arrangements to get one of these phones and the mapping software, just s... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/121712?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:59:50 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/117255?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Does Peer-to-Peer (P2P) SIP represent the future of SIP communication? Does it have the possibility to enable the creation of a peer-to-peer communication cloud that could rival Skype but be based on open standards? Where would P2P SIP fit? In an ent... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/117255?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:12:48 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/115080?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Image by Getty Images via DaylifeToday we wrapped up some of the big stories of the week.We started with iPhone. The rumors are still rolling strong. For instance, iTunes 7.7 reputedly has code allowing a remote control app for iPhone / iPod Touc... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/115080?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:27:50 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/113808?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business For the last few weeks I've been trialling a Nokia N82, courtesy of the Nokia Bloggers program. The N82 is a candy-bar cousin to the runaway success N95, available only in Europe. It runs basically the same Series 60 software as the N95, and perf... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/113808?rsstype=tag&tag=tech-business Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:01:21 -0400