Canada is #1 in Social Media

Sean Moffat of Buzz Canuck has outlined 10 reasons why Canada is the top nation for social media. Read more (It's worth it!)

How publishing is changing

As digitization of our world continues at an astronomical rate, the publishing world is trying to adapt. Here's an interesting article on the latest wave of changes that are sweeping across that industry:

Bits Of Destruction Hit the Book Publishing Business: Part 1

Rogers Again Injects Web Pages With Its Own Content

Rogers Cable has once again begun inserting their own content into other people's pages. The simplest solution is to change your DNS to something like opendns.com. In the long term however, we need to find ways to tell them that this is unacceptable behaviour. Read what Michael Geist from the University of Ottawa has to say...

Michael Geist - Rogers Again Injects Web Pages With Its Own Content

Using Twitter Wisely

The website Twitip has 5 great tips for using Twitter. Although it's written for a band in the music industry, the tips apply for just about everyone:

1. Be human
2. Don't spam
3. Twitter works on our desire to be social
4. Let people know what you're doing
5. Share behind the scenes info

Read the full article...

5 Things Every Band Should Know About Twitter

Microsoft to offer free anti-virus software

Microsoft have finally decided that they need to do something about the online flu that plagues the world of computers. They've just announced that they will offer free anti-virus software in the second half of 2009 - Code named "Morro"

AFP: Microsoft to offer free anti-virus software

Wordnik

A new dictionary has just hit cyberspace. With real time context, wordnik will display the last few Twitter tweets as a way to define the word you need. With 1.7 million words in its database, it's a new way to define a word. It also has statistics, tags, pronunications and more...

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Email "evolves" with Wave

Google is hoping to change the way we communicate and implement the next generation of email with an open source product called "Wave." In the same way the Google Maps changed the way we view our world, Google Wave hopes to change the way to interact by combining text, video, Instant Messaging and collaboration. Developed in Sydney Australia it already has heads turning... Watch the intro video:

Google Wave Preview