Well the jury is back and the CRTC Pick and Pay for television providers has turned out to be a total failure. Who would have thought that this would happen. Perhaps this is a sign that the CRTC shouldn’t meddle in the private sector without having a strong plan. Just like they forced mobile service...

The CRTC is getting ready to fine Quebec company Compu-Finder over 1 million for sending out hundreds of thousands of spam to Canadians. This marks the first and largest case under the new Anti-Spam Legislation. Not only did Compu-Finder send email without consent, they did not have unsubscribe links on their emails. These are two of...

For any organization or business that sends regular electronic communication to their clients, customers or marketing leads will have to comply with the new Canada Anti-Spam Legislation that takes effect on July 1st, 2014. This includes Section 6, which relates to the sending of commercial electronic messages. Section 8, the section that deals with the installation of computer...

We are proud to announce the launch of the Superior North Spotlight iPhone App. Operated by the Superior North Community Futures Development Corporation (SNCFDC) this web portal (www.superiornorthspotlight.ca) and App allow visitors and local citizens to easily discover and find all of the local businesses and organizations in the Superior North region. Comprehensive coverage for...

Earlier this month Tbaytel updated their customer portal to access information on your landline, mobility and security accounts. Features on here have been a long time coming and it is a great start. We can actually see up to date data usage and the number of text messages sent (although my texts from Canada shows...

Earlier this week, too much fanfare, Microsoft released the newest version of the most popular operating system in the world, Windows 8. I know this is one of several thousand blogs to write about it, most either love it or loath it but I am in between, meh. They are calling it “re-imagining Windows” which...

Over the past month the big 3 browser makers have released their newest versions. On March 8th Google’s Chrome version 10 was released, on March 14th Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 opened to the public (previously being available as a release candidate to those who wanted to test it) and on March 22nd, Mozilla’s Firefox 4...