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Snapchat reportedly worth as much as $19B US

Snapchat Inc., the maker of mobile apps for picture and video sharing, is being valued at as much as $19 billion US in current talks to secure a new round of funding, Bloomberg reported this week.

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CBC considers sale of Toronto headquarters: report

CBC/Radio-Canada is considering selling its headquarters in Toronto, according to a report in the National Post.

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Canada lagging in health technology innovation: experts

The next generation of health technology is slowly rolling out in Canada, but experts say more government leadership is needed to bring innovations such as remote health monitoring and personalized universal health records into widespread adoption.

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Telus institutes Internet data caps

Telus Corp. announced Thursday it is implementing usage-based billing for customers who exceed their monthly data caps on its wireline Internet packages, starting next month in some areas.

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Cogeco lays off 20 data service workers in Toronto

Cogeco Cable Inc.'s data services division has cut about 20 jobs in Toronto, the company said Thursday.

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Bell, PIAC trade procedural shots regarding streaming complaint

BCE Inc. on Thursday reiterated its position that a complaint from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Consumers' Association of Canada (CAC) about its CraveTV streaming service is "frivolous" and should be dismissed, but if the CRTC review does go ahead, the deadline for responding should be extended by 30 days.

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Music’s ‘competitive value’ 2.5 times what’s paid: study

A new study from the C.D. Howe Institute says the "competitive value" of music in Canada is two and a half times what is actually paid through copyright tariffs.

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Canada lags in mobile broadband adoption: OECD

Mobile broadband subscriptions rose 11.9 per cent for the 12 months to June 2014 in the 34 countries the make up the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the group said in a Thursday release.

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Digital advertising exchange adds 4 companies

A coalition called Canada's Premium Audience Exchange (CPAX) said Thursday that four new companies have joined the exchange, which allows website operators to sell digital advertising in real time.

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CTV Go picked up by Rogers, other BDUs

BCE Inc.'s online TV-everywhere service, CTV Go, is now available to customers of Rogers Communications Inc. and four other TV service providers, CTV said Thursday.

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