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Social media companies sued by school boards in Ontario
Internet and Governance | 03/28/2024 5:12 pm EDT
Four Ontario school boards have launched a lawsuit against three social media giants for disrupting learning and the education system. The action was announced Thursday morning.
The Toronto District School Board, the Peel District School Board, the Toronto Catholic...
Bell and Snapchat launch Raptors immersive experience
Media | 01/06/2023 2:59 pm EST
BCE Inc. announced Friday that the company was partnering with Snap Inc. – the producer of Snapchat – to create what the companies are calling a "unique immersive experience" for fans of the Toronto Raptors.
For fans who attend Raptors home games in Scotiabank Arena...
YouTube top source of mobile traffic: Sandvine
Media | 02/18/2019 10:12 am EST
Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube makes up just over 35 per cent of worldwide mobile data traffic, making it the...
MPs onside with alcohol ad standards
telecom | 12/13/2018 11:57 am EST
An industry group has created a code of conduct governing the content and application of beer...
Facebook sues BlackBerry for voice, security tech
telecom | 09/05/2018 5:38 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. filed a suit against BlackBerry Ltd. Tuesday accusing the device-maker of allegedly infringing on six of its patents, including voice messaging technology and security components, following BlackBerry’s suit...
TV dominates OTT in viewership: industry group
Media | 07/25/2018 5:12 pm EDT
Despite the impact over-the-top (OTT) streaming services have had on the television market for sometime in Canada, a new report by Think TV suggests that linear is still dominating those services. The report said that,...
Too many emergency alerts could lead to ignorance: telecom consultant
Media | 06/06/2018 12:14 pm EDT
TORONTO — An amber alert that resulted in three emergency texts sent to LTE phones in Ontario is a lesson that more training needs to be done to limit their frequency, since...
Blackberry sues Snapchat for patent infringement
Media | 04/04/2018 3:17 pm EDT
Blackberry Ltd. is taking Snap Inc. to a Los Angeles court for allegedly infringing on its messaging...
TNW Wireless, iFramed sold to U.S. company
Media | 06/28/2017 5:05 pm EDT
Investel Capital Corp.’s TNW Wireless Inc. has been sold to an American holding and management company, United American Corp., the Florida-based company announced in a Wednesday press release. TNW Wireless, which serves...
U.S. NAFTA consult targets CanCon, copyright, data rules
Media | 06/27/2017 4:11 pm EDT
American companies and organizations took aim at Canadian cultural...
Time Warner programming heading to Snapchat
Media | 06/21/2017 12:38 pm EDT
Snap Inc. has teamed up with Time Warner Inc. to develop programming for the picture- and video-sharing app Snapchat, Time Warner said Monday. In a blog post, Time Warner announced a new “global partnership” that will see...
Digital platforms open to cultural diversity message: Joly
Media | 04/28/2017 8:29 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly said she found a receptive audience for her message of cultural diversity on digital platforms among the executives of the digital media giants she...
69% of anglophones use social networks: MTM
Media | 09/28/2016 8:43 pm EDT
Facebook Inc.’s platform is by far the dominant social network among Canadian anglophones, with almost all — 92 per cent — of social networkers using the site, according to a new report...