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MPs critical about Facebook contact ahead of committee appearance
Media | 04/18/2018 1:39 pm EDT
Facebook Inc.’s attempt to reach out to members of the Parliamentary committee looking into its ongoing data leak scandal before its appearance at the House ethics committee...
Facebook data leak could affect Canadian elections: Therrien
Media | 04/17/2018 5:03 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy commissioner told the House of Commons ethics committee Tuesday that the data of the roughly 620,000 Canadians used by Cambridge Analytica could theoretically be used to influence a Canadian election, and called for more oversight of data use by...
Data of over 600K Canadians swept up in Facebook data scandal
Media | 04/04/2018 6:34 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. released its estimates of how many people were affected by...
Data breach notification rules coming Nov. 1
Media | 04/04/2018 1:41 pm EDT
The federal government has announced that mandatory breach notification rules found in the 2015 Digital Privacy Act will come into force Nov. 1 this year, according to an order-in-council dated March 26. As originally reported...
Questions remain about CSE public info use, Cambridge Analytica
Media | 03/23/2018 10:46 am EDT
OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan couldn’t tell MPs or reporters...
OPC investigating Facebook as gov’t responds to privacy concerns
Media | 03/21/2018 6:20 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Revelations over the weekend that Facebook Inc. data was used...
OPC to look into Cambridge Analytica revelations
Media | 03/19/2018 6:06 pm EDT
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) is looking into reports data of 50 million Facebook Inc. users was used without their permission by a company with connections to Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign.
In an emailed statement Monday, the OPC said the office...
Treat Facebook as broadcaster in 2019 election: professor
Media | 03/14/2018 5:35 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Treating social media companies, such as Facebook Inc., as...
Ian Morrison steps down from watchdog Friends
Media | 02/12/2018 1:27 pm EST
Ian Morrison, the co-founder of Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, is handing over the reins of the...
CRTC asks digital giants for info, promises confidentiality
Media | 02/05/2018 2:02 pm EST
As part of its government-ordered proceeding on future content distribution models, the CRTC is asking a number of companies — including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Netflix Inc. — for information...
Ad-supported VOD rising as OTT grips TV market
Media | 02/02/2018 6:54 pm EST
OTTAWA — More competition in the over-the-top (OTT) space is driving a trend of more ad-supported...
31% of Canadians ‘extremely concerned’ about fake news: MTM
Media | 01/12/2018 2:51 pm EST
Nearly half of Canadians are concerned to some degree about the consequences of the phenomenon of fake news, with 31 per cent saying they are “extremely concerned,” according to a new report from...
BroadbandTV opens mobile game-making division
Media | 01/10/2018 5:10 pm EST
In a release on Wednesday, digital media company BroadbandTV Corp. (BBTV) announced the launch of a...
Facebook names new Canadian division head
Media | 11/22/2017 4:08 pm EST
Facebook Inc. has named Garrick Tiplady its new managing director of Facebook Canada and Instagram...
Tech giants increasing grip on advertising in Canada: report
Media | 11/21/2017 3:57 pm EST
While the total amount of advertising money flowing to Canadian media has...
Fake news worries increasing ahead of 2019 election: PPF CEO
Media | 11/15/2017 7:16 pm EST
OTTAWA — Policy makers in Canada have become more concerned about the problem of fake news on the internet in recent months, according to Edward Greenspon, president and CEO of the Public Policy Forum (PPF), who also said there is very little information about the extent...
Lack of incentive undermines privacy protection tech: OPC
Media | 11/15/2017 6:55 pm EST
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has released an analysis of privacy enhancing technologies (PETs), but cautions that there are still challenges for the adoption of practises...
Canadian classics released on YouTube
Media | 11/13/2017 1:14 pm EST
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) last week announced the release of hundreds of Canadian television and...
Cell phone only households predict modern behaviour: MTM
telecom | 11/03/2017 4:21 pm EDT
Cell phone only households, meaning those that use only mobile phones and no landline, are growing across Canada and are a good indication of a series of modern habits, said a report published...
Facebook to test more transparent ads in Canada
Media | 10/30/2017 5:01 pm EDT
Canada will be the testbed for Facebook Inc.’s new advertising transparency policies, according to a...
Rory Capern hired at Pelmorex
Media | 10/25/2017 4:39 pm EDT
In a press release on Wednesday, Pelmorex Corp. announced that Rory Capern will join the company as vice-president of partnerships, starting Nov. 7.
“Rory Capern will work to strengthen Pelmorex’s position as an advertising and insights leader in Canada, while ensuring consumers needs are at the forefront of their solutions,” said the release.
The release also outlined Pelmorex’s goal to move beyond just its main weather-related media products, like the Weather Network and MétéoMédia, by creating the...
Facebook outlines plans to tackle ‘election integrity’ in Canada
Media | 10/20/2017 5:08 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. is teaming up with Ottawa-based digital literacy group,...
How big a threat are OTT sports services?
Media | 10/10/2017 5:55 pm EDT
Sports remains one of the last bastions of defence for traditional TV against a wave of over-the-top...
Facebook launching tool to help ID fake news
Media | 10/05/2017 4:11 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. is testing a feature to provide context to the many news reports often shared through the...
Facebook to hand over Russia ads to Congress
Media | 09/22/2017 2:25 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. will cooperate with the U.S. Congress on its investigation into Russian meddling in the...
Facebook use well ahead of other social networks: MTM
Media | 09/20/2017 4:18 pm EDT
Despite the abundance of social media platforms in existence, Facebook Inc.’s popularity among...
Bell introducing ‘advanced’ text messaging
telecom | 08/30/2017 3:37 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is launching an integrated advanced messaging function that...
Rory Capern leaves Twitter Canada
Media | 08/23/2017 2:24 pm EDT
The managing director of Twitter Inc.’s Canada division has stepped down, a Twitter Canada spokesman...
CRTC should do more to build public awareness: report
telecom | 08/15/2017 3:02 pm EDT
Fewer Canadians say they feel informed about the CRTC’s role when it comes to their safety and protection than a few years ago, suggests a public opinion survey commissioned by the regulator. Just over a quarter, or 26 per...
Facebook to introduce new video platform
Media | 08/10/2017 2:53 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. will launch a new feature for watching video on its social media site.
Called Watch, it will be available on both mobile and desktop and in Facebook’s TV app, it said in a press release Wednesday.
It will include both live and recorded shows that are...
Canadian reps at tech companies’ anti-terror initiative
Media | 08/01/2017 5:17 pm EDT
The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, launched in June by Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube, held its first meeting in San Francisco,...
G20 heads call for lawful access cooperation in anti-terror statement
telecom | 07/12/2017 5:19 pm EDT
A joint statement from G20 leaders stemming from their two-day meeting last...
Growth of Canadians on social networks slowing: report
Media | 07/12/2017 5:02 pm EDT
Canada’s social network usage is projected to grow steadily over the next four years but growth will slow compared to previous years, according to a report by research company eMarketer Inc. The...
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...
Five Eyes watching online terror content
Media | 06/28/2017 1:26 pm EDT
Representatives from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have issued a statement lauding the creation of a coalition by some of the world’s biggest tech companies aimed at tackling terrorist content online. On Monday, Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc. announced the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism to share research, knowledge and technological solutions, such as content detection and classification techniques using machine learning. “This initiative represents an opportunity to significantly reduce the availability of this content across...
Tech giants coordinating to tackle terror content
Media | 06/27/2017 6:05 pm EDT
Some of the world’s largest technology and social media companies are forming a coalition to counter terrorism. The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism is being formed with the help of Facebook Inc., Microsoft...
VR users say it will change everyday activities: report
Media | 06/21/2017 5:09 pm EDT
Early adopters of virtual reality (VR) technology believe VR is poised to change pastimes like social networking and video viewing, though issues...
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...
Facebook no place for terrorists, company says
Media | 06/16/2017 4:14 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. said it wants to be a “hostile place” for terrorists, and outlined Thursday a series of steps it’s taking to counteract terrorism on its platforms. These actions include using artificial intelligence to...
Facebook partners with MLB for U.S. live streams
Media | 05/19/2017 5:33 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. will live stream 20 Major League Baseball (MLB) games this season on its social media...
Twitter to host 24/7 Bloomberg stream
Media | 05/01/2017 9:20 pm EDT
Twitter Inc. and Bloomberg LP have come to an agreement that will see the financial news outlet provide round-the-clock streaming content for the social media platform as part of 12 streaming deals...
Gov’t info requests to Facebook fall in second half of 2016
Media | 04/28/2017 8:41 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. received 773 requests for customer information from Canadian law enforcement and government agencies in the second half of 2016, down from 1,004 requests in the...
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...
Twitter releases 10th transparency report
Media | 03/24/2017 4:40 pm EDT
Twitter Inc. had to respond to 51 requests for Canadian user's information and 11 requests for account removal in the latter half of 2016, according to the social media company’s latest transparency report. Out of the 51 government and “non-government legal” information requests, affecting 52 accounts, Twitter produced information 80 per cent of the time, the report, released Tuesday, said. Twenty-nine accounts were specified in the 11 removal requests the company said it received, and 14 accounts were removed for violating Twitter’s terms of service....
Google to change ad policy after U.K. controversy
Media | 03/21/2017 7:08 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.’s Google will give companies that advertise on its platforms more control over where their ads are placed, the company said in a blog post Tuesday. “Recently, we had a number of cases where...
Lacrosse games to stream on Twitter
Media | 03/15/2017 7:51 pm EDT
Twitter Inc. and the National Lacrosse League (NLL) have teamed up to live-stream games in the U.S. and Canada, the men’s indoor professional league announced Wednesday. In a press release, the league said its...
Rogers launches social-media cyber security tool
Media | 03/15/2017 6:47 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has rolled out a security tool aimed at helping businesses safeguard their social media accounts, the company said in a Wednesday press release. Social Media Security “monitors,...
Facebook says its data can’t be used for surveillance
Media | 03/14/2017 6:26 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. has updated its policies to state that developers cannot use data obtained from its social media networks “to provide tools that are used for surveillance.” While...
Corus to sell cookie data to advertisers
Media | 03/06/2017 10:11 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. is now selling to advertisers users’ cookie data to better target audience members, the company announced Monday. In a press release, Corus said it’s the “first major Canadian broadcast publisher to offer first-party data to advertisers,” allowing buyers to “target audiences based on anonymous cookie data.” The data sets are available through Corus’ digital programmatic — or automatic ad-buying — platforms, the company said. “Corus allows us to target specific audiences against any media...
CBC ‘dimmer star’ in media landscape, conservative event hears
Media | 02/27/2017 6:15 pm EST
OTTAWA — When talking about CBC/Radio-Canada’s role in the media landscape, the public broadcaster is a “pygmy amongst giants,” and more focus should be aimed at large...
Facebook, Google not ‘arbiters of truth,’ committee hears
Media | 02/15/2017 12:24 am EST
OTTAWA — Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google Canada told members of Parliament Tuesday they don’t see themselves as “arbiters of truth” in...
TVO program to stream on Periscope in Canadian first
Media | 01/16/2017 5:40 pm EST
Starting Monday, Twitter Inc.’s live-streaming app will host a nightly showing of a Canadian media program for the first time. The Agenda with Steve Paikin, a current affairs program produced by the publicly funded...
Facebook reports 1K gov’t info requests in first half of 2016
Media | 01/03/2017 10:35 pm EST
Canadian law enforcement and government agencies made over one thousand requests for customer information to Facebook Inc. in the first six months of 2016, four times more than the...
TekSavvy campaign pushes for continuation of interim HSA rates
telecom | 12/20/2016 5:52 pm EST
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is lowering its Internet prices next month, and asking its customers to help press for the continuation of interim wholesale access rates. Using the hashtag...
Social media networks team up to flag terrorism-related content
Media | 12/06/2016 9:53 pm EST
Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube will begin sharing information to help curb the spread of terrorism-related content....
CBC asks for 35% funding boost to go ad-free
Media | 11/28/2016 10:31 pm EST
CBC/Radio-Canada is asking the federal government for an increase in its funding so that it can eliminate advertising on its platforms. In a submission made as part of a government review of Canadian content in a digital...
Facebook working on increasing monetization for news media: exec
Media | 11/23/2016 10:05 pm EST
MONTREAL — Facebook Inc. is increasing opportunities for the news media to monetize content, the company’s Canadian head of public policy said Wednesday, citing initiatives...
CBC, Facebook digital ad sales hurting newspapers, committee hears
telecom | 11/18/2016 10:15 pm EST
OTTAWA — The Canadian government should review its mandate for CBC/Radio-Canada in light of the national broadcaster and foreign digital competitors taking away ad dollars from local newspapers, individuals representing the latter told the House of Commons standing committee on Canadian Heritage Thursday. The committee heard from four different local newspapers and groups, including the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta, the Neepawa Banner, Northern...
Stephen Hampton joins Telus
telecom | 11/15/2016 7:16 pm EST
Telus Corp. has named Stephen Hampton its new senior project manager of government relations. Hampton told The Lobby Monitor in an interview the role would combine government relations and strategic affairs work “with a big focus on Telus Health.” Hampton worked as a consultant at...
Internet companies reach out to new U.S. leadership
Media | 11/14/2016 10:37 pm EST
An organization representing four-dozen major online-based companies has reached out to president-elect Donald Trump, congratulating him on his victory while proposing digital policy planks for his administration to consider....
No proven harm from differential pricing: Bell
Media | 11/01/2016 9:41 pm EDT
GATINEAU — The CRTC shouldn’t take the non-participation in this week’s hearing by content providers who might eventually benefit from zero-rating and other differential pricing practices as non-interest, a...
Twitter cutting 9% of workforce, drops Vine app
Media | 10/27/2016 5:21 pm EDT
Twitter Inc. announced that it is cutting nine per cent of its workforce globally in a restructuring that it estimates will make it profitable next year. The social media company announced the reduction, estimated at...
Cyberattack cripples sites of major Internet companies
telecom | 10/21/2016 8:03 pm EDT
A Friday morning denial of service (DDoS) attack has taken down or slowed the websites of some of the Internet’s biggest companies, according to reports. The attack targeted Internet services provider Dyn DNS and claimed sites including social networks Reddit Inc. and Twitter Inc., e-commerce company Amazon.com Inc. and the music-streaming service from Spotify AB, according to a report by Reuters. The report said it’s unclear who is responsible. Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said on its support account on Twitter that the...
Buzzfeed and Twitter team up for election coverage
Media | 10/14/2016 8:33 pm EDT
Twitter Inc. will partner with Buzzfeed Inc. to provide live coverage of the United States presidential election next month. The Nov. 8 election night special will be streamed exclusively on Twitter, the companies...
Telus takes heat for backing carbon plan
telecom | 10/05/2016 8:52 pm EDT
Telus Corp. issued an apology Wednesday after a Tuesday night social media post linking the company to support for the federal government’s recently announced carbon-pricing plan generated backlash...
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...
Early, authentic engagement key for young audiences, public broadcasters hear
Media | 09/16/2016 8:56 pm EDT
MONTREAL — The key to reaching young viewers is to have content made by them, not just for them, panellists at the Public Broadcasters International conference said Friday. “The...
CBC ‘can’t stand still,’ Lacroix says on shift to digital
Media | 09/15/2016 9:39 pm EDT
MONTREAL — As technological change accelerates, CBC/Radio-Canada has to keep pace, according to CEO Hubert Lacroix, who said Thursday “we can’t think of the...
Rogers logging in to Twitter for customer care
telecom | 09/15/2016 6:40 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. is taking to Twitter Inc.’s social media service to allow its customers to connect with its support representatives. The partnership, announced in a Thursday press...
Demand for faster upload speeds growing: analysts
Media | 09/14/2016 9:20 pm EDT
The need for upload speed is growing among Canadian consumers and businesses, though it’s too early to tell whether there’s real demand for symmetrical Internet plans that some companies have begun offering, according...
Twitter launches device apps for TV live-streaming
Media | 09/14/2016 8:13 pm EDT
Twitter Inc. has launched apps that allow viewers to access its live-streaming video through Apple Inc.’s Apple TV, Amazon.com Inc.’s Fire TV and Microsoft Corp.’s XBox One. The Xbox and Apple TV apps...
Telecoms need to be ‘proactive’ with video development: report
Media | 08/30/2016 4:39 pm EDT
Telecom service providers should look towards improving video quality across their networks if they want to increase customer loyalty, according to a new joint report from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and Ovum, a technology research and advisory company. “Given the explosive growth of video usage, in order to be successful, telcos will need to be proactive and strategically plan their video business development blueprint, as opposed to execution under current existing...
Snapchat facing patent infringement lawsuit
Media | 08/24/2016 4:34 pm EDT
A Canadian company is suing Snapchat Inc. alleging it is infringing on its patented technology. Vancouver-based Investel Capital Corp. filed a statement of claim in federal court Wednesday claiming that the social media giant...
Jennifer Hollett joins Twitter Canada
Media | 08/22/2016 4:07 pm EDT
Twitter Inc.’s Canadian division announced Monday it had hired Jennifer Hollett as the company’s new head of news and government. Hollett, who began her new role Monday, stepped into the...
TV still golden in multi-platform Olympic coverage: experts
Media | 08/15/2016 9:27 pm EDT
While digital and mobile options for watching the Summer Olympics are gaining in popularity and engagement, television continues to own the podium for the Canadian outlet broadcasting the two-week...
Facebook desktop users lose ability to block ads
Media | 08/10/2016 8:36 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. said Tuesday that users of the desktop version of its social network will no longer be able to circumvent advertising through ad-blocking software. In a blog post from Andrew Bosworth, vice-president of ads and business platform, the company announced it was tweaking its ad settings controlled by users to “address the underlying reasons people have turned to ad blocking software.” The primary reason is that users wanted to stop “annoying, disruptive ads,” the blog said. “What we’ve heard is that people don’t like to see...
Twitter to live-stream out-of-market MLB games
Media | 07/25/2016 9:46 pm EDT
Canadians will be able to watch some Major League Baseball (MLB) games on Twitter Inc.’s social media service. The company said in a press release Monday that it would live-stream out-of-market games from the...
Live-stream of Wimbledon available on Twitter
Media | 07/07/2016 7:32 pm EDT
ESPN is streaming live coverage of the Wimbledon tennis tournament on Twitter Inc.’s social media service. The website states the live feed is brought to viewers by Wimbeldon and ESPN. It appears to have been made...
Microsoft buying LinkedIn for $26B
Media | 06/13/2016 6:41 pm EDT
Microsoft Corp. announced Monday that it has entered into an agreement to buy LinkedIn Corp.’s social networking site for $26.2 billion US. The companies said in a press release Monday that LinkedIn...
Telecom told it can’t name and shame subs with unpaid bills
telecom | 06/09/2016 8:25 pm EDT
The office of the privacy commissioner has forced a cable provider to censor the names of customers with overdue accounts it made public, according to an incident summary posted on its website...
Privacy commish warns telecoms about transparency reporting, metadata
telecom | 06/09/2016 12:42 am EDT
TORONTO — Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien told a telecom industry audience Wednesday that companies should be prudent about the collection and use of metadata, and cautioned companies that...
Home Internet penetration at 92%: MTM
telecom | 03/11/2016 8:48 pm EST
Internet use is nearly universal by English-speaking Canadians and the amount of time adults spend online is continuing to grow, suggested a new report on Internet penetration by the Media Technology Monitor, a project of...
Privacy commish launches online tool for parents
telecom | 01/27/2016 5:51 pm EST
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada said Wednesday it has launched an interactive online tool aimed at helping parents manage online risks facing their children, to coincide with Data Privacy Day, which takes place...
Rogers customer care joins Facebook Messenger
Media | 12/11/2015 2:40 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. announced Friday that its customers will now have access to its customer care service on Facebook Inc.’s Messenger. It said in a press release that the service is available for all consumer...
Facebook expands Free Basics
telecom | 11/16/2015 5:23 pm EST
Facebook Inc. said in a press release Monday that “more than 60 new services are available” on its Free Basics app in the 29 countries where citizens can access it. “Free Basics is now available to more than one billion people across Asia, Africa and Latin America,” the company said, adding it is also now open to outside developers. Facebook said in countries like Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Senegal, mobile phone users “now have access to a set of websites and services with no data charges, in categories including maternal health, education, news updates, as well as local information.” A part of Facebook’s Internet.org project, Free Basics has come under criticism by advocates who say the service violates net neutrality....
VoLTE connections to reach 2 billion by 2020: Juniper
telecom | 11/02/2015 3:40 pm EST
Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) connections are anticipated to reach two billion by 2020, rising from about 123 million connections this year, according to a new report released Monday from Juniper Research Ltd. It said the opportunity...
Countdown on for global Internet governance transition
telecom | 10/07/2015 8:20 pm EDT
OTTAWA — When people think about the Internet, they often associate it with applications, social networks, streamed video, megabits per second or data caps, without realizing that the structure...
Kik adds Jae Kim, Alim Dhanji
Media | 09/23/2015 9:30 pm EDT
Kik Interactive Inc., the Waterloo, Ont.-based mobile messaging company, said Tuesday it has added two new executives. One is Jae Kim, who will be head of strategy and partnerships, Kik said in a press release. Kim was formerly...
Mobile messaging grows, monetization remains the challenge
Media | 09/23/2015 8:50 pm EDT
Mobile-messaging through apps in Canada and globally is on the rise as it attracts users wanting a convenient interface that can help them be included in social circles, though the steep growth in...
Instagram users more tech savvy: MTM
Media | 08/24/2015 5:56 pm EDT
A new report released Monday from Media Technology Monitor (MTM) says 85 per cent of Canadian users of Facebook Inc.’s photo and video-sharing app, Instagram, are younger than 50 and most are prone to owning new technology. MTM, a project of CBC/Radio-Canada, said in the report that nearly 55 per cent of Instagram users live in a cellphone-only household and “in general, Instagram users are a pretty tech loving group — they are more likely to own most technologies,” such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, smart TVs, PVRs, Apple Inc.’s Apple TV, or Google...
Kik gets $50M US investment from Chinese company
Media | 08/19/2015 4:03 pm EDT
Canadian chat-app maker Kik Interactive Inc. said Tuesday that it has received a $50-million US investment from China's Tencent Holdings Ltd., maker of WeChat messaging app. Kik CEO Ted Livingston said in a blog post on the...
Pros and cons of Periscope as journalism tool
Media | 07/08/2015 8:11 pm EDT
The use of live-streaming apps such as Periscope and Meerkat has helped journalists provide unfiltered, live as-it-happens moments for viewers, according to some proponents, though others claim such technology compromises the...
CTV News partners with Facebook for election coverage
Media | 06/16/2015 6:37 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s CTV News announced Tuesday it has partnered with Facebook Inc. for coverage of this year's federal election campaign. CTV said in a press release the partnership starts immediately and continues until the...
OTT messaging struggling to monetize: Juniper
Media | 06/09/2015 2:06 pm EDT
Over-the-top (OTT) messaging services are expected to see traffic levels triple globally by 2019 compared to last year's levels, but a lack of success in monetizing the product will lead to a decline in global revenue for the...
Shopify teams with Pinterest to create new sales platform
Media | 06/05/2015 3:56 pm EDT
Ottawa-based e-commerce company Shopify on Tuesday said it has teamed with social networking website Pinterest to provide businesses a new way to sell things directly to online audiences. Shopify...
Social network users spending more time online: MTM
Media | 05/26/2015 7:12 pm EDT
Anglophone Canadians who use social networks spend an average of about three hours more each week online than Internet users in general, according to a report released Wednesday. Media Technology Monitor (MTM), a project of...
Facebook launches Amber Alerts in Canada
Media | 05/25/2015 3:35 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. said Monday that its users in Canada will receive Amber Alert notifications to help find missing children. Amber Alert notifications will be sent to residents living in the area where the child is missing, Facebook...
News agencies to start publishing directly to Facebook
Media | 05/13/2015 2:47 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. said Tuesday it has introduced a new feature to its mobile app that allows news and public affairs publishers to have content posted directly on Facebook feeds and appear 10 times faster...
Oculus Rift to start shipping early next year
Media | 05/06/2015 7:56 pm EDT
Oculus VR, the virtual-reality technology company bought by Facebook Inc. last year, said Wednesday that it will start shipping its Rift headset in the first quarter of next year, and pre-orders will be taken later this year. The company said in a blog post on its website that the component will be "a full ecosystem, and a fully-integrated hardware/software tech stack designed specifically for virtual reality. It’s a system designed by a team of extremely passionate gamers, developers, and engineers to reimagine what gaming can be." Oculus said more details would be...