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a review of my dream phone. it keeps selling out in what feels like a matter of seconds. probably because you can buy it unlocked without a contract straight from google, and avoid the evil canadian phone companies! i'm very excited for this next step in mobile phones as it should help alleviate the need to sell your soul to rogers every time you need/want a new phone

Here's a great challenge - free data and a chance to win. 

A great article implementing digital strategies for businesses. 

In light of our discussion on online privacy, interesting article on the erosion of privacy and why its a good thing.

An article the few PC users left in the program! Actually, as a long-time mac enthusiast, I found this article interesting because the reasons I like a Mac, are the same reasons everyone else does too, but it pointed out some interesting ProPC features that I never would have thought about.

Real-life example of a company that recently switched to an entirely virtual office. This manager is entirely in favour of it, but she is a self-admitted introvert.

I am not pushing either side of this argument but I thought this documentary did a really good job of illustrating Baym's notion of how there is a discourse of fear surrounding technology.

Guess what? According to this article, "among CEOs of the world's Fortune 500 companies, a mere 20 have Twitter accounts." This article explores the business case of social media, beyond just a soft PR tool. P.s. If you're not familiar with it yet, Fast Company is an incredible website. I highly encourage you to poke around. I gets tons of great info/inspiration/new ideas from this site. Hope you enjoy!

.A very topical article for next week's class in "The Virtual Organization" regarding the changing workplace due to digital technologies.Suprisingly, this article reveals that only 20 of the world fortune 500 companies have twitter accounts. Enjoy. 

This article is a few weeks old, but a topic I am extremely passionate about - education and technology. 

"Their work often demands instant communication and analysis. Yet fewer than half of Canadian farmers have access to high-speed Internet" We've looked at the socio-demographic and psychological variables of the digital divide. Geography plays a role too. Here's quick look at the implications of a digital disconnect on innovation within the Canadian farming sector.

As a group, we have been discussing ways to stay organized and on top of our workload for this program and seeing as the vast majority of us have smartphones some of the apps suggested here might be able to help! The suggestions come from app developers who are students themselves, including Brennan McEachran, who is a fourth-year commerce student at Ryerson.

What an acerbic article on a pretty cool innovation. "This, incidentally, is quite disconcerting; bluetooth technology is already making it harder to spot lunatics on the street. Time was when muttering audibly to a disembodied presence or pair of spectacles would be considered prima facie evidence of diminished responsibility, but no more"

This is a bit OT: A new Zellers ad that's pretty funny regarding the Zellers-Target takeover controversy. Bringing some sympathy to Zellers (and their workers by default). Did they communicate it well? I think so.

Hilarious!

I haven't seen this film, but it seems like  it is a great take on the intersection between semiotics, and the coercive aspects of visual culture! From reading the description it might attempt to tackle some of the issues we've been focusing on in all three core courses. "BEWARE OF IMAGES is a feature-length, animated documentary about the history of visual representation. The movie explores the intricate relationship between the technology, regulation and social effects of mass media. "

I thought No. 10 was interesting if you were asked to give a company social networking advice -- get on a network even if you don't think you can...make it work for you.

It's not much of a surprise when China tops a "world's most" list since it does, after all, have the biggest population. It is, however, intriguing that a new study discovered that China is the most active country for Twitter, as the service is blocked there. I find this interesting because they have Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter (which I use to follow Asian public figures), and yet they choose to go the extra length to use a platform that is blocked in their country. It's surprising that (according to the article) China and India have more Twitter users than the US.

This article really draws out a lot of the concepts we've been discussing in class in terms of popular assumptions about digital usage. I don't necessarily agree with a lot of the things Mann is mentioning, but I do think it is worth a read.

As we are all likely looking for visual examples of creative infographic designs I thought this was a fun reference point. Tracing James Bonds sexual conquests through all his films highlights a great example of a timeline - something we need to include in our final poster.

I'm sure we'll all getting a bit tired of the social media analysis of the election. But this is an interesting read looking at Obama's "Four more years." tweet.

"Virtualization is all about maximizing the technology you have to create a whole that is more powerful than its individual parts." This article explores the role of virtualization technologies in the nonprofit sector.