Next is Now…More than Ever video
This video was produced by Rogers and essentially generalizes statistics surrounding Canadian consumer tech usage and patterns. You can check out the video at http://roge.rs/IZ8Wf9, where there are also a list of sources that were used to compile the information used in the video. The video highlight some interesting future trends, which you can talk about in our Internet, [...]
Liveport Expands Hotel WiFi Service to Australia
Liveport, a leading high-speed wireless Internet provider to hotels across North America, will now be servicing the Australian market. Many disgruntled Australian travelers and worried hotel owners had reported that WiFi services were falling behind the quality of those offered in North America and Europe, said Liveport. Furthermore, poor signals, low speeds and high prices [...]
CIBC and Rogers Partner on Digital Wallet
CIBC and Rogers Communications unveiled Canada’s first secure mobile payment solution on May 15th. Canadians will soon be able to pay for goods and services by simply tapping their smartphone at the checkout counter. In this particular case, your NFC-enabled (near field communications) Rogers smartphone would contain your CIBC financial information on a secure SIM [...]
Canada’s .CA Turns 25
The .CA top-level domain turns 25 years old on May 14th. So if you’ve done the math correctly, you know that in 1987 .CA was born. If you’re wondering who was using the Internet back in ’87, you’re not alone. Extremely few Canadians were online, and the only people registering .CA domains were government representatives [...]
Cloud Media Firm, mSpot Acquired by Samsung Electronics
Korean electronics giant Samsung has acquired mSpot, a leading provider of music streaming, cloud-based radio and video rental services. Samsung will spread mSpot’s mobile cloud-based content to a wider global audience while boosting entertainment services for users of its smartphones and tablets. “mSpot shares our vision to bring a best-in-class cloud and streaming entertainment experience [...]
What would Canadians sacrifice for the Internet?
What things in your life would you give up to keep your Internet connection? Would you say goodbye to alcohol? Coffee? Chocolate, perhaps? The Rogers Innovation Report released on May 9th indicates that 34 percent of online survey participants would sacrifice booze, 31 percent would give up chocolate and about 27 percent might dump coffee [...]
CBS Interactive & Shaw Media Expand Canadian Partnership
By expanding an exclusive relationship with CBS Interactive on May 7th, Shaw Media will now increase its online reach to over 10 million unique visitors each month. Shaw is helping advertisers target a wider audience with a more diverse network of online broadcast inventory. Joining CBS.com and TV.com, the Shaw Premium Audience Network (S.P.A.N.) portfolio [...]
