Which nascent social network does it better for work-related connec­tions? Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. LinkedIn is an online network of experi­enced profes­sionals from around the world, repre­senting 130 indus­tries. By their own defin­i­tions, these two utilities target slightly different types […]

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I’ve been waiting for tomorrow for a long time. The rest of the country has been waiting for tomorrow for a long time. And that time has finally arrived. Wireless number porta­bility is now here. Canada is finally catching up with the rest of the world and unshackling phone numbers from phone companies. My number is […]

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David Rachford has floated the novel (to say the least) idea of marketing a public accounting firm using MySpace.com. For the last couple weeks — I’ve been wondering — With MySpace.com becoming the most popular website in the world — does that matter to me? (I don’t have a myspace account — thank you) but […]

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A story in the New York Times about your friendly neigh­borhood wireless thieves. I have to admit I’m guilty of this when I’m not at home, but it pretty much does serve you right if you don’t secure your network. Maybe municipal wi-fi will cut down on this “phenomenon”… Edit: If only Twitter were invented […]

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