I came to know about AideRSS through Slaw. It’s a sleek new web application out of Waterloo that’s going to make my first pass of RSS reading more efficient and keep my favourite reader too. Its secret sauce is PostRank. It’s similar to PageRank in that it uses links as signifiers of importance. Unlike PageRank, [...]
The first phone with OpenMoko support, FIC Neo 1973, can now be bought by anyone with a credit card. It’s $300 US for the basic kit which is pretty well stocked. It includes the stylus, headset, carrying pouch, a half gig memory card, lanyard and the data cable. The $450 developer kit stuffs all that [...]
Wow. Looks like we’ll have a duopoly on cellular networks if this merger goes through, but hey, it’s all Canadian! All hail our CDMA overlord Belus! The Star has the story. Telus is wary of the merger not being allowed. … Vancouver-based Telus, the country’s second-biggest phone company, confirmed Thursday it has entered into a [...]
This morning I saw a full page ad for www.wirelessfuture.ca in 24. I’ve never seen this one before. It looks like the site was recently created by a group that’s made up of Videotron, Quebecor, mipps and MTS AllStream. I’ve included a snapshot of the ad from a PDF available on the 24 website, which [...]
Another Canadian net neutrality site has opened up. This one is whatisnetneutrality.ca. As its name says, it gives a definition of net neutrality and also examples of where it’s being flouted. They have a blog and a list of other resources. The examples page I find most valuable even if I don’t agree with all [...]
AdBlock Plus is a necessity for me to browse at home these days. For the past few years I’ve felt the net is oversaturated with ads, but what finally pushed me over the edge was the relatively recent trend of full screen flash adverts. I’m not talking about the splash screen ads that you have [...]
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