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Facebook Nation needs a constitution

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:38 -0500

It's easy to understand why people flock to Facebook and other social networks: They have become ubiquitous, necessary, and addictive. But when you join up, you don't know enough about the ramifications of social network citizenship to understand where that decision will lead and how it might transform you and your life.

RIM's Mike Lazaridis’s showcase home built to house his large ideas

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 21:29 -0500

More than just a family retreat, RIM founder sees it as an awe-inspiring place where the best scientific and political minds can come to talk, exchange ideas and dream big

Netflix’s latest challenger: Verizon to start streaming service

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 9:50 -0500

U.S. telecom firm to partner with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks

Inside look at a former RIM co-CEO's home

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 0:47 -0500

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Outside the boy box: Women embrace and rethink video games

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 6:00 -0500

As gaming spreads to mobile devices and Facebook, adult women are elbowing their way into a preserve once claimed by teenage boys, prompting the industry — worth $1.7-billion in Canada alone — to start thinking outside the testosterone-fuelled Xbox. But in a world where video games are important pieces of the cultural puzzle, many women are pondering the mixed message of a new wave of games that cater to stereotypical female tastes.

Girls who like to game

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 6:00 -0500

Profiles of four Canadian women who love everything from first-person shoot-outs to brain workouts

Facebook ‘likes’ mobile ads in your news feed

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:57 -0500

IPO filing flagged to potential investors Facebook lacked ‘meaningful revenue’ from mobile platforms

Video: Waterloo stays positive despite RIM's woes

Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:13 -0500

Waterloo isn't letting gloomy predictions about Research in Motion get it down.

Miners look to a future of automated operations

Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:00 -0500

Companies research running surface, underground pits from control centres thousands of kilometres away

Facebook, Google bow to Indian censorship demands

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 8:43 -0500

Court warned of crackdown ‘like China’ if web companies don’t block content deemed offensive to Hindus, Muslims and Christians

Zappos CEO aims to turn Sin City into Startup City

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:09 -0500

All the latest news related to entrepreneurs

Twitter as addictive as cigarettes, study says

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:44 -0500

Survey of BlackBerry users finds most smartphone owners could not resist impulse to check social media

Review: Orb Mini-T amps up your office sound

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:47 -0500

But if you need bass, adding a sub-woofer will eat into the ‘compact’ selling point

Women-friendly video games

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 6:00 -0500

Often unarmed, routinely unmanned, and sometimes gay-friendly, a new breed of games is geared to female players

Cold War 2.0: East and West divide on digital rights

Sun, 5 Feb 2012 3:00 -0500

Disagreements on how to manage intellectual property theft, Internet freedom between U.S., allies and Russia, China