In Canada’s wireless oligopoly, one of the most controversial issues is the system access fee. It’s a monthly charge of between $6.95 to $8.95/month, which generates about $800-million a year in revenue for wireless carriers.Many consumers...
Topics: Wireless

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I love the Web and the fascinating number of useful and useless tools but it can also a huge time-suck and productivity killer.Like many digital animals, the Web constantly seduces you. Just when you’ve got e-mail and IM within your communications..
Topics: Web 2.0

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Note: Yes, the title should be “APB”. Blogging is dead….or, at least, Nick Carr has decided that the free-wheeling blogosphere has disappeared, and been replaced by traffic/advertising hungry writing machines.In the process, he declares.
Topics: Blogs

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When I joined PlanetEye in July 2007, GPS, geo-tagging and location-based services were on the high-tech landscape but getting little attention as “Web 2.0″ hogged the spotlight.Today, however, it’s a completely different story. With...
Topics: Main Page

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With the “r” word (recession) slowly going from a whisper to a quiet roar, the spending habits of consumers are going to quickly change.If people are going to make purchases, many of them will be bargain-hunting - waiting for increasingly...
Topics: Web-based Services

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