The Canadian government asked Twitter to hand over information about its users 11 times since the beginning of the year, the social networking Web site revealed today. Twitter has released its first ever transparency
Published on: July 3rd, 2012 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
Apple Inc. quietly updated its iPad retail lineup March 18 by swapping out the iPad 2 for the fourth-generation iPad with Retina Display, selling it as the second-tier iPad option in Canada and
Published on: June 18th, 2012 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
Pinterest, the popular pinboard site, will be getting redesigned profile pages and an iPad app in the near future, the company's cofounder and chief executive, Ben Silbermann, announced at SXSW. Silbermann, speaking at SXSW
Published on: March 14th, 2012 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
A new and troubling vulnerability in Google Wallet has been exposed. Unlike a low-risk security issue identified yesterday, today's security flaw is described as painfully easy to exploit. Security firm Zvelo yesterday discovered
Published on: February 10th, 2012 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
Windows 8 will be the first Windows operating system since Windows 95 to drastically modify the user interface. Not only will we see a port of the Windows Phone 7 Metro UI, we'll
Published on: December 20th, 2011 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
You may be aware of the dangers of driving and texting, using mobile apps, or talking with a handset. But did you know that just talking--even on a hands-free device, such as a
Published on: December 16th, 2011 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
We've all heard the cool stories about how people are able to recovertheir stolen electronics using various tracking services. But onegadget-tracking service may have gone too far--a U.S. District Judgehas ruled against Absolute
Published on: September 1st, 2011 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
Video chat is all the rage these days, thanks to new services such as Google+ Hangouts and Skype/Facebook integrated video chat. Video chatting is a great way to stay in touch with family
Published on: August 9th, 2011 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
Facebook introduced "Facebook for Business," a step-by-step guideline and tips page for small businesses using Facebook on Tuesday. This news is interesting, Colleen Taylor from GigaOm points out, primarily because it comes in
Published on: July 28th, 2011 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
Write, edit, share Read part 1 of this story. Click here. No matter what you're doing for your business, you'll probably need to write or edit the occasional document--and while it might be
Published on: July 25th, 2011 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
You know that running a business can be tough. Luckily, you have technology on your side.Thanks to smartphones, you no longer need to stay tied to a desk. Plenty of apps out there--organizational
Published on: July 22nd, 2011 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
Your company's online presence begins and ends with your Web site. But hiring a designer to dress it up can be expensive--and that's not even including the cost of a custom domain name
Published on: July 8th, 2011 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
Social media and online networking may be all the rage, but that doesn't mean you should neglect your small business's print presence. Professional-looking print materials are essential for making a good real-world first
Published on: July 6th, 2011 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
Businesses looking for small, quick desktop PCs would do well to check out Acer's Veriton line. The Acer Veriton L4610G is a slim, reasonably powerful machine that will fit anywhere and do just
Published on: June 20th, 2011 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
The online merchant who notoriously bullied his customers--in hopes that they would be inspired to leave him bad online reviews and subsequently up his Google PageRank--pled guilty to several counts against him on
Published on: May 16th, 2011 Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @itbusinessca
