Carrier IQ: Is your smartphone tracking everything you do?
Invasive tracking software has been found on every smartphone platform all around the world, including Canada.
Should websites have a “terrorist button”?
Following U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman suggesting that Google add a way to flag terrorist websites, the web debates if it’s sensible or silly.
Google lets users opt-out of Wi-Fi scanning, but do you really gain by using it?
Opting-out of Google Location Servers may provide a false sense of security that also hinders the effectiveness of some mobile features.
Gmail is a phone, calls numbers directly from inbox
Canadians can now access a service that can place computer-to-phone calls within Gmail.
Skype is now integrated with Facebook
Skype now allows video and instant messaging with your Facebook contacts.
AOL IM, Google Talk now connected
Two of the largest instant messenger networks are now connected, allowing users to cross-chat.
Do you feel tortured by Microsoft and Apple?
According to Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin, billionaire co-founder of Google, Microsoft and Apple are “torturing users”.
Facebook admits engineering a clumsy smear campaign against rival Google
Facebook has confessed to secretly hiring a PR firm for the purpose of spreading anti-Google stories in what’s been called a “clumsy smear” campaign.
Android Overload! Google promises Music streaming, Movie rentals, and a new version of Google TV
At its annual development conference, Google announced several new products that could be divine or duds by the time they arrive in Canada.
Google Music gets a boost from Toronto-based PushLife
It’s no secret that Google is working on a cloud-based music service to compete with the 800-pound gorilla that is Apple’s iTunes. Now, Google has acquired a small Toronto startup to help strengthen its offering.


