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Steve Jobs fans irate over Apple founder Jobs look-alike promoting Android-based tablet in Taiwanese commercial

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:30:00 -0400

Steve Jobs look-alike shilling Android-operated tablet Action Pad, complete with halo and wings, in a Taiwanese ad has Apple fans fuming. Apple founder Jobs had vowed “thermonuclear war” on the product he considered an Apple ripoff.

Social media: Tweet this – bosses can and should monitor your Facebook, Twitter accounts

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:17:00 -0400

Using Facebook, YouTube or any other social media site at the office is not a private act, Toronto conference is told. Here are some guidelines for employers that you might want to know.

Facebook IPO: Missed the whole thing? Here’s how to sound smart about the social network’s IPO anyway

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:42:00 -0400

Facebook IPO pass right by you this week? Here’s what you need to know to sound like a social network IPO expert anyway.

Samsung Galaxy Note: Half smartphone, half tablet, all awesome (watch out iPhone, BlackBerry)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:43:00 -0400

Samsung Galaxy Note is both a large smartphone and small tablet – the Google-Android driven device is easy to use and it still fits into your purse or pocket like an iPhone, Mark Saltzman writes.

Ontario green energy prices under review behind closed doors

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:50:00 -0400

Ontario policy-makers are studying thousands of submissions about the price of green energy. But only some are public

Facebook IPO could mean $200 million for Mark Zuckerberg’s graffiti artist

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:34:00 -0400

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg hired artist David Choe to paint Facebook's walls in 2005 for stock options. Why the IPO makes him happy he chose not to be paid in cash.

RIM sales pitch partly misses as analyst downgrades BlackBerry maker

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:56:00 -0400

RIM licensing of BlackBerry operating system to iPhone, Android smartphones unlikely, analyst says after Toronto meeting with RIM CEO Thorsten Heins.

Facebook IPO documents flag privacy watchdogs as risky to its future success

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 -0400

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is worried about Canada’s privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart and her global counterparts. Here’s why.

Google India, Facebook remove ‘offensive’ content

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:34:00 -0400

Censorship or responsible behaviour? Internet giants comply with India’s demands to remove material considered harmful to national integration.

RIM videos reveal how much torture a BlackBerry can take

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:16:00 -0400

Just how much punishment can a BlackBerry take? Quite a bit, actually.