Outrage over CRTC decision reversal
Smaller ISPs such as TekSavvy are protesting a recent decision by the CRTC to mandate lower wholesale internet rates, a decision seen as a giveaway…
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Cloudflare opens first Canadian office
Internet security and performance provider has opened its first Canadian office as reported by IT World Canada, the latest addition to the company’s Canadian presence,…
Internal email reveals Facebook intended to downplay data breach: report
The BBC is reporting that an internal Facebook email accidentally sent to Belgium-based Data News indicates that Facebook was planning to downplay the recent data…
Report: Facebook breach not reported to watchdog
The National Post is reporting that a recent Facebook breach was not reported to the federal privacy watchdog. Over the weekend, a cybersecurity expert revealed…
CRA locking 800K user accounts
In light of recent reports of a security breach at the Canadian Revenue Agency that took place in August and September of last year, the…
.com prices could rise for the first time in eight years
The Verge is reporting that ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is close to granting final approval for a a series of price…
Ethos Acquires Donuts Domains
DomainNameWire is reporting that venture capital firm Ethos has completed the takeover of Abry Partners’ share of registrar Donuts. The move comes after more than…
Whatsapp Lays Down The Gauntlet — Share with Facebook or Lose Access!
TrustedReviews.com is reporting that the latest Terms of Service update for Whatsapp contains a remarkable new demand — allow the app to share data with…
Beware Building Businesses on Social Media
With social media taking centre-stage in so many of our lives, it’s the perfect place to build a business, right? Well, not really. CIRA recently…
.CA Hits Milestone with 3 Millionth Domain
Canadians have registered their 3 millionth .CA domain, CIRA announced in a December 1st press release. The milestone was celebrated by CIRA’s CEO Byron Holland…