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Toy safety still a crapshoot

The last thought parents should have while holiday shopping is, “Will this toy hurt my child?” But this year, once again, those dark doubts are bound to creep in whenever shoppers read “Made in China” on packaging and product labels. Such worries have ...

From ANDREW WAHL, Canadian Business Online,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mattel, Inc.,  Consumer Product Safety Commission,  European Union

Tablet computing: The next iHit?

For months, top gadget blogs from Gizmodo to iLounge have breathlessly spread gossip about Apple’s rumored new tablet device, dubbed the “iPad” by some. What will it look like? When will it be unveiled? Will it be a glorified Kindle? No one but God ...

From ANDREW WAHL, Canadian Business Online,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Steve Jobs,  Skype

Canada in 2020 (Technology): Why Canada needs to have its own tech czar

The U.S. has a chief technology officer, Aneesh Chopra. Australia has Stephen Conroy, minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy. The U.K. has financial secretary Stephen Timms, responsible for the Digital Britain project. Each ...

From ANDREW WAHL, Canadian Business Online,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Tony Clement,  James Moore,  Stephen Conroy,  Stephen Timms,  Twitter Inc

Life blogging: A record of every day of your life ...

You’re whipped by the time you get back to the hotel room. The conference has gone well, you did a ton of networking. But who was that guy who claimed he met you three years ago, the one who said he was keen to talk about business opportunities? ...

From ANDREW WAHL, Canadian Business Online,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  TechCrunch

Fitness aids: Walk? Run? Jog?

Track your heart rate Advanced devices like the Polar RS800SD, which comes with a sensor to clip onto your laces, monitor heart-rate information as well as speed, distance, cadence, ascent and descent data, average stride length, and even barometric ...

From ANDREW WAHL, Canadian Business Online,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nike

Television: Local (TV) hero

Cal Millar admits he doesn’t know much about running a local television station. But he better be a fast learner. His company, Toronto-based Channel Zero, is the new owner of Hamilton’s CHCH and Montreal’s little-known ethnic broadcaster CJNT, having ...

From ANDREW WAHL, Canadian Business Online,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: CBC

Telecom: Nortel's final folly

As Nortel Networks’ everything-must-go asset sale drags into autumn, the spotlight now swings back to a piece of the company many thought would sell first — Nortel’s Metro Ethernet Networks division. MEN, which sells gear to telecom carriers for the ...

From ANDREW WAHL, Canadian Business Online,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Nortel Networks,  Avaya Inc.

Real estate: Know your neighbours

Canadians love looking at homes online, even when they’re not buying. Nearly a third of all Canadian Internet users browsed real estate listings at least once in July, according to comScore Media Metrix, with the most visits going to Realtor.ca, run ...

From ANDREW WAHL, Canadian Business Online,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Rogers Communications,  Google Inc.,  Starbucks Corp,  Ted Rogers

Smart search

Google may be synonymous with web search, but it sure isn’t perfect. Unless you’re looking for something very specific and pretty simple, exploring larger topics can still be a time-consuming and painstaking process — even if the average web surfer ...

From ANDREW WAHL, Canadian Business Online,  22 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.,  Yahoo!,  Wikipedia,  Flickr

Employee training: Inside edition

Deepak Chopra (no relationship to the famed author) could have done what many executives do when presented with a $75,000 requisition for an annual off-site leadership development course run by consultants: sign off and get back to business. Instead, ...

From ANDREW WAHL, Canadian Business Online,  21 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Deepak Chopra,  NYSE

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