Si Twitter peut augmenter sa base d'utilisateurs......

Si Twitter peut augmenter sa base d'utilisateurs et convaincre les annonceurs de sa valeur comme joueur de second rang face à Facebook, il réussira à augmenter ses recettes.

Debra Aho Williamson

Nous pensons que cela prendra du temps aux véhicules électriques.....

Nous pensons que cela prendra du temps aux véhicules électriques pour réellement s'imposer, mais il y a un besoin pour les courtes distances.

Takashi Yamanouchi
PDG de Mazda

People who like to do nasty things on the Internet are.....

People who like to do nasty things on the Internet are getting better at using social media tools and applications as a way of spreading malicious software.

Joe Compeau
expert on information systems
at the Ivey School of Business
at the University of Western Ontario.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that his company's mission is....

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that his company's mission is to "make the world more open and connected."

Patenting is a very good first measurement....

Patenting is a very good first measurement for the number of promising ideas that could become businesses in the future.

Andrew Maxwell
Director of the Canadian
Innovation Centre (CIC) in Waterloo, Ont.

4G is a myth (and a confusing mess)...

Here's the secret the carriers don't advertise: 4G is a myth. Like the unicorn, it hasn't been spotted anywhere in the wild just yet -- and won't be any time in the near future.

CNN Money.com
Read article at:http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/01/technology/4g_myth/index.htm

The social gaming market is expected to pass $1 billion this year....

The social gaming market is expected to pass $1 billion this year.

Forecasts of audience and revenue growth present an opportunity for marketers to promote their brands through social games.

Paul Verna,
Author of the upcoming report "Social Gaming"
From: Reuters

The world’s first massage robot was....

The world’s first massage robot was at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to soothe those sore from dashing about the gargantuan gadget extravaganza.

Article: Robots massage, clean and amuse at CES
www.canada.com

Given the statistics of the use of social media....

Given the statistics of the use of social media, the chances of having 12 people not accessing social media when they're on a jury is slim to none.

Frances Kiteley
An Ontario Superior Court judge and co-chair of the Canadian Centre
for Court Technology.
From : The Ottawa Citizen
Article: Innocent until tweeted: Social media tests rules in jury trials

This time, the Street is smartening up....

This time, the Street is smartening up. They realize there are true growth businesses out here. Facebook has become a real business, and investors are coming out here and saying, ‘We want a piece of it.’

Chris Sacca

Starting at the bottom of the enterprise ladder.....

Starting at the bottom of the enterprise ladder such as venture financing, we will see active investments in important areas such as cloud computing, clean technology, alternative energy, life sciences and Internet.

Larry Sonsini

You can always misuse a technology....

You can always misuse a technology, but a widespread misuse is going to be pretty limited if you're not saving the records of innocent people.

Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel for
the American Civil Liberties Union.

Wires are becoming more of an endangered species...

Wires are becoming more of an endangered species every year. Thanks to modern technology, the days are coming to an end when people need to search out that wall charger and cord to energize their devices. With new wireless power technology, people can charge their personal electronic devices simply by dropping them on top of a special mat.


What was Hot (and Not) — and will be
Ottawa Citizen
Full Story at: www.ottawacitizen.com

High-speed Internet has had the greatest technological impact on...

High-speed Internet has had the greatest technological impact on society over the past decade and is the technology most people say they cannot live without, according to a new poll.

Ottawa Citizen
Read full article at www.ottawacitizen.com

PCs are still seen as "necessities", but .....

PCs are still seen as "necessities", but the industry lacks a capacity for innovation-and that means people won't automatically buy a new one when their existing computer breaks down.

Gartner Inc.
Leading information technology
reserch and analysis firm
From the Telegraph Journal
Monday December 6, 2010

Ce n'est pas la technologie par elle-même qui aboutit au succès....

Ce n'est pas la technologie par elle-même qui aboutit au succès, c'est l'homme bien formé et motivé qui l'applique avec bon sens et créativité.

Paul Thayer

The fear of Facebook is similar to.....

The fear of Facebook is similar to the fear that many companies had in the late 1990 about email. At the time many companies were considering shutting down the email addresses of their employees because they couldn't control what employees were writing.


Tom Jenkins
From the Telegraph Journal
Monday December 6, 2010

Les grands enjeux de la technologie

Dans le cadre du Science and Engineering Festival des États-Unis, des experts ont cerné 14 enjeux majeurs de la technologie.

• Rendre l’énergie solaire plus abordable
• Tirer de l’énergie de la fusion nucléaire
• Mettre au point des méthodes pour séquestrer le carbone
• Maîtriser le cycle de l’azote
• Faciliter l’accès à de l’eau pure
• Restaurer et améliorer les infrastructures urbaines
• Faire progresser l’informatique médicale
• Créer de meilleurs traitements médicaux
• Effectuer la rétro-ingénierie du cerveau
• Empêcher le terrorisme nucléaire
• Sécuriser le cyberespace
• Rehausser la réalité virtuelle
• Perfectionner l’apprentissage individualisé
• Fabriquer les outils de la découverte scientifique

Source: Governement du Canada