Ten Canadian Tech Stories That Mattered in 2012
Peter Nowak has a great review of the big tech stories in Canada in 2012, including UBB, throttling, the CRTC, lawful access, and copyright reform.
The Letters of the Law: The Year in Tech Law from A to Z
From the remarkable battle over the Stop Online Piracy Act to the massive public backlash against Internet surveillance in Canada, law and technology issues garnered headlines all year long. A look back at 2012 from A to Z:
INFOGRAPHIC: The Psychology Of Facebook
Whether you've noticed it or not, Facebook has likely changed your brain. You get a rush of dopamine - that same chemical that kicks in when you're rewarded - when you see a notification. An interesting infographic from Best Masters in Psychology details the social network's effect on the brain.
Why Teens Suck at Driving [Infographic]
An infographic illustrating teen driving risk.
How Secure Are You Online: The Checklist [Security]
Think you do enough to secure your passwords, browsing, and networking? Prove it. More » (from Lifehacker http://lifehacker.com/5938980/how-secure-are-you-online-the-checklist)[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
Plan Your Free Online Education at Lifehacker U: Fall Semester 2012 [Video]
Your education doesn't have to stop once you leave school—freedom from the classroom just means you have more control over what you learn and when you learn it. We've put together a curriculum of some of the best free online classes available on the web this fall for our third term of Lifehacker U, our regularly-updating guide to improving your life with free, online college-level classes. Let's get started. More » (from Lifehacker http://lifehacker.com/5938782/plan-your-free-online-education-at-lifehacker-u-fall-semester-2012)[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Launches Online Complaint Form
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has launched a new online complaint form that will allow Canadians to file privacy complaints via the Internet. (from Michael Geist Blog http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6617/196/)
Your Deleted Facebook Photos Will Now Be Gone Forever
Anything shared on Facebook, as with the Internet as a whole, is nearly impossible to remove. This is especially true of any unwanted pictures that may have been uploaded to the site. Until recently, pictures deleted from Facebook were still accessible by entering the image's direct URL. So, while the pictures may have disappeared from your profile, or that of whomever had uploaded them, they were still available within Facebook's server. SEE ALSO: What Type of Social Media Personality Are [...]