The Calgary Sun – September 26, 2010
Technology ushering us into era of rudeness
By Heahter Summerhayes Cariou
Have you ever taken a bus or C-Train to work and been forced to listen while a fellow commuter fights with his spouse, or graphically details his gall bladder surgery on his cellphone?
The Cornwall Standard – September 17, 2010
Best to miss this call from McGuinty
By Michael Den Tandt
Dalton McGuinty gets all dewy-eyed when he talks about schools. He’s ever-so-earnest in his desire to be an education innovator. Which makes it all the more astonishing that the premier of Ontario would think children could benefit from having BlackBerrys and other smartphones in the classroom. Has his brain been addled, perhaps, by too much Wi-Fi?
Time magazine – September 15, 2010
What Your Cell Phone Could Be Telling the Government
By Adam Cohen
Smart phones do many things these days: surf the Internet, send e-mail, take photos and video (and – oh, yes – send and receive calls). But one thing they can do that phone companies don’t advertise is spy on you. As long as you don’t leave home without your phone, that handy gadget keeps a record of everywhere you go – a record the government can then get from your telephone company.