Raul Pacheco-Vega is a well-known blogger and social-media consultant who can often be found live blogging at local technology-related events.

As Canadians from coast to coast celebrate Canada Day, the people behind VisibleGovernment.ca have developed a novel way to celebrate.

The Canadian government held an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement consultation meeting today focused on pharmaceutical and access to medicines issues.

Tatsuya Nakagawa once wanted to be a professional tennis player. Now, he’s the president and CEO of Atomica Creative Group, a Burnaby-based strategic product marketing company that works with manufacturing and technology firms.

Ottawa has played host to many digital economy-type conferences over the years. Many have the same feel with pretty much the same people saying pretty much the same thing.

On September 12, Twitterers will again be called upon to support Twestival fundraisers, but this time the cause will be closer to home.

We’ve seen about 17 significant cyber security incidents in the past two years, reports Nextgov.

Yesterday's Question Period featured an unexpected and welcome surprise - the federal Liberal Party has expressed its support for net neutrality. Industry critic Marc Garneau rose on the floor of the House of Commons and asked (video version here):

Karen Quinn Fung likes to think of herself as a “community facilitator”. The 24-year-old Mount Pleasant resident is helping organize and will present a session on mapping at Vancouver ChangeCamp, which will take place tomorrow (June 20) at the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s downtown campus.

As expected, the Government has taken another shot at lawful access legislation today, introducing a legislative package called the Investigative Powers for the 21st Century (IP21C) Act that would require mandated surveillance capabilities at Canadian ISPs, force ISPs to disclose subscriber information such as name and address, and grant the police broad new powers to obtain transmission data and force ISPs to preserve data.

The Conference Board of Canada issued the following statement today (June 17) to address allegations of plagiarism concerning its recent reports on intellectual property rights:

Twitter has proven to be a useful platform for communication for the people in Iran and those watching from the outside.

Last Friday, I finally was available at the right time to sign up for the beta of 1 vs 100 on Xbox Live.

Bell has quietly announced that it is closing its Bell Video Store with plans to instead focus on its Bell TV Online service that provides online access to movies and television shows for its subscribers.

In a time when many artists and illustrators are struggling to find work in a shrinking job market, the news that an insanely profitable media monster like Google can't seem to find their chequebook is distressing, to say the least.