Image by anikarenina via Flickr The CAJ Innovate News conference wrapped up with a different perspective from Bill Buxton, principal researcher for Microsoft. His prevailing philosophy is that everything is best for something and worst for something else. So it is important to think about when, what, why and for whom. He also argues that technology is not neutral – it can be good or bad. In his talk, he

Here are the top news and information online properties in Canada for March 2008, according to comScore Media Metrix, in terms of unique visitors. Google sites – 22,436,000 Microsoft sites – 22,341,000 Yahoo! sites -16,215,000 Wikipedia sites – 11,222,000 AOL – 10,123,000 Canoe Network – 8,391,000 Fox Interactive Media – 7,769, 000 The Weather Network – 7,717,000 CTVglobemedia – 7,655,000 CNET Networks – 7,197,000 New York Times Digital – 7,056,000

Image by cubicgarden via FlickrThe news that the head of the BBC’s Internet operations, Ashley Highfield, is stepping down has prompted much speculation about his successor. Highfield is is leaving to launch an on-demand video service for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 known as Project Kangaroo. The race is now on for one of the most coveted new media jobs in Britain, overseeing a budget of £400 miliion and

You probably haven’t been able to avoid the mass coverage in the media of the release of Microsoft’s Halo 3 video game. But sometimes the mainstream media gets it wrong, like in this TV report from the BBC where it used footage from Sony’s Killzone 2 by mistake. I’ve worked with the reporter on the story, Rory Cellan-Jones, and he is a good journalist. To his credit, Rory has apologised