Here on the The Next Web Canada we don’t usually talk about political strategies or election platforms. However, the following set of plans outlined by the Liberals will specifically affect your digital freedoms. The Liberal government has justreleasedits plans for the future of the digital economy, which highlights eight principles such as broadband access and its position on an open Internet for Canadians. In the last few months, amidst a storm of controversy over Internet fees in Canada, more than half a million Canadians signed a petition to stop Internet metering....

When opposing Libyan forces signed a cease-fire last year, it wasn’t the savvy of politicians or the diplomacy of ambassadors who brokered the peace. It was the United Nations and a relatively unknown AI startup. That startup is calledRemesh, and it builds tools that allow organizations to conduct surveys in real-time with more than 1,000 people simultaneously. Basically, the system lets you surface insights from a live audience. For example: if you wanted to poll 100 people about the taste of a new candy, you’d traditionally send them a questionnaire and then tally the answers to see what the majority thought....

For many people, one of the few good things about this pandemic has been the ability to work from home. The past year has shown both employees and employers that many jobs can be done effectively from home. In fact, the desire to keep work from home has been so strong that it appears a significant majority of people would rather turn down a $30,000 salary increase than lose the ability to work from home....

San Francisco-based advertising companyPaperGhas announced the launch of Polly.IM, a free tool that helps local business owners easily stay in touch and engage with their customers through Twitter. Polly.IMmonitors Twitter for mentions of the business, then categorizes the tweet and suggests an appropriate response from a customized list created by the business. This kind of interaction can be useful to businesses in a myriad of ways, such as helping businesses thank customers for checking-in, send coupons to new followers, and enable quick response times to comments....

Would you quit a corporate career to live the startup life? It’s not so common for Brazilians to answer “yes”. Yet, that’s exactly most ofPolo Marte‘s founders did less than three months ago. So why did they take the jump? Corporate Life vs. Startup Life When I metMarcelo Gluza few weeks ago at Rio de Janeiro’s Operations Center (see previousstory), a comment he made left me intrigued. He had just left a good corporate career at cable operator Globosat to launch Polo Marte (‘Mars Pole’) with a couple friends – but there was more to it....