Beth Cox

Industry Minister John Manley and over 100 Canadian business leaders reached a “broad consensus” on a national strategy for electronic commerce following a one-day summit in Ottawa. The summit was hosted by Industry Canada and the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) and sponsored by the Electronic Commerce Council of Canada, the Canadian Council for […]

Yahoo! today announced the launch of Yahoo! Chinese which will be made available in versions featuring both traditional and simplified characters. Yahoo! said its Chinese edition contains over 10,000 Chinese Web sites separated into 14 sections by Chinese speaking surfers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China. Information for specific countries and regions is offered via […]

Revenue Canada’s Advisory Committee on Electronic Commerce released “Electronic Commerce and Canada’s Tax Administration,” presenting 72 recommendations on tax policy for cross-border electronic transactions. The report is available on the Revenue Canada Web site. The most recent KPMG Canadian Tax Letter gives a detailed summary and analysis. Committee members included representatives of government, business, ISPs, […]

Toronto, Ontario-based NorStarMall.com, a joint venture between NetStar Communications Inc. and Group Multimedia Network Corporation, is Canada’s first Internet broadcast mall that aims to combine the potential of Internet commerce with traditional media. Advertised on television, radio, and in print, NorStarMall is a virtual mall accessible through tsn.ca (sports channel), exn.ca (Discovery Channel), www.norstarmall.com, and […]

Chinese Web Site Adds Comprehensive Search Engine SinaNet.com, the premier Internet portal for Chinese users around the world, has launched a Chinese/English search engine that enables surfers to search all Chinese Web sites. SinaSearch also incorporates a state-of-the art dictionary that translates English or Chinese search phrases. Surfers can use the ‘traditional characters’ standard used […]

Cylink Corp. said the U.S. Department of Commerce approved shipment of triple-DES (Data Encryption Standard) versions of Cylink’s product lines without key recovery to international financial institutions and to subsidiaries of U.S. multinationals. Cylink said it is the first company in the nation given such broad approval for distribution of high-level security products without key […]

Investor Learning Centre of Canada (ILC) launched The Virtual Resource Centre, a Web site that gives Canadians an online key to understanding investment information. The cyberspace launch coincides with the opening of ILC’s new bricks-and-mortar storefront Resource Centre to the public. Like the Resource Centre in the heart of Toronto’s financial district, the Virtual Resource […]

Southam New Media, Canada’s largest publisher of daily newspapers, unveiled its extensive new flagship canada.com Web site this week. In partnership with Inktomi, the manufacturer of award-winning search engine technology, canada.com will help navigate surfers to more than 110 million Internet and Web documents, the largest search capacity of any Canadian online search engine, according […]

Yahoo! Inc. today announced the latest addition to its international contingent of sites with the launch of Yahoo! Italy, a Web guide with localized Italian content. Yahoo! said its new version covers over 7,000 Web sites in Italian, segmented into 14 categories, including news–called Yahoo! Notizie (Yahoo! News–with news feeds provided by partners Ansa, La […]

E-Commerce Push Makes Asian Companies Embrace Internet As response time becomes a bigger factor than low labor costs in keeping major clients, especially in the U.S., Asian manufacturers of everything from PCs to garments are under pressure to catch up with the electronic commerce revolution. Whether it’s Wal-Mart or Hewlett-Packard, foreign customers now demand that […]

E*TRADE Canada announced the E*TRADE Canada Live Webcast seminar series, to be aired online Sunday April 26th, 1998, from 8pm to 9pm EST. Utilizing the latest real-time audio/video broadcast technology, this is the first in a series of E*TRADE Canada Live seminars hosted by president Colleen Moorehead. “The Internet offers a new way for investors […]

Netcom Canada is laying claim to being the first Canadian ISP to upgrade its nationwide network to the 56K modem standard. With the upgrade, Netcom is also enabling 56K service on all dial-up pricing plans, including Netcom’s flagship Serious Surfing plan–flat-rate Internet access for $26.95 per month. Previously, 56K service was limited to the $29.95 […]