Is Wolfram|Alpha a Better Way to Search?
This week marks the launch of Wolfram|Alpha, which claims to be an intelligent search engine. Actually Wolfram|Alpha does not use the term "search…
Michael Jackson Online Mania ...
If your internet connection was slow yesterday between 12 noon and 4pm - these web statistics about the Michael Jackson Memorial Service might explain…
Northern Recognized by Retail Insider as a Top eCommerce Agency in Canada
Retail Insider, one of Canada’s leading retail industry publications, recently recognized Northern as one of the best eCommerce agencies in the…
Is Justin.tv Better Than YouTube?
YouTube is the industry leader for pre-recorded online video, but Justin.tv claims to be the innovator in online LIVE streaming video. Justin.tv uses…
Creative Solutions for Innovation 150 Challenges
[Editor's note: As we approach Canada Day and our celebration of 150 years of Confederation, we thought it'd be a perfect time to talk about one of…
Deloitte’s TMT Predictions: Smart Speakers, Machine Learning, 5G
I was lucky enough to attend the Digital Creative 519 conference, organized by LEDC and held at Museum London the other week. The new (to me!) meeting…
Deeper Dive Into Node.js: Part Two
The second part in a two-part series about Node.js. In part one I covered the structure of Node.js library and talked a bit about modules. Today, I…
The Open Source Way
“The Open Source Way” is a new concept for the majority of the corporate world. Prior to the “open source idea”, business processes, ideas and…
Start Planning Now to Join Us for Drupal North in Toronto
Toronto in summer is a wonderful experience. It’s one of Canada’s most exciting cities and this year, from Aug. 10-12th, it will be hosting one of the…
Celebrating Canada
Happy Canada Day everyone! The Echidna office will be shut down tomorrow and hopefully most of you will be out enjoying the festivities (or just…