Skyway Recommended January 21st to January 27th

Each Monday we’ll pass on links to articles we thought were well worth reading from the previous week, for those who live where we do (British Columbia, Canada), work like we do (high speed business internet), and think about things we do (internet trends, internet privacy, internet censorship, cutting-edge technology, etc.). If you don’t want to wait ’til Monday, we usually tweet and link to these as we come across them…

NY Times, Thomas Friedman | Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) revolution Changing Education

LORD knows there’s a lot of bad news in the world today to get you down, but there is one big thing happening that leaves me incredibly hopeful about the future, and that is the budding revolution in global online higher education. Read More…

GigaOm | Belkin buys Linksys from Cisco and both agree to strategic partnership

Cisco’s love affair with the home networking market appears to over. In March it will sell Linksys to Belkin and the two companies will partner to attack the home networking space together. Read More…

IT World Canada | i-Canada promoting 1000 Megabits per second Internet access for Canadians by 2020

With the long promised federal digital economy strategy nowhere in sight, a group of Canadian political, business and private sector leaders continues to push for an independent coalition to create the framework to build an ultra-broadband network. Read More…

The Guardian | Should Apple Launch a Cheap iPhone?

For years, Apple‘s been told its products were too expensive – and prospered mightily. Today, many suggest Apple should launch a low-cost iPhone. Will history repeat itself, or have the rules of the smartphone wars changed in ways that will force Apple to alter its strategy? Read More…

IT World Canada | Beware, Java patch problems not solved says researchers

An emergency security update to Java 7 has failed to patch two new vulnerabilities which allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on computers using the software, according to security researchers based in Poland. Read More…

IT World Canada | Wind Mobile becoming first foreign-owned wireless carrier in Canada

The Harper government’s hope of getting a foreign telecommunications company to plant a flag firmly in Canada has been realized. Read More…