Skyway Recommended May 13th to May 19th

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…

IT World Canada | Mobilicity strikes deal to be sold to Telus

Canada’s startup wireless companies, formed to fight incumbent carriers and bring more competition for customers, continues to be shaken following news that Mobilicity has struck a deal to be bought by Telus Corp. Read More…

AdAge | No Need to Dream of Interactive TV — It’s Already Here

The dream of interactive TV has been around for almost two decades. We’ve imagined a TV that allows us to transition seamlessly from watching a Yankees game to pulling up a music video on demand to ordering an advertiser’s product. But iTV as we conceived it remained elusive for the brightest of minds, even for the likes of Steve Jobs. Read More…

CNBC | Google Inks Deal With Sony, Universal for Streaming Music Service

Internet-search giant Google has signed licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment to launch a subscription music service that would compete with fast-growing start-up Spotify, according to a report on Tuesday in technology blog The Verge. Read More…

The Globe and Mail | Anti-piracy firm targeting Canadians who download illegally

Massive lawsuits targeting people who illegally download copyrighted content are common in the U.S., where people have been stuck with hefty fines and out-of-court settlements. Now there’s an attempt to bring that to Canada. Read More…

GigaOm | Welcome to the new (and fast-growing) ecosystem of mobile business apps

Over the last few months, I’ve had several conversations about mobile business applications that remind me of early discussions and debates around SaaS a decade ago. When Emergence first invested in Salesforce.com in 2003, we heard all kinds of reasons why Software-as-a-Service wouldn’t work. Yet, cloud-based computing enabled a fundamental shift in software design, go-to-market strategies, and cost structure. Today SaaS companies are quickly coming to dominate the business application market. Read More…