OnePlus is probably not the best-known phone brand in Canada, since the major carriers haven’t picked it up, but it’s one that’s well worth a look. For the first time, its R series, previously only available in India and China, is available here and in the U.S. OnePlus R Series devices, the company said, are […]
I watch far too many YouTube videos – so you don’t have to. I’ve read a lot about the Vision Pro from Apple but these crazy guys give a really good and objective view of the Vision Pro. It’s far better than the fanboy raves or the corporate blah-blah. If you are interested in finding […]
Apple held another of their launch slash product updates on September 7th. But while they did quite a bit, which will fill you in on shortly, there’s also something very impactful that they didn’t do. What was it? Well, you have to watch the intro first. So, by now we’re used to seeing these Apple […]
BlackBerry fans who mourned the demise of the keyboard phone now have hope, thanks to a Shanghai-based vendor called Unihertz that has been developing phones, including several with keyboards, since 2017. Its latest of that genre, the Titan Slim, is a US$329.99 (about C$450) device reminiscent of the BlackBerry Key2 that could make users of […]
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has refused Telus‘ request to charge processing fees to its customers from Alberta and British Columbia for payments made by credit card. The request only applied to CRTC-regulated services, which are typically home telephone services in smaller communities. Telus has been charging a 1.5 per cent fee to […]
OnwardMobility, the Texas-based firm that picked up the hardware license for BlackBerry smartphones after previous licensee TCL decided to produce its own phone designs instead, has finally broken its almost year-long silence to announce that it is still alive. “Contrary to popular belief, we are not dead,” wrote the company in a blog post on […]
Cloudli Communications, a Toronto-based provider of voice, data and messaging solutions, has launched Cloudli TalkNText, a mobile-first service that equips small businesses with unified voice and business texting capabilities. According to a U.S. consumer survey conducted by the company earlier this year, 93 per cent of consumers who support small and medium businesses (SMBs) want […]
Updated on Nov. 2, 2021 at 1:03 p.m.: Huawei told the publication that it’s weighing the merit of releasing a smartphone in Canada in 2022 or 2023. Faced with declining smartphone sales, dwindling 5G equipment contracts, and patent restrictions on producing advanced chips, Huawei has been forced to adapt its business strategy. It spun off […]
Canadian vaccine credential storage app PortPass has stopped registering new users and ordered two security audits after allegations that unapproved persons were able to see personal data of users online. In an interview with IT World Canada on Wednesday, CEO Zak Hussein acknowledged “issues” are being investigated by two cybersecurity firms. But asked if the […]
Apple’s World-Wide Developer Conference started with a two-hour-long keynote on some of its new software innovations. The keynote was packed with details about iOS 15, macOS Monterey, and iPad OS 15. We picked out five of the best features users can expect once they launch this fall. SharePlay Apple announced a ton of features for […]
With over 3 billion active Android devices worldwide, new details of the Android 12 operating system at Google I/O 2021 naturally grabbed people’s attention. From a fresh design to better privacy, Google showcased what new big features users can expect when Android 12 lands this fall. Google said during the presentation yesterday that it based […]
Apple took its first step in transitioning away from Intel with the release of its M1 chip, an Arm-based processor built for Macs. The M1 system-on-chip (SoC) is a first for Apple and built using 16 billion 5nm transistors. It comes with an 8-core CPU, an 8-core GPU and a 16-core neural engine. The CPU […]
There are security risks for users of the Apple version of Alberta’s COVID-19 contact tracing app because — unlike the Android version — it always has to be on, says the province’s information and privacy commissioner. “Despite the positive aspects [of the app], I have ongoing concerns related to the functionality of ABTraceTogether on Apple […]
Rogers Communications today announced partnerships with women’s shelters across British Columbia, including in Metro Vancouver, the Okanagan and on Vancouver Island, to provide connectivity to support them amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of this partnership, the company is providing complimentary devices along with six months of free voice and data plans to these shelters, […]
Canadians with wireless devices could soon be getting COVID-19 prevention advice by text as part of an arrangement between the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The three organizations said Monday they have started asking wireless carriers around the world to carry “vital health messaging” relating […]
In the global race to develop mobile apps to trace and protect people who have been exposed to a carrier of the COVID-19 virus, data security and privacy issues are often raised. But during an online discussion forum Tuesday a Canadian governance expert said a more fundamental question needs to be answered: Are contact tracing […]
Telus is investing $3.5 billion in Alberta in 2020 to enhance wireless and wireline network capacity. This is part of Telus’ September announcement about its $16 billion multi-year investment plan in Alberta to support the province during the ongoing pandemic and beyond. The company will bring-forward certain capital investments that it had originally targeted for […]
Organizations around the world are discovering that their business continuity plans aren’t prepared for a global crisis of the scale of the COVID-19 crisis. Most companies have contingency plans designed to flip services from one facility or region to another if service goes down, says Nigel Thompson, VP, Product Marketing at BlackBerry. “The thing that’s […]
Last year’s FaceTime software defect triggered a much bigger question about the existence of widespread invasion of privacy enabled by iPhones. Many wanted to know how much of their conversations were being recorded and relayed by various iPhone apps to the publishers of those apps. You may recall that the FaceTime software defect lets you […]
A week ago Canadian and U.S. health authorities were saying healthy people could go about their business. Now, they’re urging most businesses to make people work from home. As a result, a lot of North American organizations in the past seven days or so have made quick decisions letting employees work remotely, including using home […]
With Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer urging Canadians to avoid gatherings of 50 people or more to limit the spread of COVID-19, IT leaders without pandemic business continuity plans — or who have discovered their plans are out of date — are rushing to put together remote access capability so employees not already doing so […]
In lieu of more major telecom players departing MWC 2020, the GSMA has announced new restrictions for its attendees to assuage showgoers’ anxiety. Last week, Amazon, Sony, Ericsson, and Nvidia announced that they’ve retracted their attendance due to worries over the coronavirus outbreak. Earlier, LG pulled their booth from MWC, and ZTE cancelled its press […]
Bell has decided not to let the federal government’s long-pending decision on allowing carriers here to use Huawei equipment in next-generation cellular to hold up its 5G wireless network plans. The company announced this morning in a news release with its quarterly results that it has chosen Nokia as its “first” 5G network equipment supplier. […]
LG Electronics, one of South Korea’s key smartphone and appliance manufacturers, yesterday announced that it would no longer be attending Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 in Barcelona, Spain later this month. LG had originally planned on installing a booth at MWC, but retracted the decision due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak and the safety […]
