BlackBerry is on a roll By: Howard Solomon (5/14/2013 12:19:00 AM)
ORLANDO – Research In Motion officially opens its annual BlackBerry conference here today on a roll with the launch of a new keyboard-equipped smart phone called the Q5 just a few weeks after the release having launched its Q10 smart phone and the successful debut three months ago of its ...
Dell board wants more details on Icahn bid By: Nestor E. Arellano (5/13/2013 11:19:00 AM)
Dell Inc.’s board of directors wants more information on investor Car Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management’s $21 billion cash offer for the company.
The offer proposes to give stockholders $12 per share as well as the option to keep their stock.
In a letter to Icahn on Monday, a s ...
Adobe’s subscription-only plan meets backlash By: Nestor E. Arellano (5/10/2013 11:16:00 AM)
Thousands of users of Adobe Systems Inc.’s software are taking to the Internet their displeasure over the company’s decision to adopt a subscription only model for its popular creative tools.
More than 5,000 people have already signed an online campaign on Change. org calling on Adobe t ...
Canadian health care lags in mobile adoption: IDC By: Nestor E. Arellano (5/9/2013 4:23:00 PM)
The prevalence of mobile technology is being felt in most in many industries but its adoption is lagging in health care where its implementation are likely to provide major benefits, according to a recent report by analyst firm IDC Canada.
“We’re seeing nearly half of respondents have n ...
Fairmont Raffles uses analytics to boost profits By: Jeff Jedras (5/10/2013 11:25:00 AM)
SAN FRANCISCO – As Fairmont Raffles’ executive director of customer relationship marketing, Andrea Johnson is helping to lead the charge at the international hotel and resort company to use analytics to create a better guest experience, and a more profitable one for the company.
It was ...
Edmonton agrees to expand Shaw Wi-Fi network By: Howard Solomon (5/23/2013 3:43:00 PM)
Edmonton’s city council has agreed to allow Shaw Communication’s Wi-Fi network to expand to public areas across the city.
The planned expansion will give wireless Internet access to people with mobile devices in a broader area than the original footprint, as well as light rail transit ...
Why Washington's lead on open data is worth following By: Howard Solomon (5/23/2013 3:14:00 PM)
The open data movement is gaining acceleration in a number of governments around the world, including Washington where President Barack Obama earlier this month issued a remarkable executive order.
According to Vancouver-based expert David Eaves, what Obama directed federal bureaucrats to ...
Debtholders okay Telus offer to buy Mobilicity By: Howard Solomon (5/23/2013 12:54:00 PM)
Debtholders of financially troubled wireless carrier Mobilicity have approved the proposed sale to Telus Corp., putting more pressure on the federal government to either support an incumbent telco swallowing the independent or come up with a better plan.
Debtholders met Thursday in Toronto and app ...
HP profit down again, but results beat estimates By: Dave Webb (5/23/2013 10:25:00 AM)
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman told financial analysts on a conference call that "you can feel the turnaround taking hold" at the struggling tech company after HP beat Wall Street estimates for second quarter earnings.
HP posted earnings of 55 cents a share, whereas analysts were pred ...
Time to beef up federal privacy law, says Stoddart By: Howard Solomon (5/23/2013 10:36:00 AM)
Canada’s federal privacy law is only 12 years old but it needs to be overhauled, says the country’s privacy commissioner.
“As organizations find new ways to profit from personal information, the risks to privacy are growing exponentially,” Jennifer Stoddart said Thursday in ...
Think internationally, Kobo CEO says By: Dave Webb (16 May 2013)
It's important for Canadian digital media companies to think big -- think internationally -- right out of the box, Michael Serbinis, co-founder of Canadian success story Kobo, told the audience at the Canadian Digital Media Network's Canada 3.0 conference in Toronto this week.There's a $250-billion ...
BlackBerry is on a roll By: Howard Solomon (14 May 2013)
ORLANDO – Research In Motion officially opens its annual BlackBerry conference here today on a roll with the launch of a new keyboard-equipped smart phone called the Q5 just a few weeks after the release having launched its Q10 smart phone and the successful debut three months ago of its ...
No fee for Windows Blue update: Analysts By: Nestor E. Arellano (13 May 2013)
Microsoft Corp. will likely not charge Windows 8 users for the operating system's upgrade codenamed “Blue,” according to technology industry analysts.
Windows Blue is not only the codename for the update, it is also the term for Microsoft’s adoption of a faster release schedule th ...
Pirate Bay co-founder to run for EU parliament By: Nestor E. Arellano (15 May 2013)
Peter Sunde, co-founder of the file sharing site Pirate Bay, says he plans to run for the European Parliament in 2014 under the banner of the Finnish Pirate Party.
Announcing his candidacy in his blog Copy Me Happy with a post titled EUP 2913, Sunde referred to online censorship as one of the most ...
Ottawa nurses cut out middle man with UC system By: Nestor E. Arellano (09 May 2013)
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) has been able to significantly shorten the time it takes for its nurses to receive call backs from doctors by rolling a unified communication system that works both on wireless LAN and cellular networks.
Prior to the deployment last month of a UC syst ...