Alex Coop

Former Editorial Director for IT World Canada and its sister publications.

Articles by Alex Coop

No surprises from Google as it unveils Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub

Google held its hardware flagship hardware event, and while there were few surprises, it still revealed a number of interesting details.

Hashtag Trending – Concerns over Instagram, Facebook, Apple confirm malware attack, and California to ban weak passwords

Concerns rise over Instagram’s latest testing of a new location tracking feature, Facebook and Apple confirm they got hit with a software attack, and California aims to ban weak passwords in 2020.

Tour Trend Micro’s new cyber security research lab in Toronto

  Cyber threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, targeting everything from your inbox to elections, and Canada sees its fair share of them. Between 2011 and...

Hashtag Trending – Chinese spy chips, Verizon offers payouts, free Wi-Fi on Delta

A bombshell report from Bloomberg BusinessWeek says Chinese spy chips are found in Apple and Amazon hardware, Verizon is offering thousands of workers early retirement packages, and Delta says free Wi-Fi is on its way.

Hashtag Trending – US tests alert system, GM and Honda team up, and eBay accuses Amazon of stealing

The US tests its nationwide presidential emergency alert system, GM and Honda are teaming up to build autonomous cars, and eBay accuses Amazon of...

All Hands on Tech – LG G7 One

We take a first glance at the LG G7 One.

Hashtag Trending – US sues California over internet law, GE replaces CEO, Elon Musk in hot water

The US Justice Department says it will sue the state of California over its net neutrality bill, General Electric ousts CEO John Flannery in a surprise move, and Elon Musk pays the price for a single tweet.

A new kind of Microsoft VAR emerges from within Scotiabank

One of Canada's newest Microsoft VARs is an unexpected organisation: Scotiabank's internal development group, the Platform Organisation, known as PLATO.

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