Nestor E. Arellano

Toronto-based journalist specializing in technology and business news. Blogs and tweets on the latest tech trends and gadgets.

Articles by Nestor E. Arellano

OnX names new president

Canadian cloud and managed services provider OnX Enterprise Solutions has promoted a recent hire as its new president. Joining the OnX only last summer as executive...

Toronto firm uses heartbeat as password

Sure they’re being used on the new iPhone 5S, but fingerprint scanners are so yesterday. Toronto biometrics firm Bionym Inc., is offering something definitely...

Sixty lose jobs as BlackBerry retrenchment continues

BlackBerry Ltd. today confirmed that 60 more workers were laid off from its Canadian operations as job cuts in the company continue. The latest group...

Apple shows off new iPhones

Apple Inc. today unveiled the latest iteration of its iPhone as well as a cheaper version of the smart phone designed for users in...

Cisco plans Whiptail purchase for data centre play

Cisco Systems Inc., today announced plans to acquire New Jersey-based solid state memory systems developer Whiptail for $415 million to bolster its data centre...

Majority of enterprise PCs open to Java exploits

The vast majority of enterprise computers are susceptible to new Java exploits because these machines are still running older versions of the popular general-purpose,...

New Chrome apps marry cloud, software qualities

Google Inc. today unpacked a new type of application for its Chrome browser which the company said brings together the speed and flexibility of...

Waterloo women in IT project gets government funding

The Government of Canada is providing $300,000 to fund a program aimed at providing jobs for more women in the technology sector in the...

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