Tom Li

Telecommunication and consumer hardware are Tom's main beats at IT World Canada. He loves to talk about Canada's network infrastructure, semiconductor products, and of course, anything hot and new in the consumer technology space. You'll also occasionally see his name appended to articles on cloud, security, and SaaS-related news. If you're ever up for a lengthy discussion about the nuances of each of the above sectors or have an upcoming product that people will love, feel free to drop him a line at [email protected].

Articles by Tom Li

Hashtag Trending Feb 14 – IBM age discrimination; U.S EV charging stations; Apple raises pay for retail employees

IBM is under fire for age discrimination, the U.S. spends big on electric vehicle charging stations, and Apple to raise pay for its retail...

Rogers Business introduces new IoT solutions for smart buildings and smart cities

Rogers Business, the enterprise-focused division of Rogers Communications, announced new smart city and smart buildings internet of things (IoT) solutions on Feb. 10. Expanding Rogers’...

Contamination incident affects ‘at least 6.5 exabytes’ of SSD memory chips

Western Digital and Kioxia announced a contamination incident at their NAND flash memory production sites in Yokkaichi and Kitakami, Japan. In a statement posted on...

Hashtag Trending Feb. 11 – Switch hacker gets 3 years in jail; Instagram bulk controls; Best Buy ‘paywall’

Canadian hacker gets three years in jail, Instagram brings bulk controls in the latest update, and Best Buy locks graphics card purchases behind its...

Samsung launches Galaxy S22 smartphones with five years of security support

Samsung revealed its Galaxy S22 series smartphones at its Galaxy Unpacked event on Feb. 9, promising big performance and camera improvements. The new lineup...

Hashtag Trending Feb. 10 – Amazon gets $4.7 billion in tax breaks; TikTok tracks a lot of personal data; SpaceX loses satellites to geomagnetic...

Amazon receives $4.7 billion in subsidies, TikTok tracks personal data more than any other social media platform, and SpaceX loses 40 satellites launched into...

TD accelerates data estate initiative on Microsoft Azure

TD announced that it has accelerated its move to establish an enterprise-level data estate on Microsoft Azure on Jan. 26. The new move, now including...

Hashtag Trending Feb. 8 – Amazon increases its max base pay; Microsoft building its metaverse with Activision Blizzard deal; Google is sued

Amazon more than doubles its base pay to retain corporate and tech employees, Microsoft’s CEO says the Activision Blizzard deal will help with building...

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