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Smartphones Easily Steal Credit Card Data: Investigation

CBC | Leif Larsen | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada Business

A technology designed to make it easier to pay with your credit card may be putting Canadians at risk of fraud and identity theft, say security expert...

Why Some People Don't Want Androids, BlackBerrys Or iPhones

CP | Lauren La Rose, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.21.2013 | Canada Living

Spring Gillard is an avid blogger and active on social media, but don't expect to see any emails or tweets sent from her Android device, BlackBerry or...

Enterprising Tech Trends for 2013

Renee Lalonde | Posted 04.08.2013 | Canada Business
Renee Lalonde

More than ever before, IT is driving business competitiveness. It's all about the experience, the engagement and the features, and providing customers and employees alike with exactly what they need, at exactly the time they need. Here are some of the trends CA Technologies foresees as the biggest in enterprise IT this year.

Play4Perks Means Earning Rewards While Playing Games On Your Phone

John F. Gray | Posted 04.02.2013 | Canada British Columbia
John F. Gray

Three former game studio executives with 40+ years of experience could easily be basking in the console glory days of the past. Instead of opting for white sandy beaches and umbrella drinks, these former EA (Electronic Arts) colleagues have co-founded a company that adds rewards to mobile games as you play.

What Comes After Smartphones?

Mitch Joel | Posted 02.09.2013 | Canada Business
Mitch Joel

What will Apple do next? What is the technology that will disrupt the iPhone and iPad business? If you have read Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography (and I strongly recommend that you do), there was a very telling (and compelling) line from Jobs: "If you don't cannibalize yourself, someone else will."

How the CRTC Can Fix Wireless in Canada

J. David Ellis | Posted 02.02.2013 | Canada Business
J. David Ellis

Last time, I took the Commission to task for trying to build excitement over the level of cellphone penetration in Canada in their consultation video. Why? Because the only metric that really counts in 2012 is the takeup of smartphones: smartphones do data, feature phones don't. Let's consider penetration in a more meaningful context.

OMG! SMS Turns 20!

CBC | Posted 12.04.2012 | Canada Business

On Dec. 3, 1992, Neil Papworth, a young software engineer in England, sent out the world's first text message. Typing on a PC — since mobile phon...

What WiFi Is Doing to Backpacker Culture

Valentina Jovanovski | Posted 01.30.2013 | Canada Travel
Valentina Jovanovski

Sitting in the lounge of a hostel in Munich, I looked around and noticed most people were consumed, not by interesting conversations with other worldly people, but by their electronic devices. With wifi now a staple in most accommodations, backpackers no longer need to rely on other travellers for advice and directions -- Googlemaps and TripAdvisor can take care of that.

What's the CRTC Trying to Pull?

J. David Ellis | Posted 01.24.2013 | Canada Business
J. David Ellis

Back in the summer of 2010, the CRTC decided to get the public's input online as part of its proceeding on the "obligation to serve." Big mistake. There's a habit that's getting entrenched at the Commission: treating online consultations as a substitute for both educating Canadian consumers and conducting real research.

'Dead On Arrival'

CP | Terry Pedwell, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.07.2013 | Canada Business

WATERLOO, Ont. - Research In Motion has won U.S. security clearance for devices based on its yet-to-be launched BlackBerry 10 platform.The Waterloo, O...

The Future Of Entertainment

The Experts at Microsoft | Posted 11.06.2012 | Canada

Times are changing and they’re changing quickly. The best industry to see where this change is clearly taking place is the entertainment industry. T...

Have Smartphones Created A 24-Hour Workday?

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada Living

There was a time when the workday ended after leaving the office, but a new survey suggests the arrival of smartphones has meant many workers are putt...

Seven Ways Technology Is Affecting Our Children

Samantha Kemp-Jackson | Posted 09.04.2012 | Canada Living
Samantha Kemp-Jackson

Not only are we enamored with the ability to send and receive information in a digital format, but our children are equally smitten. I hear more and more parents bemoaning the fact that they're not able to retrieve their iPad or laptop from their young child who is busy surfing the web, watching videos or playing games on the device. Here are the top seven ways that digital technology has affected our children -- the good and the bad.

Was RIM Brought Down By An Identity Crisis?

CP | David Friend, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.03.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - A brand strategy adviser hired by Research In Motion at the peak of the company's success says the BlackBerry maker was locked in an identit...

Thought 3-D Was Cool? Welcome to Augmented Reality

Dax Hamman | Posted 07.23.2012 | Canada Business
Dax Hamman

No longer will we have to settle for the environment that someone else has chosen for us. Instead, we can simply switch it up with a mere thought or swipe of a virtual keypad and have it become more suited to our tastes. As the technology becomes more prevalent, major questions begin to form for society about the impact this has.

What Your Smartphone Says About Your Dating Habits

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.01.2012 | Canada Living

TORONTO - Your choice of smartphone reveals a lot about your dating habits, according to a recent online survey.The survey for online dating site Matc...

Global Electronic Sales Expected To Top $1 Trillion This Year

CP | Peter Svensson, The Associated Press | Posted 03.09.2012 | Canada Business

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Developing countries like China and India will drive global sales of consumer electronics above $1 trillion this year for the first ...

The Timbit Mightier Than The BlackBerry

The Huffington Post Canada | Ron Nurwisah | Posted 12.16.2011 | Canada Business

It's not news that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has had a horrible year. But it seems that the once mighty smartphone maker has been beaten by ...

NDP MP Proposes Universal Cellphone Charger

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.01.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Folks buried under a pile of old electronics are bound to get a charge out of this.A New Democrat MP is proposing legislation that would requ...

No Surveillance Software On Smartphones: Canadian Telcos

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.31.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - Canada's largest mobile phone service providers say they are not receiving any data from the controversial software company Carrier IQ.Bell,...

Major Cell Phone Maker Sees Plunging Sales

CP | Matti Huuhtanen, The Associated Press | Posted 12.20.2011 | Canada Business

HELSINKI - Nokia Corp. narrowed its losses more than anticipated during the third quarter even though its smartphone sales continued to suffer in the ...

Why Have RIM Shares Surged?

CP | David Friend, LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.05.2011 | Canada Business

TORONTO - Shares of Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) were up sharply Wednesday amid new takeover rumours surrounding the BlackBerry smartphone maker, this...

Samsung Heads To Court To Block iPhone 4S Sales

CP | The Associated Press | Posted 12.04.2011 | Canada Business

SEOUL, South Korea - Samsung says it will file court injunctions in France and Italy seeking to block the sale of Apple's latest iPhone amid an intens...

BlackBerry Outage Affecting Emails, BBM

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 11.16.2011 | Canada

UPDATE: RIM has acknowledged the partial outage. "Some Canada & LatAm customers report BBM issues. Our support teams are investigating. We apologiz...

Are Your Text Messages Private?

CP | Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.25.2011 | Canada

OTTAWA - Text messaging may help quiet the hum of public cellphone conversations — but it may be just as vulnerable to eavesdropping.Canada's privac...