By Ted Kritsonis

Increased adoption and shorter lifespans for mobile phones have led to a large number of devices festering in consumers’ homes, and while eBay, Kijiji and Craigslist are always options for reselling handsets, some carriers and major retailers are offering trade-in programs for either cash or credit towards a new phone.

By Ted Kritsonis

Apple’s Find My iPhone is one of those lifesaving apps for your iPhone that you hope you never have to use, but in the chance you do, you hope it pulls off miracles. In what was a very personal story for me, I recount how I was able to help track down the thief who stole a friend’s iPhone this past New Years Eve.

By Lee Rickwood

We are all players in the “Privacy Theatre”, living in an online world that shows only a pretense of privacy behind the curtain.

By Lee Rickwood

If there were only seven cell phone users in the entire world, this issue would not have the same ramifications or potential impacts.

But it seems like the goal is seven billion users – and in that light it does seem incumbent upon us to know about potential health risks, not to speculate or to wonder or to debate.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple’s new iPhone 4S may be seen on the surface as an iterative upgrade to its predecessor, the popular iPhone 4. Same form factor, same screen size but now powered with a faster dial-core Apple A5 processor, much improved graphics performance and slightly faster Internet access speeds. However, it may be the start of something much bigger.

By Lee Rickwood

Added intelligence, new hardware and software tools make for better – if not safer – tablet typing.

by Lee Rickwood

If you want to see a truly modern Canadian mobile Internet and wireless broadband eco-system stretching from sea to sea to sea, how the auction plays out will be of tremendous importance.

By Lee Rickwood

Twenty or 30 or 40 thousand people, all together in one place with one shared interest. It’s an instant social network, just waiting to be connected by new wireless technology installed in sports and concert venues.

By Tim Teatro

It’s that time of the year again boys and girls! While we’re all caught up in the excitement of orientations, buying textbooks and decorating dorm rooms, it is important to give some thought to security. It only takes a little bit of time and care to ensure that you don’t become an unlucky statistic. Here are ten tips to keep yourself safe from common disasters that I see each year as a university TA.

By Lee Rickwood

Is there a ‘safer’ cell phone? And how can you tell, if so?

by Lee Rickwood

User manuals and product information sheets do contain printed warnings about using a cell phone or smart phone too close to the body (just over one half an inch in Apple’s case).

by Lee Rickwood

So, what were those scientists saying about mobile tracking again? Why are so-called privacy experts going ballistic – haven’t any of them read the instructions?!?!?