PayPal’s alternative mobile payment option in Canada
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Canada hasn’t yet gotten Apple Pay or Android Pay, but there is a new way to pay with your mobile devices.
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Checking out music streaming services for Canadians
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Apple’s much publicised Apple Music service is now available in Canada. What can subscribers expect from this and other streaming music services?
Samsung and Red Hat form alliance to provide next-gen mobile enterprise solutions
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Finding a common focus, Samsung and Red Hat are teaming up to tackle next generation mobile enterprise solutions that power mobile-first strategies. Mobile devices in the enterprise are becoming more important than simple Bring Your Own…
Think You’re So Smart? Toronto is No Longer the Intelligent Community of the Year
Another criterion for smart cities, apparently, is that they do not have obstructive old highways blocking their spanking new waterfront!
by Lee Rickwood
At WWDC, Apple’s focus is on expanding ecosystems
Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla San Francisco – The Apple World Wide Developer’s Conference takes over this week, operating systems are front and centre but it is Apple’s ecosystems that are all the buzz.
Small businesses stuck on Windows Server 2003 will need to move fast
By Ted Kritsonis
On July 14, 2015, Microsoft will pull the plug on Windows Server 2003, effectively ending a long period of plugging security holes with patches on a regular basis. Small and medium-sized businesses who have no plan to migrate to a newer server platform may be putting themselves in jeopardy, and numbers indicate there are still plenty of them.
Tech tools for used car buying and selling
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla It has never been easier to buy or sell a used car. Various websites, services and apps make it possible to find the right buyer and seller for a vehicle.
You don’t need to renew your phone contract
By Ted Kritsonis
June 3 is an important day if you have a cell phone contract with any of the Big 3 carriers in Canada because the CRTC’s Wireless Code makes three-year plans redundant as of that date. If you’re currently on a three-year term that started before June 3, 2013, you can free yourself from your contract without paying a cancellation fee, opening up an opportunity to avoid a new contract altogether.