Tech CEO shakeups continue as Sony brings in Hirai
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
New leadership. It is the biggest indicator that a troubled company is committed to fix things. Sony has gone to Kazuo Hirai to help steer the course.
Category: Mobile
Unlocking phones: what Canada’s carriers will and won’t do
By Ted Kritsonis
Phone unlocking is always one of those hot-button issues when it comes to mobile freedom, but most consumers buy their phones subsidized by the carriers through contracts. These phones are locked to their respective carriers, making it difficult to use them as leverage to leave for another provider.
Shakeup at RIM: Co-CEO’s Balsillie and Lazaridis resign, Heins is new CEO
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
RIM’s longtime Co-CEO’s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have resigned their positions and have endorsed Thorsten Heins as the new CEO while Barbara Stymiest is chairwoman of RIM’s board.
Televising the Revolution – Occupy Protests Use Streaming Media Tech Tools
By Lee Rickwood
Hundreds of citizen journalists and videographer activists provided live video during the Occupations – streaming if not actually televising their ‘revolution’.
Five Social Media business trends for 2012
By Hessie Jones
As the Cluetrain Manifesto states, “Markets are now conversations.” The voice of the individual can multiply into the voice of the majority, easily drowning out the corporate voice.
Canadian Content at CES Covers Mobile, Media and New Gadgets Galore
By Lee Rickwood
Canada continues to put out the hardware, software and wetware that are key to the success of the global consumer electronics industry.
So let’s hold CES here next year, eh?!?
CES celebrates evolution of digital media, consumer electronics
By Lee Rickwood
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is as much about the provider as it is the consumer, and it has as much to offer the high tech industry in specific as it does the consumer marketplace in general.
What will the tablet market bring in 2012?
By Ted Kritsonis
For a variety of reasons, the tablet market in 2011 wasn’t a horse race, but rather one of a clear winner ahead of a confusing pack left to fester in the distance. Apple’s iPad only affirmed its dominance over a surge of ‘me too’ devices that didn’t resonate enough with consumers. Will 2012 change that in a big way?