Tag: Canada

Locking ban makes stronger case to avoid phone contracts

By Ted Kritsonis

Starting on Dec. 1, carriers will no longer be able to sell smartphones locked to their network, potentially opening up a stagnant wireless market in Canada. If it does make it easier to leave from one carrier to go to another, will Canadians take advantage of the opportunity?

Canadian Students Win With STEM

By Yasmin Ranade
Samsung Canada announced the final four, regional winners in its Solve for Tomorrow Challenge, a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-based education initiative that seeks to spark student interest in these subjects.

Review of the BlackBerry KEYOne, a classic BlackBerry for the Android Age

The BlackBerry KEYone is designed for productivity and messaging. Android 7.1 coexists nicely with BlackBerry’s own apps. DTek ensures the phone is secure and encrypted, BlackBerry HUB funnels all your messaging and social media into one smart app and other apps (Notable, Password Keeper, Contacts, Tasks and Workplaces) are truly useful.

Apple looks to Macs, iPads, and a new smart speaker at WWDC 2017

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
More than hardware, though, Apple’s made some major moves to iOS specifically on iPad that give it even footing with any desktop operating system. A new Files app brings a file structure to iOS 11-enabled iPads and, by extension, makes it easier to create folders and organize files using touch.

Canada 150 Tech Tour: Quantum Changes Ahead for Your Life

Canada 150 Tech Tour: Quantum Changes Ahead for Your Life

by Lee Rickwood
Quantum theory seeks to describes the motion and interaction of the particles that exist inside the atom. Strangely, critically, almost incomprehensibly, some of those particles exist in multiple states at the same time!