Free Cloud Resources for Canadian Tech Startups from CANARIE
by Lee Rickwood
CANARIE offers free cloud-based services and open-source software on an as-needed basis to Canadian startups and small businesses.
Tag: Canada
Business and Enterprise Customers Need Network Redundancy, Fail-over Protection
by Lee Rickwood
Multiple data centres with multiple redundancies for power, storage and especially data throughput should be part of any company’s IT strategy from day one.
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.
Canadian Technology and Innovation Award Winners Tackle Healthcare, Education
by Lee Rickwood
The awards are meant to inspire us all to embrace innovation, and to celebrate those entrepreneurs who use technology to solve problems in sectors like healthcare and education.
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.
CanadaSound File-sharing Platform Inspires Soundtrack for Canada 150 Celebrations
by Lee Rickwood
The most dynamic sound tracks received at CanadaSound will be made available as a downloadable digital audio album, offered to all Canadian musicians as a professionally curated collection of sounds to encourage and inspire their creativity.
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.