Mobile solutions not just for road warriors, survey shows

While FileMaker knew its users were using custom business solutions for the iPad and iPhone created on its platform to enable road warriors, a recent survey of its users also showed companies are

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 25th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

Tablets surpass smartphones as mobile browser of choice: report

If you’re looking to market your business to people browsing on mobile devices, a new study from Adobe says tablets are where it’s at. According to Adobe’s new report, The State of Mobile

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 24th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

Apple diehards can’t wait to get an iWatch on their wrists

If Apple was to develop a smartwatch, Apple diehards would slap it on their wrist. That may seem like an obvious statement, but now there’s research to back it up. A new study

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 22nd, 2013 Jeff Jedras

6 fresh Apple iPhone 6, iOS 7 concept designs

There hasn't been a whole lot of innovation on the product side at Apple since the original iPad. It's mostly been incremental. Aside from the iPad Mini, the most significant new iPhone product

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 15th, 2013 ITBusiness Staff

Wave launches free receipt scanner

Toronto-based SMB app developer Wave has launched a free receipt scanner app to streamline report generation for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Receipts by Wave allows iPhone users to snap picture of their receipts,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 10th, 2013 Dave Webb

Samsung Galaxy S IV to be announced March 15 with Visa payWave

Samsung’s next flagship smartphone will include Visa’s tap-to-pay technology widely used at grocery store check-out lines and gas pumps, the companies announced on Monday. After already announcing iPad mini competitor Galaxy Note 8.0 at Mobile

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 25th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Mobile security startup Fixmo adds partners

Four-year-old Toronto startup Fixmo Inc. is in the business of securing mobile devices, and is developing some impressive connections. A year after its founding in 2009, the mobile security firm linked up with the U.S.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 21st, 2013 Grant Buckler

Z10 sees best BlackBerry launch day sales ever

How successful was BlackBerry’s big launch day in Canada? Record setting sales if you ask the Waterloo, Ont.-based smartphone maker or the carriers, but less impressive if you look to the search engine

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 6th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Why the BlackBerry Z10 is hotter than Apple’s iPhone

The buzz is growing around Wednesday's launch of the BlackBerry Z10, Research in Motion's next-generation smartphone featuring its new BlackBerry 10 OS, and representing a perhaps final opportunity to turn the fortunes of

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 28th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

FreshBooks wins iPhone award, hires VC investor

Toronto-based Web accounting software firm FreshBooks nabbed an award for its iPhone app this week.The Interaction Design Association (IXDA) award was pinned to the app released in August 2012. The app was designed

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 25th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Vine – does Twitter’s new iPhone app hold any business value?

Many businesses have taken to the 140-character message broadcasting of Twitter for a litany of business purposes. Whether it's providing customer service, marketing a product or service, or diving deep into engagement and

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 25th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Mountain Equipment Co-op takes Xtreme approach with mCommerce app

Outdoorsy types who shop at Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) can do so from their iPhone this holiday season, thanks to the work of Toronto-based Xtreme Labs that helped develop the app. MEC has 16

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 19th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Android claims smartphone throne in Canada

Google's Android operating system is now the most popular smartphone platform used in Canadian households, according to a new survey from Ipsos Reid.As Apple is set to start selling its new iPhone 5

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 17th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Startup TO – INcubes Demo Day versus iPhone 5 launch

INcubes Demo Day INtake02 for all intensive purposes was a glowing success, even though it was up against a blockbuster of all geek events, the Apple iPhone 5 launch. The 200+ private invitees

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 13th, 2012 Ashley Huffman