by Yale Holder For years I’ve been hearing how much more competitive the US market is than in Canada. So imagine my surprise to find that maybe that is not the case anymore.
Published on: November 16th, 2011 Yale Holder @itbusinessca
Many iPhone users are finding they can't finish their upgrade to iOS 5, and speculation is that the Apple servers handling the downloads are overwhelmed by the demand.By late afternoon Wednesday, a discussion
by Kye Husbands Looks like we all got it pretty wrong today with Apple’s non announcement of the highly anticipated iPhone 5. What we did get, however, was a serious upgrade to the
Published on: October 11th, 2011 Kye Husbands @itbusinessca
Mobile-phone companies and aid agencies have talked for years about deploying feature phones, coupled with basic text information services about the weather and crop pricing, to empower poor people in undeveloped parts of
Published on: July 22nd, 2011 Nancy Gorhing @itbusinessca
As the first Windows Phone 7 handsets went on sale in Canada and the United States on Monday, Nov. 8, Microsoft unveiled an application environment that will make the phones instantly useable for
Published on: November 9th, 2010 John Cox and Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
This week Motorola announced their new cell phone, the DROID PRO. It is being targeted as a business cell phone or the next productivity powerhouse. Motorola Mobility CEO said that business users will
Published on: October 29th, 2010 Yale Holder @itbusinessca
In what could be a considerable boon for Android users, Google on Friday acquired Blind Type, a San Francisco-based maker of touch-typing software for smartphones. Though Blind Type's app hasn't yet been released,
Published on: October 5th, 2010 Katherine Noyes @itbusinessca
The rumored Facebookphone would be an unexpected twist in the evolution of smartphones, if it actually comes to market.Facebook denies the phone's existence or development, but the unverified reports from TechCrunch and CNet
Published on: September 21st, 2010 Jared Newman @itbusinessca
Seeking the best productivity tools, utilities, and games for your iPhone? Here's our selection of the best apps exclusive to Apple handsets. Productivity Tools Sync your calendar: CalenGoosyncs with your Google Calendar and
Published on: August 27th, 2010 Cherri Chiodo, Brent Hopkins, and Ginny Mies @itbusinessca
The list of features missing in Windows Phone 7 -- no multitasking of third-party applications, no copy-and-paste, no native Twitter client -- has dominated forums and early reviews of reference hardware phones put
Published on: July 27th, 2010 Matt Hamblen @itbusinessca
That seemingly innocuous mug shot of 1980s pop star Rick Astley circulating wildly on jailbroken iPhones shortly before Christmas last year may be a harbinger of a more serious menace for businesses offering
Published on: July 13th, 2010 Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
Apple is expected to announce its fourth-generation iPhone hardware on Monday that will include a forward-facing camera that can be used for video chat, allowing real-time wireless videoconferencing.The expectation for video chat is
We live in an increasingly mobile world and the decision to extend brand communication to the mobile channel seems inevitable. On the other hand, making this decision in a way that will pay
Published on: May 20th, 2010 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca
Tap, tap, tap send. Many younger mobile phone users just love to text. It's fast, it's cheap (free for some plans) and it's fun. And lately it can be life saving. Several Canadian carriers
Published on: January 15th, 2010 Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
