Tagged: Hardware

An Xbox fan celebrates being the first to purchase the new Xbox One X console at the flagship Microsoft Store on Fifth Avenue on Tuesday, Nov. 7th, 2017, in New York City. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision for Microsoft/AP Images)

Tom’s Thoughts – What Canadians will be missing without the Microsoft Store

Tom Li

Published: July 10th, 2020

HP updates midrange EliteBook and ZBook with high-end features

HP Inc. has recently announced its updated mainstream EliteBook laptops and ZBook workstation PCs. HP Elitebook 800 Updated models include the 13” convertible EliteBook x360 830, 13.3” EliteBook 830 G6, 14” EliteBook 840

Published on: May 15th, 2019 Tom Li

GTA Startups need more Radical Generosity

Thanks to a new generation of successful founders, people like Ariel Garten of Toronto-based InteraXon, there’s a change in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) startup community. There’s a new sense of optimism. A

Published on: March 20th, 2019 Geoff Foulds

Top business smartphones of 2016: Moto G4 Plus review

Even though Lenovo now owns the company instead of Google, for some years Motorola’s Moto series of smartphones have been the closest you can get to a stock Android device without going with

Published on: June 14th, 2016 Alex Davies
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How Raspberry Pi is priming the pump for a new generation of innovation

Participating in the Internet of Things (IoT) might increase the need for a database performance analyzer for identifying performance issues, showing trends while establishing baseline and ensuring SQL servers perform faster, but it’s

Published on: August 4th, 2015 Robert Cordray

The Galaxy S6 is Samsung’s smartphone magnum opus

When we reviewed the Samsung Galaxy S5 last year, we thought it was a very good smartphone for business users. However, its design was a little lacklustre, unadventurous you might say, and not

Published on: April 9th, 2015 Alex Davies
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How Softchoice has embraced the decentralization of IT

Over the past few years, there has been a significant shift in how IT has been characterized, managed and centralized.  For the longest time, IT teams have been known as the gatekeepers of

Published on: October 17th, 2014 Ashley Huffman
John Chen, BlackBerry

BlackBerry posts lower-than-expected revenue, still ‘solid quarter’

Updated on Sept. 26, 2014, 11:53am EST to reflect analyst comments and more details from BlackBerry's earnings call. BlackBerry Ltd. posted its second quarter results on Friday morning, saying it has generated $916

Published on: September 26th, 2014 Candice So
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Switches and servers need upgrading for IP surveillance

In my last post, I began enumerating the top 10 issues and trends that will affect IP surveillance in the next few years. Part 1 discussed gauging the impact IP-based cameras will have on

Published on: September 2nd, 2014 Robert Moore

What you need to harness the power of digital marketing

In my previous blog, I discussed the three trends dominating consumer driven marketing. In this post, I’ll be discussing how to best structure your digital marketing to gain the highest potential return on

Published on: August 14th, 2014 David Rosenfeld
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One CMO’s journey from Apple to Avaya: Q&A with Andy Cunningham

When Andrea Cunningham first landed in Silicon Valley in 1983, she knew she wanted to be involved with tech. As a young marketing and communications professional, she landed at exactly the right place

Published on: June 19th, 2014 Candice So

HP launching upgradeable, monthly solutions for SMBs

Hewlett-Packard Co. is launching two new IT solutions for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), aiming to give them a boost with their technology and to jumpstart their agility. Announced today, HP SMB Solutions

Published on: March 20th, 2014 Candice So

What a hackathon can teach your company about agility

Trying to stay relevant in 2014 can feel pretty impossible. If you’re a frequent viewer of Mashable.com and Gizmodo.com, the pace at which things happen is staggering. Luckily, the secret behind this agility

Published on: March 3rd, 2014 Ashley Huffman

DataWind’s $38 UbiSlate tablet designed to be ‘good enough’

It’s been a little over two years since Canadian device maker DataWind first began selling its Aakash tablet in India at a price tag of $47, in a bid to bring Internet connectivity

Published on: February 13th, 2014 Candice So

Micro-ecommerce solution Shoplocket acquired by Irish firm

Toronto-based ecommerce firm Shoplocket has been acquired by Cork, Ireland-based global product development and supply chain company PCH International, the two firms announced this morning. When the graduate of accelerator Extreme Startups launched

Published on: January 24th, 2014 Brian Jackson