Earlier reports of LTE coming to Fredericton, New Brunswick were correct. TELUS announced today that those visiting or residing in the area will be able to connect to their LTE network, thus giving them faster upload and download speed (expected average of 12 to 25 Mbps). TELUS’ LTE coverage reaches about 24 million Canadian, or […]
Facebook is reportedly close to buying Israeli start-up Waze for a reported fee of $800 million – $1 billion. The news was broken by business daily Calcalist, reporting that due diligence is underway and a term sheet was signed. Waze specializes in satellite navigation, and uses members’ smartphones to generate maps and traffic data. In […]
Microsoft is offering a Fix It tool for concerned users of Internet Explorer 8 that addresses a security vulnerability being exploited in the wild. The flaw (CVE-2013-1347) was exploited as part of an attack on the U.S. Department of Labor’s website and its users. Visitors who were running the vulnerable Internet Explorer 8 browser had […]
BlackBerry has confirmed that its popular BlackBerry Messenger – or BBM – will be available for users of Android and iOS devices this summer. BBM will be supported on iOS 6 and Android 4.0, or later. It marks a change in BlackBerry’s services strategy, where once BBM was a major drawing factor of BlackBerry devices. […]
The Minister of Finance has granted Rogers the necessary papers to incorporate “Rogers Bank.” This is part of the carriers plans to offer credit card services, expand deeper into the mobile wallet, plus initiate a customer loyalty program. According to the press release it notes that “Rogers has twelve months to move forward with the […]
Google announced a replacement to its Talk platform today called Hangouts. The unified cross-platform messaging tool brings text, photo and live video hangouts to mobile and the web, and it is now available on iOS and Android, as well as the web through a Chrome extension. Hangouts stay in sync across devices, and with the […]
The schedule for this year’s Google I/O conference has been posted and it appears that Google is consolidating its traditional dual keynotes — one for Android, the other for Chrome and “miscellaneous” — into one three-hour event on the first day, May 15th. While this isn’t necessarily an indication that the company is merging Android […]
Instantwatcher, a company that catalogs Netflix’s streaming catalog says the site will lose almost 1800 titles in May. All 15 seasons of South Park are set to disappear as are some older films like Goldfinger and Dr. No. Netflix’s current licensing deals with MGM and Warner Bros. and some other studios are set to expire. […]