Despite recent troubles, BlackBerry (formerly known as RIM) are already celebrating as the Z10 appears to have had a successful launch - their most successful launch ever in both the UK and Canada. More...
Best Buy closed at least two outlets in Quebec, in Sherbrooke and in Montreal-area Lachenaie but never told the employees that the stores were closing and that they were out of a job. More...
The Windows Phone 8-based Samsung ATIV S smartphone is now on sale in Canada via several wireless carriers, but the smartphone still doesn't have a US launch date. More...
Microsoft has opened its first permanent Microsoft Store outside the US as it launched its Toronto location in Canada earlier this morning at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre. More...
Some people in the UK, Canada and Germany who ordered a Surface tablet and then found the shipments would be delayed are finally getting their Windows RT-based tablets. More...
Microsoft has said that emails to Canadian and UK residents saying their Surface tablet would be delayed beyond October 26th were mistakenly sent out and they would ship as scheduled. More...
The Microsoft Store website has now back ordered the non-touch cover 32 GB version of Microsoft's Surface tablet for the UK and Canada, following its sell out for the US website. More...
ACTA and the whole copyright concern around it, was thought to have been laid to rest. It hasn't been: A European Commission negotiator managed to let slip CETA copies from ACTA. More...
A cordial email between a customer and Bell Mobile's president yielded information. The Canadian carrier isn't packing the 920, but will bring two "leading manufacturers" - likely Samsung and HTC. More...
Gogo, a major provider for internet on aircraft, has been granted the right to provide airborne internet in Canada as well as the USA, with the intention of having the network ready for late 2013. More...
Research in Motion has officially confirmed it will release a 4G version of its Blackberry Playbook and that it will make its debut in Canada on August 9th, with a release in the US later. More...
According to sources, Microsoft intends to open a new branch of their Microsoft Store in Canada, marking their first official store within the country. More...
The Canadian launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III has been delayed. Originally set for Wednesday, June 20th, it has now been pushed back to June 27th because of "unprecedented demand" for the phone. More...
Canadians will be able to purchase the Samsung Galaxy S III on June 20th, as previously rumored, but there's still no word on when the US launch for the smartphone will happen. More...
A new rumor claims that the Samsung Galaxy S III could be launched by Canadian wireless carriers on June 20th and available for pre-order beginning next week. More...
Research in Motion could be sold in the near future; with the Canadian government having approved it, could an investor simply swoop in and buy them out? More...
With a new breath of change for the struggling Blackberry brand coming later this year, RIM now has one milestone to be displeased of: they're no longer number one in their home turf of Canada. More...
In an rare case of leniency for US Customs and Border Protection agents, a man was permitted entry into the United States using his scanned Canadian passport on his iPad. More...
A new report claims that Microsoft plans to open a new game development studio in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The studio will make games for the Xbox console along with smartphones and tablets More...
Netflix has announced that its users in Canada and Latin America can link their accounts to Facebook, but that US Facebook users won't have that feature due to an obscure 1980's law. More...
Blockbuster made the tough announcement early today that they will begin to liquidate and close all remaining locations starting tomorrow at 10am. More...
At the beginning of this year in February, there were reports of an attack on three Canadian federal government departments by unknown perpetrators originating from China. The initial report described a breach of the internal... More...
Last Tuesday, Google and several partners in Canada including RBC Royal Bank, Rogers Communications, The Globe and Mail, and the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) launched the " Get Your Business Online " initiative targeted... More...
Recent reports have surfaced about an attack that was able to access two key Canadian government departments, which may have lead to confidential information being stolen. The attacks happened last month, but as the CBC... More...
The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications commissions (CRTC) recently passed a bill that would allow for Bell and Rogers to charge companies who lease from them on a per-byte basis. The bill forced the smaller companies... More...
The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission has passed a new law that makes it impossible for companies like TekSavvy in Canada to offer unlimited bandwidth to customers. On Saturday, the company sent out a mass email... More...
Google has been under investigation for the past couple of months for 'accidentally' stealing WiFi data on its Google Street View cars. The cars were designed to take snapshots of streets to help improve its... More...
The Amber Alert program works to bring missing children to the public's attention and harness the group effort to find children. In Canada, Ontario's Amber Alert program is using the popular social network, Facebook, to... More...
Long awaited and seriously desired (pun intended), HTC's flagship smartphone is finally available in Canada. Mobile provider, Telus Mobility, has recently launched Desire on its shared Bell/Telus HSPA+ network. The device, extensively reviewed by Neowin,... More...
Apple is set to release the iPhone 4 this Friday in 17 more countries including Canada. The iPhone 4 will be available in Canada and other parts of the world unlocked for use with any... More...
Free health care and enhanced social benefits come at a price. A more socially liberal government also brings a more financially liberal ecosystem as well. Stymied competition in the technosphere has always been a point... More...
Netflix announced today that they will be expanding their online streaming movie and TV service to Canada. The company confirmed it will only be expanding to Canada, but it's an expansion nevertheless. However, Canadian customers will... More...
Canadians may finally have a minor reprieve from the clutches of their cellphone provider. Apple has announced that it will be selling iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 unlocked in not only the UK, but Canada as... More...
All three major Canadian cellphone providers have confirmed their intent to release the iPhone 4. With an official release on the Rogers blog at Redboard, and emails to Bell and Telus, all three carriers have... More...
Canadian Internet service provider Shaw, said it will be testing out a new ultra-fast broadband connection, with download speeds up to one gigabit per second (1Gbps). These speeds will be 10 times faster than... More...
In a report from the Montreal Gazette, a text education course will be introduced in 100 Grade 7 classrooms across the country in a pilot program. If all goes well, a full program will be... More...
According to Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice, Canada will not interfere with the new pricing policies of major telecommunications firms, despite public unhappiness over impending moves by BCE and Telus to charge for incoming text... More...
The Songwriters Association of Canada revealed a proposal on Thursday that would see every Canadian's monthly Internet bill increase by $5 in exchange for the ability to download as many "illegal" music files as they... More...
Apple has begun offering hit television programming from Canada’s top networks, US broadcasters and the National Hockey League for $1.99 (CAD) per episode from the iTunes Store in Canada. The television shows, which are only... More...
TiVo® DVRs available at Best Buy and other major Canadian retailers in time for the holiday season TiVo Inc., the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), announced today... More...
According to NPD Group Canada, Halo 3 greatly spurred sales of the Xbox 360 in Canada. In September, Microsoft sold nearly twice as many video consoles (51,000) as it did in August (26,700). Even more... More...
Wal-Mart's Anniversary Sale in Canada is pricing the 80GB PlayStation 3 at $549.83 CAD, which is the approximately same price that the 60GB model currently carries. A quick survey of Wal-Mart stores in west Canada... More...
Our good friend Major Nelson let us know earlier today that our friends to the North in Canada will indeed get the previously announced US only Xbox 360 price cuts! Canada will see a $100... More...
Canadian retailers have also been instructed by Sony to reduce the price of the 60GB PlayStation 3 to the price previously occupied by the 20GB version: $549 CAD. The $110 price drop means Canada will... More...
Canada's telecommunications regulator has laid out new rules for a national do-not-call list. Under existing rules, consumers have to register separately to be on the "do not call" list of each individual telemarketer but in... More...
Montreal will soon deliver wireless Internet and mobile IP telephony to residents. A new WiMAX based Wi-Fi network is being deployed across the metropolitan area, as a result of a joint venture between two Quebec-based... More...
Canadian and German scientists have agreed on a deal (estimated at ~$8.4 million) to work together over the next three years to develop clean energy technologies. The National Research Council of Canada and the... More...
According to the Internet Advertising Bureau of Canada, Internet advertising hit $1.01 billion in Canada for 2006, an 80% increase over the $562 million collected in 2005. The association forecasts that revenues in 2007 will... More...
A Rogers Wireless customers notice e-mail was sent out this week which emphasized that Rogers will be the exclusive carrier of Apple's iPhone in Canada. Rogers is the only carrier in Canada that offers GSM... More...
Dell Canada Inc. faces a lawsuit filed by an Ontario man on behalf of Canadians who own certain models of Inspiron notebook computers with purported defects that cause complete system failure, the plaintiff's lawyer announced... More...