Music service, mobile software expected from Apple
NEW YORK - Apple is expected to reveal a digital radio service and changes to the software behind iPhones and iPads on Monday as the company opens its annual conference for software developers.Apple...
View ArticleHillary Clinton joins Twitter
WASHINGTON - Twitter, meet (at)HillaryClinton.Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Twitter on Monday, describing herself with a dash of humour as a "pantsuit aficionado" and a "hair...
View ArticleApple revamps look of iPhone, iPad software
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software, like the casino-green "felt" of its Game Center app, in what it calls the biggest update...
View ArticleSearch for 1st Web page takes detour into NC
For the European physicists who created the World Wide Web, preserving its history is as elusive as unlocking the mysteries of how the universe began.The scientists at the European Organization for...
View ArticleApp could create army of parking bounty hunters
WINNIPEG - Some entrepreneurial Winnipeggers are set to unleash an army of bounty hunters keen on nabbing people who park in disabled parking spots without a permit or in front of a fire hydrant.All...
View ArticleYou can still send a telegram but it’ll cost you
TORONTO - Many Canadians would be surprised to learn that in this digital age of email and instant messaging you can still send an old-fashioned telegram.And the owner of Telegrams Canada, Colin Stone,...
View ArticleCanadian company wins vibrator patent case
TORONTO - The U.S. International Trade Commission has upheld a Canadian company's patent for its couples vibrator, banning the import, sale and marketing of all infringing products in the United...
View ArticleIndiegogo defends campaign for Rob Ford video
TORONTO - A campaign that raised $200,000 to purchase an alleged video appearing to show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack was a "beautiful example" of the fundraising power of the Internet, says...
View ArticleMicrosoft changes Xbox One policies
NEW YORK - Microsoft rolled back a much-criticized requirement that its upcoming Xbox One gaming console be regularly connected to the Internet and made clear that there will be no limitations on...
View ArticleFrance threatens Google with privacy fines
PARIS - France is giving Google three months to be more upfront about the data it collects from users — or be fined. Other European countries aren't far behind.Now it's up to Google to decide whether...
View ArticleAndroid game lampoons Rob Ford controversy
TORONTO - A mobile game for Google Android devices is lampooning the controversy surrounding an alleged video appearing to show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.In "Stay Mayor!", by Toronto...
View ArticleApps for celebrating Canada’s birthday
TORONTO - Try searching for Canada Day in Apple's App Store, the Google Play marketplace or BlackBerry World and the results at first blush are pretty woeful.There are a few official apps for public...
View ArticleSmartphone disaster alerts in works but years away
TORONTO - Smartphone users in parts of the U.S. are now receiving warnings about imminent disasters via text messages that arrive with a startling ringtone.A similar system is being discussed for...
View ArticleBlackBerry takes a drubbing after Q1 results
TORONTO - Investors hoping for a fast turnaround at Blackberry instead received a first-quarter report on Friday bathed in red ink and diminished prospects for profits in the near future.The company's...
View ArticleThree in four Canadians filed taxes online
OTTAWA - The taxman says three out of every four Canadian taxpayers filed their income tax returns electronically this year.The Canada Revenue Agency says more than 76 per cent of the returns that have...
View ArticleTelecoms want clarity on wireless code
MONTREAL - Canada's major telecom companies are challenging part of the CRTC's new wireless code of conduct at the Federal Court of Appeal that they say would affect millions of three-year cellphone...
View ArticleInventor of computer mouse dies at age of 88
SAN FRANCISCO - Doug Engelbart, the inventor of the computer mouse and developer of early incarnations of email, word processing programs and the Internet, has died at the age of 88.The Computer...
View ArticleBlackBerry CEO says turnaround in stage two
WATERLOO, Ont. - BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins is encouraging shareholders to remain patient as the smartphone maker pushes ahead with a plan to become profitable again.Heins told the...
View ArticleMobilicity going ahead with takeover talks
Mobilicity is going ahead with takeover talks with "multiple parties" to try to find a buyer for the struggling wireless carrier.The Toronto-based company said Wednesday that it has indefinitely...
View ArticleIndia’s telegram service goes dark after 163 years
NEW DELHI - For 163 years, lives across the vast Indian nation have been upended by the knock of the khaki-clad postal worker armed with a telegram.Families used them to announce births and deaths, the...
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