At its Worldwide Developers Conference Monday, Apple Inc. revealed new software for Mac computers that, among other things, will allow iPhone calls and texting to be facilitated through a computer. Apple said in a press release that this is among the features on the new Mac operating system, OS X Yosemite. It said that it includes a specific program called Handoff, which besides coordinating communications between Macs and iPhones, allows documents being worked on to be shared seamlessly between Mac computers, iPhones and iPads. It also unveiled a new mobile...
A new report says smartphone sales will continue to grow in the coming years, though the opposite trend will be seen with BlackBerry Ltd.’s handsets. International Data Corp. said in a news release issued Wednesday that global smartphone sales are expected to rise 23.1 per cent to 1.2 billion units this year. In 2018, smartphone sales will reach 1.8 billion, representing average annual growth of 12.3 per cent between 2013 and then. The average price of smartphones is predicted to fall from $335 US last year to $314 US this year and further to $267 US in 2018. BlackBerry, IDC...
Apple Inc. is planning on expanding into the Internet of Things and will announce a new connected-home platform next week, according to a report from the Financial Times. The paper reported that the platform will unify the...
A wearable device called the iWatch is poised to be among the next pieces of disruptive technology offered by Apple Inc., according to reports. A Reuters article on Monday said the company has hired about a half-dozen...
Rogers Communications Inc. slashed its prices by more than 40 per cent on one of its wireless plans in Quebec after the recent announcement that Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron would begin offering the Apple Inc.’s...
A U.S. district judge has ordered Typo Products LLC to stop selling its case for Apple Inc.'s iPhone that includes a physical keyboard for typing on the device while a lawsuit against Typo by...
A telecom-industry analyst is questioning whether Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron can maintain its relatively low wireless-plan rates given the subsidies it must now pay to offer the iPhone to its customers. Canaccord Genuity analyst Dvai Ghose, in a research note issued Friday, noted how Videotron’s price for Apple Inc.’s iPhones, which it just started carrying, is similar to incumbent carriers. He noted that Videotron is selling the 16 GB iPhone 5S for $229.95 on two-year contracts, which is almost identical to Rogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc.’s pricing. It is less...
Apple Inc. has brought its phone trade-in program to retail stores Canada for the first time, allowing customers to trade in old iPhones in exchange for credit on the latest models. The program, which began in the U.S. in August...
Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday announced the launch of a cloud-based movie service called Disney Movies Everywhere to consumers in the United States. It’s available as an free application for Apple Inc.’s iPhones, iPads...
Google Inc.’s Android operating system will reach 1.1 billion users in 2014, research company Gartner Inc. said. That would mark a 26 per cent increase from 2013, Gartner said in a release Tuesday. "Android holds the...
Nearly the same number of Canadians now use mobile devices made by Samsung Electronics Co. as use devices made by Apple Inc., Ipsos Reid said. The company said in a release Tuesday that 33 per cent of Canadian smartphone owners...
Ottawa patent company Wi-Lan Inc. said it is examining “strategic alternatives,” including a possible sale. Wi-Lan announced the plan Wednesday after its stock price fell more than 20 per cent on news on Oct. 23...
Apple Inc. will likely start selling a new television device in 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Analyst Masahiko Ishino told WSJ that Apple would probably begin selling the ultra-high-definition TVs in the fourth...
Apple Inc. is planning to bring its iTunes Radio streaming music service to Canada, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Citing anonymous sources, Bloomberg said Apple plans to expand the service, released in the U.S. Sept. 18, to Canada...
Mike Fries, chief executive of cableco Liberty Global Plc., said he doesn’t expect Apple Inc. to come out with its own television, Bloomberg reported Monday. Previous reports predicted that Apple would release a new iTV...
Television providers have had a few years now to get used to online competition from over-the-top streaming services, though they should brace for more. As early as this year, they will be facing a new generation of online competition. Google Inc., Apple Inc., Sony Corp. and Intel Corp. are working on launching new over-the-top television services that may allow the viewer to flip through feeds from paid cable TV channels, including live programming. How long consumers have to wait for the tech giants to roll out their new TV products hangs on a multitude of factors—and their biggest...
Major United States technology companies launched a new website Wednesday to promote patent reform. The website, called Patent Progress, was created by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), whose members...
Apple Inc. settled all patent disputes with Taiwan-based HTC Corp., the companies said Saturday. In a release, HTC and Apple said they reached a “global settlement” covering the “dismissal of all current...
Apple Inc.’s growth in the tablet market slowed in the third quarter of 2012 as the company competed with devices made by Samsung Electronics Co. and Amazon Inc., the International Data Corporation (IDC) said. The firm...
Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. led smartphone shipments during the third quarter of 2012 as RIM Ltd. moved up to rank third and Nokia Co. dropped off the list of top five smartphone...
Microsoft Corp. released its new Windows 8 operating system for computers and mobile devices. Microsoft said in a release Thursday that, as of midnight Friday, Windows 8 will be available for download to PCs in more than 140 markets. The company said the new system will be available in Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro versions for PCs. The company also launched Windows RT, its new Windows 8 platform for mobile devices with ARM processors. The operating system will come installed on Microsoft's new Surface tablet, unveiled at an event in New York Thursday. The Windows 8 operating system is...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has invalided an Apple Inc. smartphone patent covering touchscreen "bounce backs" when users scroll beyond the edge of a page, Reuters reported Tuesday. The patent, one of six that...
Canadian consumers can pre-order Microsoft Corp.’s new Surface tablet, according to the company’s sales website. In a notice on the company’s website this week, Microsoft said people in Canada can pre-order 32...
A U.S. appeals court removed an American sales ban on Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone as part of the company’s patent dispute with Apple Inc., Bloomberg and Reuters reported Thursday. Bloomberg...
Canada’s new entrant carriers are not likely to carry Apple Inc.’s popular iPhone smartphone before 2014 after their network configurations were shut out of Apple’s newly released...
Canadian consumers increasingly use smartphones and tablets running Google Inc.’s Android operating system, a new Ipsos-Reid poll said Tuesday. In a release, Ipsos said its latest Mobil-ology study found Android-powered...
Leading Android smartphone manufacturers may delay new device launches as they analyse a $1.05-billion patent verdict against Samsung and attempt to “design around Apple's patents,”...
The strength of available apps and platform simplicity will be key factors determining the success of Apple Inc., Google Inc., Roku Inc. and Boxee Inc. as they compete for customers in the emerging...
Worldwide smartphone sales increased year-over-year by 42.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2012 despite a 2.3 per cent decline in overall cell phone sales, research firm Gartner Inc. said in a new...
Mobile operating systems by Google Inc. and Apple Inc. powered 85 per cent of all smartphones shipped in the second quarter of 2012, the International Data Corporation (IDC) said Wednesday. IDC cited its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report and said Google's Android platform held a 68.1 per cent market share of all smartphones shipped during the quarter. That represents a year-over-year rise of 106.5 per cent compared to the second quarter of 2011, IDC said. Second to Android was Apple’s iOS, IDC said, with a 16.9 per cent share of the market. Apple’s iOS...
Canada's over-the-top television landscape will become more competitive this summer as Sony Corp. launches Google Inc.'s Google TV product in the country for the first time. Sony Canada...
Canadian digital media companies tend to be small and face problems finding private-sector financing, but new opportunities like TV app development continue to arise, new consultants’ reports...
Roku Inc. on Monday officially launched its streaming devices in Canada, with more than 100 channels, or apps, available, the company said. The channels available to Canadian users include Netflix, CNBC, Facebook, and Wheel of...