Mobile Devices

• Manitoba to ban TikTok app on government-issued devices over security concerns

  Manitoba has joined other provinces in the move to ban the use of the TikTok social media app on government-owned devices.

  Politics

  Mar 2, 2023
  
• Cellphones, tablets to sound off across Canada for emergency alert testing

  Test signals will go to every mobile device connected to an LTE network and will also be aired on TV and radio stations in the same regions.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2018
  
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• Mobile emergency alerts launch in Canada on April 6

  Canadians with LTE smartphones will now get critical alerts about their safety on their mobile devices.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2018
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• Earl Grey Senior Public School in Toronto bans cellphone use in class

  Earl Grey Senior Public School in east-end Toronto is banning cellphone use in classrooms and hallways.

  Education

  Feb 17, 2017
• SaskTel signs 4G LTE roaming agreement with AT&T

  SaskTel has launched 4G LTE roaming in the U.S. through an agreement with AT&T.

  Consumer

  Jan 17, 2017
• Reality check: Distracted walking isn’t a big problem. (Distracted driving is.)

  It's not hard to find someone blundering down a sidewalk while texting, but do distracted walkers show up in the accident statistics?

  Canada

  Apr 17, 2016
• Report shows another grim quarter for the PC industry, as desktop sales plunge

  Weak demand for desktop computers caused PC sales to plunge again in the first quarter of this year, reflecting the industry's ongoing struggles with the shift to mobile devices.

  Tech

  Apr 10, 2015
• PC makers shake up design to woo consumers back

  A year ago, pundits were declaring the personal computer dead. Smartphones and tablets were cannibalizing sales, and the once-revolutionary PC seemed unnecessary - and boring.

  Consumer

  Jan 7, 2015
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• Google Canada aims to be ‘appropriate,’ not creepy, with mobile ad push in 2015

  2014 was the year Google saw Canadians really flock to mobile devices.

  Canada

  Dec 30, 2014
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• Canadians armed with smartphones during holiday shopping season: report

  Canadians will be armed with their smartphones while shopping this holiday season and likely won't make purchases without doing a few searches first, suggests new research.

  Consumer

  Oct 9, 2014