Nortel Networks to exit Wimax business
Nortel Networks has announced that they are exiting from the Wimax market as they are restructuring their operations under bankruptcy protection.
The company is also going to end their deal with Alvarion through which they were due to sell Alvarion’s Wimax access products.
They are however going to work [...]
Shortcovers to make an ebook reader out of iPhone
Shortcovers is a division of the Indigo Books & Music based in Canada.
The company has announced that they are soon going to launch their application on the Apple App Store which would enable the iPhone users to read books on their mobile devices.
The application would provide [...]
Sony VAIO P netbooks launched
Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer Sony has announced their latest netbook range Sony VAIO P.
Sony VAIO P is not aimed at the regular netbook buyers as they are pretty pricey compared to the competition.
The company has aimed to provide fully featured notebook features in this ultra compact computing machine.
Sony said that [...]
Canada to pay more for blank CDs
Canadian Copyright Board has increased the levies on blank CDs which is used to compensate the music industry for potential duplication of copyrighted material!
The levies has been increased by 38%.
It was originally implemented in 1999. The idea behind these levies is that customers used blank CDs to [...]
Rogers offering HTC Touch Diamond in Canada
anadian telecom service provider Rogers has announced the launch of HTC Touch Diamond on their network.
They are the first service provider in the North American market to offer the GSM edition of this new mobile device from HTC.
HTC Touch Diamond comes powered with Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro platform.
It also [...]
Apple recalling power adapters of Apple iPhone 3G
Apple has announced that they are now recalling some of the power adaptors that were sold in the market.
These power adaptors are for their recently launched iPhone 3G edition.
Apple said in a statement: “Apple has received reports of detached prongs involving a very small percentage of the [...]
Rogers Communications releases iPhone package details
Canadian telecom giant Rogers Communications has released the details for the upcoming launch of Apple iPhone 3G.
Canada is set to get the iPhone 3G on July 11.
Rogers is offering three-year voice and data plans for the iPhone which range from C$60 to C$115 a month.
These packages come with unlimited [...]
National Film Board of Canada in a deal with YouTube
National Film Board of Canada has revealed that they are collaborating with Google owned video sharing service YouTube.
It said that they would be showcasing as many as seven short films on the YouTube’s new channel The Screening Room.
The first one to be highlighted on this channel [...]
GOOG-411 arrives in Canada
Search engine giant Google has launched their GOOG-411 service in Canada.
The service was till now available only in the US market.
GOOG-411 is Google’s voice-recognition local search phone service which enables anyone with a telephone to dial in and ask for nearby destinations.
The service responds to questions asked by the user using speech [...]
Facebook in privacy related issues in Canada
Canada’s federal privacy commissioner has revealed that they are now looking into the Facebook social networking platform for potential privacy related violations.
The complaint was filed by a group of students at the University of Ottawa who said that the service has committed 22 violations of the law.
One of the [...]
