Shomi’s sleek user interface powered by Ottawa’s You.i engine
TORONTO – The slick-looking user interface of the new shomi service from Rogers and Shaw is purported to be one of the key differentiating features that will allow it to […]
Shomi, the “new age video clerk”, is officially unveiled by Rogers and Shaw
TORONTO – Finally putting an end to months of speculation over plans to launch a Canadian subscription video-on-demand service, Rogers Media and joint-venture partner Shaw Media announced the highly anticipated […]
CANADIAN TELECOM SUMMIT 2014: Device experts try to cut through noise surrounding M2M market
TORONTO – Near Field Communication (NFC). Machine to Machine (M2M). Internet of Things (IoT). Different phrases, different acronyms, same concept – wireless device-to-device connectivity that enables contactless communications, most notably […]
CANADIAN TELECOM SUMMIT 2014: Telus CTO Gedeon says let’s all work together on next-gen services
TORONTO – Service providers should be working together, collaboratively, to build a truly integrated ecosystem for delivering next-generation, personalized customer services, said Telus CTO Ibrahim Gedeon during his Monday afternoon […]
CANADIAN TELECOM SUMMIT 2014: Exa and Zetta and Trillion. Big numbers from the cloud’s Big Data
TORONTO – The volume of data being generated by the Internet of things is “mind boggling” and “transforms literally everything”, said Alec Saunders, vice-president of Blackberry’s QNX Cloud Business division, […]
CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK 2014: Our cars as gadgets – and radio’s displacement within them
TORONTO – With connected car technology expected to be the norm in new vehicles very soon, the roll-out of increasingly feature-rich in-dash infotainment systems is slowly turning cars into gadgets. […]
CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK 2014: Live events the best way to keep people watching TV, but at what price?
TORONTO – In a digital media world where TV viewers can choose when and where they want to be entertained, content producers and distributors are betting big on live events […]
CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK 2014: Radio execs worry about staying relevant while audiences are pulled away
TORONTO – Describing radio as an industry “under attack (because) everybody wants our audiences,” Eric Rhoads, publisher of U.S. industry magazine Radio Ink, kicked off the “Inside the Executive Suite” […]
This “fourth” carrier drives the market in its home province; CEO worries about policy uncertainty
TORONTO – Calling 2013 “a pretty good year”, SaskTel president and CEO Ron Styles said this week that the provincial Crown corporation will come close to its financial targets ($1.2 […]
Sochi Olympics network, built by a Canadian, boasts some technology firsts
TORONTO – Striving for even better performance than that achieved four years ago in Vancouver is the goal of not only Canada’s Olympic athletes but also the technology team behind […]