Alert Ready system to be tested across the county for second time
Most Canadians can expect their mobile phones, televisions and radios to sound off today as the Alert Ready system undergoes a second round of testing. Provincial emergency [...]
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Canadians to get mandatory emergency alerts on their phones
Canada’s wireless providers are preparing for a looming update to the National Public Alerting System that will force smartphones to sound an ominous alarm when an [...]
Don’t call back: ‘One ring scam’ spreading across Canada
A scam that loads hefty fees onto your phone bill is resurfacing across Canada. The fraudsters behind the so-called “one ring scam” place calls that appear to originate [...]
Cellphone unlocking now free in Canada
Cellphone companies will soon no longer be allowed to charge customers to unlock their devices, Canada’s telecom regulator said Thursday as it unveiled sweeping changes to [...]
Kenyan Girls to visit Google HQ after inventing app to end FGM
Animated chatter spills out from a corner of tech giant Google’s Nairobi offices as five Kenyan schoolgirls discuss their upcoming trip to California where they hope to [...]
Samsung Canada halts sale of Galaxy Note 7; customers urged to stop using them
Samsung says it is halting sales of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after a spate of fires involving new devices that were supposed to be safe replacements for recalled models. [...]
Facebook sets eyes on Kenya’s revolutionary mobile money service M-Pesa
Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance in Nairobi last week on a scouting mission. Facebook’s billionaire founder was after the crown jewel in East and Central [...]
Tech-savvy millennials getting scammed more than seniors
Technology-savvy youth are more likely to be swindled by fraudsters than seniors, according to the results of a Better Business Bureau survey that turns the stereotype of [...]
Android users being warned of vicious malware infecting millions of phones
A new report claims 10 million Android smart phones are infected with a new type of malware: HummingBad. But what is this new program and what does it mean for us? According [...]
Ontario woman follows car’s GPS directions into Lake Huron
Police say following the instructions from a GPS on a foggy night left an Ontario woman taking an unplanned swim in Georgian Bay. The 23-year-old woman from Kitchener, Ont., [...]