Liveport Expands Hotel WiFi Service to Australia
Liveport, a leading high-speed wireless Internet provider to hotels across North America, will now be servicing the Australian market. Many disgruntled Australian travelers and worried hotel owners had reported that WiFi services were falling behind the quality of those offered in North America and Europe, said Liveport. Furthermore, poor signals, low speeds and high prices [...]
CIBC and Rogers Partner on Digital Wallet
CIBC and Rogers Communications unveiled Canada’s first secure mobile payment solution on May 15th. Canadians will soon be able to pay for goods and services by simply tapping their smartphone at the checkout counter. In this particular case, your NFC-enabled (near field communications) Rogers smartphone would contain your CIBC financial information on a secure SIM [...]
Cloud Media Firm, mSpot Acquired by Samsung Electronics
Korean electronics giant Samsung has acquired mSpot, a leading provider of music streaming, cloud-based radio and video rental services. Samsung will spread mSpot’s mobile cloud-based content to a wider global audience while boosting entertainment services for users of its smartphones and tablets. “mSpot shares our vision to bring a best-in-class cloud and streaming entertainment experience [...]
What would Canadians sacrifice for the Internet?
What things in your life would you give up to keep your Internet connection? Would you say goodbye to alcohol? Coffee? Chocolate, perhaps? The Rogers Innovation Report released on May 9th indicates that 34 percent of online survey participants would sacrifice booze, 31 percent would give up chocolate and about 27 percent might dump coffee [...]
Music Streamer Deezer Expands to Canada
French music streamer, Deezer said it will offer services in Canada, Australia and New Zealand starting on April 25th. Deezer boasts 20 million users, 1.5 million paid subscribers, 15 million music tracks and a huge social media presence with 600,000 Facebook fans and 300,000 followers on Twitter. “We are thrilled to launch Deezer in Canada, [...]
Bell Adds New Push-to-Talk Service
Bell launched a Push-to-talk (PTT) communication service on April 24th, offering advanced 4G network speed and broader coverage than competing services. “Bell is proud to be first to introduce the next generation of Push-to-talk service to Canadian business customers. Combining fast data speeds, coverage for 97 percent of the Canadian population and the latest Push-to-talk [...]
Sony Xperia S launches in Canada
There are a couple of reasons that this phone launch is an exciting one. First, the phone is exclusively available at the Sony Store, where you can buy it outright or on a contract through Rogers. Second, this phone ties into the Sony Entertainment Network, including the Sony Music Unlimited service we wrote about last [...]
