Alex Coop

Former Editorial Director for IT World Canada and its sister publications.

Articles by Alex Coop

Hashtag Trending – Alphabet puts $375M into Oscar; Alex Jones booted from Twitter; U.S. approves app as birth control

Google puts $375 million into health insurance startup Oscar, Alex Jones gets the boot from Twitter, and an app that tracks women’s fertility cycles gains the approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Hashtag Trending – Spring and LG announce 5G phone; Turkey looks to ban iPhones; Welfare recipients tracked in California

Sprint and LG announce a new 5G phone, Turkey looks to boycott iPhones, and California officials track welfare recipients with license plate readers.

4G speed and reach are improving in Canada, Telus still reigns supreme, according to report

Canada continues to boast some of the fastest mobile data speeds in the world, and in the past six months, average 4G download speeds rose by at least 5 Mbps.

Hashtag Trending: Car makers exposed; Should Amazon replace libraries?; is thinner better?

A bunch of data belonging to car manufacturers gets exposed, Forbes thinks Amazon should replace libraries, and is our pursuit for thinner machines robbing...

Hashtag Trending – Rising sea levels endanger buried fibre; Samsung teams up with Nasa; Best Buy shares its secrets

Rising sea levels are putting buried fibre at risk, Samsung teams with NASA to create a VR lunar experience, and Bloomberg dives into how...

McAfee partners with Amazon Web Services to offer cloud security services

McAfee announced that it is now offering cloud-based security services with the help of a new partner in Amazon Web Services.

Advances in flexible electronics could lead to better air travel experience, says Bombardier designer

Printable and flexible electronics could have has the potential to make air travel a lot easier, says a Bombardier designer.

Cologix adds third data centre in Vancouver

Cologix is building its third data in Vancouver.

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