Tom Li

Telecommunication and consumer hardware are Tom's main beats at IT World Canada. He loves to talk about Canada's network infrastructure, semiconductor products, and of course, anything hot and new in the consumer technology space. You'll also occasionally see his name appended to articles on cloud, security, and SaaS-related news. If you're ever up for a lengthy discussion about the nuances of each of the above sectors or have an upcoming product that people will love, feel free to drop him a line at tli@itwc.ca.

Articles by Tom Li

Intel launches Arc Pro A-series workstation graphics solutions

Intel launched three Arc Pro workstation graphics solutions, the A40, A50, and A30M, at SIGGRAPH 2022 on Aug. 9. These new solutions are based on...

Hashtag Trending August 8 – Amazon buys Roomba maker; federal government employees want to work from home; flight trackers irk public figures

Amazon acquires iRobot, federal government employees resent the idea of returning to office, and public figures are not happy with flight trackers. That’s all the...

BlackBerry QNX SDP gains Future Airborne Capability Environment conformance certification

BlackBerry announced on Aug. 2 that its QNX Software Development Platform 7.1 has achieved conformance to the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) General Purpose...

Bell to roll out 8 Gbps internet service

Bell has announced that it’s set to deliver 8 gigabits per second (Gpbs) internet service to select areas in Toronto, Ontario, starting in September. Bell’s...

Hashtag Trending Aug 4 – Facebook ends live shopping feature; Motorola cancels foldable phone launch event; Robinhood fires 23 per cent of staf

Facebook shuts down its live shopping feature, Motorola cancels the launch of its foldable phone, and Robinhood fires almost a quarter of its staff. That’s...

Beanfield acquires Urbanfibre to expand its reach to Vancouver

Toronto-based internet operator Beanfield Metroconnect is expanding its service scope to the west coast with the acquisition of Urbanfibre on July 28. Based in Vancouver,...

Quebecor quietly acquires VMedia in a bid to expand services outside of Quebec

Quebecor has quietly acquired VMedia as a part of its broader goal to grow its service outside of its home turf. Neither company disclosed the...

Rogers now hopes to close Shaw merger at end of the year

Rogers Communications has pushed back the expected closing date for its C$26 billion acquisition of Shaw Communications to Dec. 31, 2022. The deal was originally...

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