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

The best of two clouds: Oracle Database Service gets tighter connection with Microsoft Azure

Oracle and Microsoft have jointly announced that Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure is generally available as of July 20, allowing organizations that built...

Western Digital releases 22TB HDDs in three product lines

Western Digital has launched new high capacity drives for three of its enterprise hard disk drive families. In this round, the data storage giant...

Hashtag Trending July 21 – Mark Zuckerberg to explain Cambridge Analytica; creators struggle to profit on TikTok; USPS ups its EV purchase

Mark Zuckerberg to explain his alleged involvement in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, TikTok influencers are struggling to profit from the platform, and USPS is...

Hashtag Trending July 20 – Netflix silver lining; Snapchat for desktop; Apple settles keyboard lawsuit

Netflix loses fewer subscribers than expected, Snapchat comes to the desktop, and Apple settles a class action lawsuit over the MacBook keyboard. That’s all the...

Canada’s network performance remains mostly unchanged compared to last quarter, finds Ookla report

Network research company Ookla has released its quarterly mobile and fixed internet analysis for Canada. With many enterprise workplaces adopting a hybrid approach, mobile speeds...

Hashtag Trending July 19 – Social media buyer’s remorse; Netflix new fee; are video game loot boxes gambling?

Social media is causing buyer’s remorse, Netflix is testing a new fee for streaming from another location, and the UK excludes gaming loot boxes...

Hashtag Trending July 18 – CATL new battery plants in Mexico; FCC proposes faster broadband speeds; JWST’s small storage

CATL wants to build new battery facilities in Mexico, FCC proposes to increase base internet speeds, and James Webb Space Telescope has less storage...

Hashtag Trending July 15 – Panasonic’s new battery plant; U.S. starting to allocate the broadband fund; Uber harassment lawsuit

Panasonic to build a new battery plant in the U.S., the U.S. government releases the first wave of its broadband fund, and Uber is...

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