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

Hashtag Trending July 19 – WhatsApp on multiple devices; Clippy returns as an emoji; No Prime Day in 2021

WhatsApp is testing out a new cross-device feature; Clippy to return as an emoji in Microsoft 365 products, and Amazon’s Prime Day has been...

Telus is still the fastest mobile carrier in Canada, says Ookla

Telus wins again as Canada's fastest mobile carrier, but Rogers has the highest 5G availability.

Bell moves critical services to Google Cloud in new partnership

Bell takes another step into digitally transforming its infrastructure.

Hashtag Trending, July 16 – Facebook Advertising; Netflix looks to Video Games; Apple says “Buy Now, Pay Later”

Facebook and advertisers scramble after an Apple policy change, Netflix will enter the video game market, and Apple looks at a new way for...

Hashtag Trending, July 15 – Facial recognition ban; Bitcoin’s carbon footprint; Farewell Fleets

Thirty-five organizations want to ban facial recognition tech in stores, Bitcoin’s carbon footprint is bigger than we thought and Twitter says goodbye to Fleets. It’s...

Hashtag Trending, July 14 – Google facing fines (again); Remote work hurts pay; YouTube’s suggestions faces heat

Today's Hashtag Trending episode was prepared by Jori Negin-Shecter Google faces hefty fines from a French watchdog organization, remote work may stagnate promotion odds, and...

Hashtag Trending, July 13 – Amazon website outage; GPU shortage solution; To email or not to email?

Today's Hashtag Trending script was prepared by Samira Balsara. Amazon users experience website outages, China’s crypto crackdown may solve the GPU shortage and are email...

Ookla announces video speed test for Android

Android users can now test their video performance using Ookla's Speedtest app.

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