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 Sept. 21 – NYC offers free broadband for public housing residents; Mark Zuckerberg and his pricey metaverse; floppy disks and the airline...

New York City will provide free internet and cable services to residents of public housing, the metaverse has cost Mark Zuckerberg, and the airline...

Slack to get Canvas and new features for Huddle

At Dreamforce 2022, Slack announced new features for the communication platform to support its function as a digital HQ. To enhance this role, Slack will...

Salesforce Genie is now generally available to power real-time CRM experiences

Salesforce today announced the general availability of the Genie customer data platform (CDP), a high-speed, hyperscalar data lake infrastructure to bring real-time insights from...

AI and wine are not that different, says SAS’s director of AI ethics

At the SAS Innovate Roadshow, held in Toronto on Sept. 8, 2022, Reggie Townsend, director of AI Ethics at SAS, compared artificial intelligence's (AI’s)...

Hashtag Trending Sept. 19 – New child protection law in California; accidental money; Canadian police raids hacker

California introduces new digital child protection law, Google accidentally sends a blogger $250,000, and Canadian law enforcement raids a hacker. That’s all the tech news...

Intel 13th-gen ‘Raptor Lake’ processors to support Wi-Fi sensing

An Intel spokesperson told IT World Canada that Intel’s upcoming 13th-generation "Raptor Lake" platform will support Wi-Fi sensing. “This is the first time we’re going...

Apple iPhone 14 launches with better cameras, satellite connectivity, and 5G

Apple’s new iPhone 14 series has arrived, with a plethora of new safety features, satellite connectivity, and 5G. iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max Both the...

Hashtag Trending Sept. 9 – Free tax filing; remote proctor fails; Facebook button gone

IRS is looking to set up a free tax filing system, remote proctoring doesn’t seem to work, and big brands are ditching the Facebook...

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