Weekly Update – Top 5 tech stories of 2016

December 23, 2016

IT World Canada’s Mandy Kovacs and Alex Radu recap the top 5 tech stories of 2016.

Acquisitions
- Ingram Micro enters new chapter after HNA deal closes
- Tech Data makes blockbuster deal to acquire Avnet
Hardware mistakes
- Samsung warns Galaxy Note7 owners to ‘stop using the device’
- Dual-lens camera, wireless earbuds, and 8 other iPhone 7 features you need to know
Hacks, and more hacks
- 1 billion accounts hacked in record-breaking Yahoo data breach
- North American data breaches at an all time high
Donald Trump
- What Donald Trump’s surprise election win means for Canada’s tech sector
- Everything you need to know about Trump’s meeting with Silicon Valley
FBI vs. Apple
- Apple vs. the FBI: What other tech execs are saying
- Apple, the FBI, and why security is the final frontier

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is a Video Producer for IT World Canada. When not writing or making videos about the tech industry, you can find him reading, watching TV/movies, or watching the Lakers rebuild with one eye open.

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