Salesforce partners will get access to Einstein AI next year
The independent software vendors (ISVs) – or “app innovation” partners as Salesforce.com Inc. now refers to them…
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Samsung Canada outlines recall plan for Galaxy Note7
Canadian buyers of Samsung’s Galaxy Note7 smartphone should take it back to the place they bought it…
Samsung puts a big stop to Galaxy Note7
If you own a Samsung Galaxy Note7 – even a new replacement model issued after the first…
Salesforce & Sage partner for new workflow tools
SAN FRANCISCO — Small and medium-sized businesses that use Sage to manage their accounting and some aspect…
Salesforce acquisitions getting some play at Dreamforce
SAN FRANCISCO – Salesforce.com Inc. put two very recent acquisitions front and centre as it opened up…
BlackBerry COO explains latest decision
Despite BlackBerry Ltd. retreating from designing and making its own hardware, it’s possible that BlackBerry-branded devices will…
Say goodbye to BlackBerry smartphones
BlackBerry Ltd. will exit the hardware business internally and leave development of future smartphones to its partners,…
Freshbooks redesigns its offering to be more visually appealing
Toronto-based cloud invoicing software firm FreshBooks launched a complete overhaul of its platform. Aimed at independent small…
Why ransomware is currently Canada’s top malware threat
Editor’s note: Story and map updated with malware data from July 2016. Hackers may be taking a…
First look at Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7, the company’s latest addition to its flagship Galaxy series, looks great, is made…
Any Android device can now be turned into a BlackBerry
The difference between a BlackBerry-made Android smartphone and every other Android smartphone was just erased. Waterloo, Ont.-based…
Microsoft’s mobile market fortunes continue to shrink, announces 2,850 layoffs
Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. clearly doesn’t expect its fortunes in the mobile devices market to improve anytime soon,…
Oracle buys cloud vendor NetSuite for $9.3 billion
Redwood Shores, Calif. enterprise software vendor Oracle Corp. is acquiring the cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) software…
Yahoo to sell to Verizon for $4.8 billion USD
Basking Ridge, N.J.-based telecommunications firm Verizon Communications Inc. plans to acquire Internet search and media company Yahoo…
HP now offering Device-as-a-Service
HP Inc. customers that want the newest shiny laptop or tablet no longer have to go out…