What does this mean for the US/Canadian economy?
Well, at the end of the day, the answer is complicated. Depending on who you talk to and what school of thought you believe in, answers can vary. However, I believe that parity will hurt the Canadian Economy for a couple of reasons:
1) Canada’s Goods are now Expensive:
The [...]

So, the long journey is finally over.
Telus finally gave me a replacement BlackBerry. The first one I received was defective and so they graciously replaced it. The new phone works just fine. I’m finally happy
Aydin.
Posted By: Aydin Mirzaee 

I love Facebook… no doubt about it… I was (and I show this off at every chance I get…hehehe) the first person in Ottawa to sign up for Facebook. But, let’s be realistic here… $10 Billion??? If this isn’t indication enough that the internet bubble is back then I don’t know what is…
So, where is [...]

This is a very interesting question… why do people text message instead of just calling? To those that use text messaging all the time, the answer is obvious. It is obvious to a point that they don’t even think about it. So, what are some of the common reasons for it?
1) Cheaper than calling.
2) [...]

About a couple of days into life with a BlackBerry I realized that the mobile internet features don’t always work. This was slightly disappointing; but, being the nice guy that I am, I brushed it off. Then there was the massive outage. I learned that a lot of people were affected by this and so [...]

A few people I know were at the TechCrunch 40 conference these last 2 days. I wish I was there too! Oh well… hopefully next year
A lot of interesting products/services were announced at the conference. Some of the more notable ones were Flock and Cubic Telecom (founded by Pat Phelan). Come to [...]

Over the years I can say that I’ve met many people in the field of engineering. I graduated from Electrical Engineering at the university of Ottawa and I met a lot fellow engineers at school and even in the work field. The truth is that you rarely come across someone who is truly passionate about [...]

RIM& Telus…. the good vs the bad…

The Good:
I have to admit that when I first got the brand new BlackBerry 8830, I was very excited. The 8830 is a CDMA phone but can also connect to GSM networks when you decide to roam globally. This essentially means that if you plug in a roaming SIM [...]

I was in the US a while ago and while I was there I signed up for a T-Mobile Hotspot account in a local Starbucks store. I chose the monthly option for my purchase. I used the hot spot in the store for a while without problem. However, what I didn’t do was call in [...]

Recently, I saw an interesting documentary about International Banking. It was definitely an intriguing one to watch. The documentary shows the evolution of the Federal Reserve and Central Banks around the world. I don’t agree with a lot of what was said in the documentary but it does provide another perspective. If you are into [...]