Mobilicity backs Ontario Bill 5 and wireless consumer protection laws

Mobilicity today reaffirmed its support of Ontario MPP David Orazietti’s wireless consumer protection legislation, scheduled to go into Second Reading on December 1^st.

“We stand united with Mr. Orazietti in his unwavering pursuit of protecting Ontario consumers from unfair wireless practices, such as excessive early contract termination fees,” said Mobilicity President Stewart Lyons. “It’s time to stop putting Ontarians at the mercy of oppressive, expensive wireless contracts and give them the freedom they deserve.”

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CIBC: Canadians seek deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday to stretch their holiday budget

Photo by James Cridland from Flickr.comPoll conducted by Harris/Decima reveals Canadians are planning to spend, on average, $628 on gifts this holiday season, and another $335 on other holiday expenses, including travel. For many Canadian consumers the holiday shopping season effectively begins this weekend as they look to take advantage of Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales on both sides of the border, and online.

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Microsoft Survey: Canadian businesses unclear about Cloud Computing

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Microsoft today sposored a roundtable discussion titled "Journey to the Cloud," which looked at security as well as Canada specific insights on cloud computing based on a survey conducted at Microsoft's request by Leger Marketing.

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Bell and Virgin Mobile to release the Galaxy Nexus on Dec 8, $150 on 3-year plan

Galaxy Nexus from Google will be landing in Canada on December 8 at Virgin Mobile and Bell. Both those companies have sign up pages on their websites. Canada gets the goods ahead of the US which still has to announce a release date for the Galaxy Nexus. Check out our first impressions of the device.

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