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Web Traffic From Tablets Growing 10X Faster Than Smartphones: Adobe

The tablet has nearly surprassed the smartphone in web traffic. According to Adobe's latest findings, revealed in its Digital Index report, the tablet is growing web traffic much faster than smartphones, and will generate more visits than smartphones within a year.

Web traffic from tablets more than tripled in 2011 according to Adobe. And tablet web browsing is growing at a staggering 10 times faster than on smartphones, the report found. 

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Smartphone Users Downloading More Apps Than Ever, But Privacy Concerns Grow: Study

What a difference one year makes.

US smartphone ownership is up from 38% in 2011 to 50% today, according to Nielsen, while Canadian smartphone ownership is up to 54% from 36%, according to J.D. Power.

88% of mobile device owners who have downloaded an app in the past month are Android or iOS users. And we now average 41 apps on our smartphones, up from 32 last year.

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Canadian Consumers Crown Koodo Mobile as Country's Best Wireless Company (Again)

Telus-owned Koodo Mobile has once again been crowned by Canadian consumers as Canada's best wireless company.

According to the J.D Power and Associates 2012 Canadian Wireless Total Ownership Experience Study, Canadians rated Koodo higher than any other stand-alone cellphone carrier, ranking "exceptionally well" in cost of service and offerings and promotions.


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40% of Canadians Pirate Software at Economic Cost of $1.1 Billion Annually: Report

40% computer users in Canada admit they have acquired pirated software, the Business Software Alliance reported today. According to the 2011 BSA Global Software Piracy Study, 27% of all copies of software were unlicensed last year in Canada. The BSA pegs the commercial value of this priacy at more than $1.1 billion.

“If 40% of consumers admitted they shoplift—even rarely—authorities would react by increasing police patrols and penalties. Software piracy demands a similar response: concerted public education and vigorous law enforcement,” affirms Jacquie Famulak, Chairman of the BSA Canada Committee.   

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The Biggest Challenge for Tech Startups? Recruitment and Retention [Infographic]

When you think of the formidable challenges tech startup CEOs face, a few obvious things come to mind, such as raising capital from poker-faced investors and trying to sell your brand new product to fleeting consumers. It's hard to build a company from scratch. But if the saying that a business is simply the people behind it holds true, then perhaps it's not surprising that PwC found CEOs' biggest challenge these days is recruiting and retaining talent.

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Women Vanishing From Technology Industry, Survey Reveals

Technology has been one of the slower sectors to widely adopt women in the workplace, particularly in senior positions. It seemed for a while that progress was being made—but now we're taking backward steps.

The number of women in senior tech positions  in North American companies is down this year—which marks the second year in a row of reduced female numbers. According to a survey by the Harvey Nash Group, just 9% of US chief information officers are female, down from 11% in 2011 and 12% in 2010.

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All Teenagers Know the Dangers of Texting While Driving, But Half Still Do It Anyway: Study

97% of teenagers agree that texting while driving is dangerous. Two-thirds agree that it is very dangerous.

And yet... half of them do it anyway.

This alarming statistic is the result of a nationwide survey conducted by telecom behemoth AT&T in the US. The research found that  a shocking 43% of American teens have texted while driving in the past three months.

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Don't Sell Your Android Device

Don't sell your Android device.

Seriously, don't. Getting a new one? That's fine. Tuck your old one in your closet. Better yet, drill a hole through its hardrive or take a sledgehammer to the thing.

Just. Don't. Sell. It.

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