Nestor Arellano
Nestor E. Arellano is the senior writer of ITBusiness.ca. He is responsible for reporting on technology-related news, covering events, producing product reviews and compiling content for e-newsletter. Prior to working with ITWorldCanada Inc., Nestor reported on a wide-variety of topics including business, architecture, new technology, the defense industry and religion as a freelance writer for the Toronto Star and other Canadian publications. He began his career as a crime and politics reporter for several Manila-based daily newspapers. Nestor holds a BA degree in Journalism from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. During his spare time, Nestor likes to bike, play tennis or take photographs
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Posts by Nestor Arellano
Polls show Canadians optmistic about RIM’s future
January 31, 2012 - 6:00 am
Tags: Android Phones, Apple, BlackBerry, iPhone, mobile devices, Mobility, RIM, smartphones
Posted in Mobility, Opinion | 1 comment
Despite a heartbreaking year, a leadership shakeup and fumbled product releases, majority of Canadians still believe it’s not yet curtains for the BlackBerry maker.
A mug shot of your office relic could be worth $500
January 19, 2012 - 1:56 pm
Tags: business machines, contests, e-waste, hardware, landfill, office equipment, office machines, office relics, old equipment
Posted in Managing Business | 1 comment
You can send photos of chairs, desks, lamps computers – if it’s old Grand and Toy wants to see it.
Is it time to do away with email?
December 15, 2011 - 4:05 pm
Tags: collaboration tools, corporate commuications, email, Internet, social media, social networking, software-as-a-service, Web hosting
Posted in Leadership, Opinion | 5 comments
French IT services firm Atos Origin intends to become a zero-email company by turning to collaboration tools and social networks for corporate commuication purposes. Do you think this bold move would suit your business as well?
Is RIM taking too long to release BlackBerry outage peace offering?
November 3, 2011 - 9:48 pm
Tags: apology, apps, BlackBerry, free, outage, RIM
Posted in Mobility, Opinion | 6 comments
RIM has got what it takes to weather its troubles, bu it has got to speed up its reaction time and repair its brand fast- starting perhaps with a much quicker release of the free apps it is offering to customers affected by the BlackBerry outage.
Does hack bring Siri to iPhone 4?
October 24, 2011 - 1:44 pm
Tags: iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, mobile apps, Siri, smartphone, voice commands, voice recognition
Posted in Mobility | 8 comments
Did hacker Steve Troughton-Smith manage to port Siri to his iPhone 4? What would Apple do if the hack actually works?
Cavoukian orders Cancer Care Ontario to implement EMR
October 14, 2011 - 2:03 am
Tags: Cancer Care Ontario, data breach, electornic medical record, electronic health records, patient records, privacy, private data, security
Posted in Opinion, Privacy and Security | 2 comments
Ontario Privacy Commissioner orders Cancer Care Ontario to stop sending out patient records in paper format. Does the Canada Health Infoway need a kick in the head as well to get it moving?
Canadian copyright bill digitally locked and loaded
September 29, 2011 - 11:52 pm
Tags: Bill C-11, Bill C-32, Bill C-60, consumer rights, copyright, Copyright laws, government, intellectual property, legislation
Posted in Managing Business, Opinion | 4 comments
Bill C-11 is being praised for providing some semblance of balance between the rights of consumers and copyright owners, but it also has serious implication for business thaqt happen to buy DRM protected tech products.
9 nifty apps for the BlackBerry Bold 9900
September 15, 2011 - 7:00 pm
Tags: BlackBerry Bold 9900, GPS, mobile applications, mobile devices, Mobility, RIM
Posted in Mobility, Opinion | 5 comments
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 is arguably RIM best smartphone yet, but in order to enjoy it your need the right apps.
Will Ford’s Waterfront revamp endanger $1 B in tech projects?
September 8, 2011 - 11:11 pm
Tags: City of Toronto, green IT, ICT, information communication and technologu, IT procurement, Mayor Rob Ford, Toronto Waterfront plan, urban development
Posted in Leadership, Opinion | 1 comment
Do we want Coney Island or an integrated modern structure designed by the greatest city planners and architects in the world? Mayor Rob Ford’s desire to revamp the existing Toronto Waterfront plan could mire the whole project in further delay. That could be bad news for local tech companies hoping to get a piece of the procurement action.
