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Sunday, December 14, 2014
Bell provides Canada's largest LTE network
LTE is the gold standard for wireless technology. Everything you do using a Bell LTE mobile device on the Bell LTE network, from watching videos to running business applications, will be faster and better. The 4G LTE network currently provides speeds of up to 75 Mbps in some areas (expected average download speeds: 12-25 Mbps), up to 110 Mbps (expected average download speeds: 14-36 Mbps) in other areas and 150 Mbps at certain locations (expected average download speeds: 18-40 Mbps). With our recent rollout of 110 Mbps speeds, we increased our network speeds by up to 45%. In fact, average download speeds are faster in Canada than they are in the United States and most European countries, including the U.K. and Germany.
Even though we already offer Canada’s largest LTE network, currently reaching over 28 million people, we have aggressive expansion plans to deliver LTE speeds and performance across the entire country. And rest assured, until LTE is available in your area, Bell has you covered with the powerful 4G network - also the largest in Canada.
For coverage map & details: Visit Bell.ca
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Today Marks the 7th Anniversary of the Debut of the iPhone
The iPhone has come a long way since it debuted on June 29, 2007.
Seventh anniversary ... The late Apple CEO Steve Jobs demonstrates the new iPhone at MacWorld Conference & Expo on January 9, 2007.
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But seven years is a long time in technology. The original iPhone is practically antique compared to today’s smartphones, and Apple has a big job ahead to reclaim the top spot in the market despite a potential seven-year itch.
Apple’s first foray into mobile phones began with an announcement in January 2007 in which co-founder Steve Jobs energetically introduced a touchscreen device that worked “like magic,” ignored “unintended touches” and, unlike other phones of the time, did not use a stylus.
The iPhone was launched at a time when fewer than one billion people used mobile phones, compared to more than 6 billion today.
Apple’s first phone went on sale in the US on June 29, 2007 but, without a worldwide release, took 74 days to sell one million handsets — a crawl compared to last year’s iPhone release that saw 9 million handsets sell in three days.
While it was not the most advanced phone of its time in some ways, failing to offer video recording, an autofocus camera, or even cut and paste for text, it offered a fresh way to interact with phones.
Its 3.5-inch touch-sensitive screen, though tiny by today’s standards, quickly captured attention of phone users.
Telsyte managing director Foad Fadaghi said a “revolution” of the mobile industry soon followed.
“(The iPhone) showed that an easy-to-use interface with a large touchscreen would be the dominant model for future smartphones,” he said. “It’s interesting that the changes caused an entire industry to rethink how it produces phones.
“Even Android changed its direction. It was going down the path of BlackBerry, creating a keyboard-centric operating system and they scrapped it and started again.”
But years into this revolution, Apple may be facing a seven-year itch.
Google Android-based smartphones made up 78 per cent of the worldwide market last year, according to Gartner, followed by Apple iOS with 15 per cent.
Samsung led the pack with 31 per cent of smartphone sales, while Apple held down second place.
But Mr Fadaghi said Apple phone sales were still growing, even though its share of the market was dropping.
He said the launch of a smart accessory, like the rumoured iWatch, and a handset with a larger screen could win Apple more customers in its seventh year as a phone maker.
“Those days when they were the only show in town were completely different from market conditions today,” he said.
“But because of the high level of satisfaction around Apple products, it’s unlikely that existing Apple users will desert the brand.”
Apple iPhone by the numbers
Launch day: June 29, 2007
iPhone sales since launch: 536 million
iPhones sold in 2007: 1.3 million
iPhones sold in 2013: 150 million
Biggest selling iPhone: iPhone 5S
Apple apps available: 1.2 million
Apple app downloads: 75 billion
Weekly visits to App Store: 300 million
10 things your phone can do — 2014 v 2007
Now: Choose from more than 1.2 million apps
2007: Imagine what an ‘app’ might look like
Now: Capture print-worthy images with autofocus, optical zoom
2007: Capture grainy, fixed-focus, two-megapixel images
Now: Download apps quickly with 4G connectivity
2007: Download websites eventually with 2G connectivity
Now: Record, edit and upload video clips to social networks
2007: Record several grainy, two-megapixel images successively
Now: Go unnoticed in a pocket with a body less than 7mm slim
2007: Squeeze inside a pocket with a body 1.16cm thick
Now: Send photo messages to distant friends
2007: Ask friends to crowd around your phone’s 3.5-inch screen
Now: Pinpoint your location and deliver turn-by-turn street directions
2007: Find your approximate location and display maps
Now: Cut and paste text from one app to another
2007: Type the same text in two apps
Now: Store up to 64GB or more with a memory card
2007: Store up to 8GB
Now: Go a day without a power point
2007: Go a week without a power point
iPhone's 7th anniversary - the handset in numbers
294 million - The number of active smartphones currently running Apple's iOs, according to a study released in February 2013. 798 million reportedly run Android and 45 million run Windows Phone.
2003 - The year that Apple started working on Purple, the iPhone's original name during development. A whole building at the company's Cupertino headquarters was devoted to the device's development; it was known as "purple dorm".
9:42 - The time always displayed on the iPhone when it is featured in adverts. According to former Apple executive Scott Forstall, this is because the company's keynotes are designed to reveal the main product after 40 minutes.
31pc - In the Czech Republic, an unlocked iPhone 5 sells for $847.60 (£515), 31 percent more expensive than the US price for the same device.
$10 billion - The total spent by customers on Apple's App Store during 2013.
373pc - The iPhone 5S has 727,040 pixels; 373pc more than the first-generation model, which had 153,600 on its 3.5inch screen.
28 - The number of different iPhone models, including network-specific variations.
291,250 - The number of jobs created by the iOs app economy, according to Apple.
891 - The number of times that Apple products were mentioned in television programmes during 2011. The iPhone, iPad and iMac also received nearly eight minutes of screen time in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, worth an estimated $23 million (£14 million).
iPhone 6 to be cheaper than iPhone 5S?
Eyeing Apple's upcoming iPhone 6? Here's some good news for you, as latest news reports in Chinese media claim that iPhone 6 with 4.7 inch screen may be priced cheaper than the company's current top model iPhone 5S.
According to technology website Laoyaoba.com, the 32GB variant of iPhone 6 will cost CNY 5,300 (approximately $850), while the corresponding iPhone 5S model is officially priced at CNY 6,088. The 64GB iPhone 6 model is said to cost CNY 6,300 ($1,010), lesser than the CNY 6,888 price tag of the 64GB iPhone 5S.
Going by these prices, it is likely that the 16GB iPhone 6 will be cheaper than the 16GB iPhone 5S, which costs CNY 5,288. However, there are rumours that Apple would not launch a 16GB variant at all this year.
Along with the 4.7-inch iPhone, Apple is also expected to venture into the phablet segment with a 5.5-inch handset. Chinese website Feng.com has said that it will offer 128GB storage option, along with 32 and 64GB; there will be no 16GB variant in this model as well. So far Apple has only offered 128GB storage in iPads only.
According to earlier reports, iPhone 6 will hit the shelves on September 19 this year. The 4.7-inch model is said to run on the 64-bit A8 processor and pack 2GB RAM, 13MP camera, solar charging, better battery and faster Wi-Fi. The Touch ID fingerprint sensor is said to get more features in the next model, mainly focussing on health.
According to technology website Laoyaoba.com, the 32GB variant of iPhone 6 will cost CNY 5,300 (approximately $850), while the corresponding iPhone 5S model is officially priced at CNY 6,088. The 64GB iPhone 6 model is said to cost CNY 6,300 ($1,010), lesser than the CNY 6,888 price tag of the 64GB iPhone 5S.
Going by these prices, it is likely that the 16GB iPhone 6 will be cheaper than the 16GB iPhone 5S, which costs CNY 5,288. However, there are rumours that Apple would not launch a 16GB variant at all this year.
According to earlier reports, iPhone 6 will hit the shelves on September 19 this year. The 4.7-inch model is said to run on the 64-bit A8 processor and pack 2GB RAM, 13MP camera, solar charging, better battery and faster Wi-Fi. The Touch ID fingerprint sensor is said to get more features in the next model, mainly focussing on health.
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Friday, June 6, 2014
Moncton shooting timeline: RCMP hunt for Justin Bourque
June 4, 7:30 p.m.: Codiac RCMP officers respond to a call about a man wearing camouflage and armed with two rifles in the woods near the Pinehurst subdivision in northwest Moncton.
Witnesses Danny Leblanc said he saw the gunman standing in the middle of the street, gun pointed at police cars. He thought the man was an RCMP officer until he fired.
8:12 p.m.: New Brunswick RCMP issues an alert for those in the Hildegard and Ryan Road area to stay inside and lock their doors.
Over the next hour, that area is expanded to Plaza Boulevard, Moncton Coliseum, Worthington Avenue, Preston Crescent and Elmhurst Drive.
8:30 p.m.: Local photographer Daniel St. Louis arrives at the scene of the shooting. He later told the Associated Press he saw two bloodied police vehicles on different streets and a third vehicle with the bullet holes through the windshield.
Further along, he found something he said will always haunt him.
“I walked over and I saw two feet, facing the street, toes up,” said St. Louis, 51. “I realized, ‘Oh my God. There’s somebody down.’”
The RCMP would later confirm that three officers were killed and two others wounded. Their identities have not been released.
A photo from the Canadian Press showed a blue sedan with its windows shattered by gunfire and pools of blood on the ground at the intersection of Mailhot Avenue and Isington Street.
9:17 p.m.: RCMP identify the suspect as 24-year-old Justin Bourque.
Suspect Justin Bourque is pictured in a photo tweeted by the RCMP on Wednesday June 4, 2014 in Moncton.
Posts on Bourque’s Facebook account show a penchant for firearms and disdain for police.
Overnight: With the suspect still on the loose, police establish a search perimeter. Those living inside the area are asked to stay inside, lock their doors and keep outdoor lights on to help in the hunt.
June 5, morning: Bourque is spotted by police within the search radius — one confirmed sighting and two others unconfirmed. Despite an overnight manhunt, Bourque has still not been apprehended.
Numerous closures are announced in Moncton for June 5, including English and French schools, public transportation, government buildings and the courthouse. Mail service is also suspended.
10:30 a.m.: RCMP officers and Moncton’s mayor George LeBlanc hold an emotional press conference.
RCMP superintendent Marlene Snowman said Bourque was not previously known to police and his family is being interviewed in hopes of finding out more about his motives and where he could be hiding.
“Please work with us as we go through this together. When you see an RCMP officer working, please thank them,” said RCMP Commanding officer Roger Brown.
N.B. RCMP Commanding officer Roger Brown wipes away tears as the Mayor of Moncton George LeBlanc (not shown) speaks during a news conference in Moncton on Thursday, June 5, 2014. At left, Codiac RCMP superintendent Marlene Snowman looks on.
12:30 p.m.: Officers surround a building in Moncton, weapons drawn and snipers positioned. Reporters on scene are not sharing photos or the location of the confrontation at the request of officers.
Emergency response officers check a residence in Moncton, N.B. on Thursday, June 5, 2014.
2:30 p.m.: Officers appear to have cleared the scene, police will be holding a press conference at 3:30 p.m. EST.
3:30 p.m.: In a press conference, Cpl. Chantal Farrah said the suspect is still at large. One of the wounded officers has been released from hospital, though all names are being kept confidential for now.
Residents in the Moncton north are reminded to stay inside and keep the movements of police officers off social media.
Police arrested a suspect in the Moncton shootings that left three Mounties dead, wounded two others and kept much of the city’s residents locked in their homes for more than 24 hours.
After a manhunt that stretched into a second night, police said a suspect was finally arrested.
Twitter user Michelle Thibodeau posted a first-hand account of the arrest, saying: “He was in my backyard. I saw him arrested in front of my eyes. He is alive.
‘Darkest day’
Police are calling Wednesday the "darkest day" in the RCMP's history in New Brunswick.
"This is working through your worst nightmare," New Brunswick RCMP Commanding Officer Roger Brown told a news conference Thursday morning.
Speaking of the families of the deceased officers, Brown said, "there's no way to describe the level of hurt."
CTV News has confirmed the identity of one of the three killed RCMP officers as Const. Dave Ross.
One of the two injured Mounties has been released from hospital, RCMP Cpl. Chantal Farrah told reporters Thursday afternoon, but the other remains under care.
Eyewitness accounts
Shortly after the shootings took place, photographer Daniel St. Louis arrived to the scene. Initially didn't think much of a stopped police vehicle he had come across, until he noticed the side windows had been blown out and there was blood at the scene.
St. Louis then came across a second police vehicle that had four bullet holes in the windshield before spotting one of the officers who had been shot.
"I chose to get a little closer, and that's when I saw that there was blood and a serious injury to the head," he said. "That was more than I needed to see, and it was time for me to leave."
Heidi James, meanwhile, said she was at home with her husband and young children when they first heard gunfire.
"I heard probably about four to five shots. They sounded quite loud," James said, describing how she scrambled to move her children away from the windows as worried friends and relatives began texting her to make sure they were safe.
She said her husband peeked out the window and saw a body, covered with a blanket, next to a "shot-out" vehicle.
RCMP officers killed in Moncton shooting named after alleged gunman captured
David Ross, Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, Douglas James Larche named as RCMP killed
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| A heavily armed man that police have identified as Justin Bourque walks on Hildegard Drive in Moncton, New Brunswick June 4, 2014 after several shots were fired in the area. Three police officers were shot dead and two more were wounded, police said, as they conducted a manhunt for a man carrying a rifle and wearing camouflage clothes. Police said they were searching for Justin Bourque, 24, of Moncton. Picture taken June 4, 2014. |
MONCTON, N.B. — Life in Moncton was returning to normal Friday after the city was locked down during a manhunt for a suspect after three Mounties were killed and two wounded.
But the mourning has only begun.
The intense police search lasted more than 30 hours before 24-year-old Justin Bourque gave himself up just after midnight Friday.
"We will work hard to recover what was wrongly taken from us," Mayor George LeBlanc told a news conference Friday morning.
Dozens of flower bouquets and messages piled up in a memorial on the steps of the Codiac RCMP detachment in Moncton.
Shortly after a 30-hour manhunt for alleged gunman Justin Bourque ended, New Brunswick RCMP named the three Mounties who were killed in the line of duty in Moncton.
Assistant Commissioner Roger Brown, the Mounties’ commanding officer in N.B., said the officers that died were: Const. David Joseph Ross, 32, originally of Victoriaville, Que.; Const. Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, 45, originally of Boulogne-Billancourt in France; and Const. Douglas James Larche, 40, of Saint John, N.B.
“I can’t dig deep enough to explain the sadness that we all feel,” Brown said at a news conference Friday morning. “This is a trying time for our members as we have lost three of our own and two more are hospitalized. I commend our members for their dedication and professionalism as they were able to stay focused on the task at hand and getting results throughout this ordeal bringing the situation to a quick end. The work of our members was professional and effective. They deserve my utmost respect.”
The injured officers were named as Const. Darlene Goguen and Const. Eric Dubois. One of them has since been released from hospital.
Constable Ross, a police dog services handler with the Codiac RCMP, was married and had a young son. He and his wife, Rachael, were expecting their second child in September.
The couple married four years ago.
Bourque was captured — unarmed — at about 12:10 a.m. Friday morning in a Moncton’s resident’s backyard. Police say the weapons were still within their search grid.
Michelle Thibodeau witnessed the arrest and said there was a five-minute standoff.
“They started yelling, ‘Come out with your hands up!’ and they had their guns loaded,” Thibodeau, 21, said.
“About five minutes later, Justin surrendered himself and he said, ‘I’m done,’ and then they arrested him and brought him to my frontyard where they had him sprawled on the ground.”
Supt. Marline Snowman, the head of the Codiac RCMP, said the outcome was the best should could have hoped for under the circumstances.
“We wanted to have the arrest done as soon as possible without any further injury or death to anyone,” she said Friday. “I’m extremely proud of all the officers and the public that assisted us.”
The name of the fallen oficers are:
- Const. David Ross, 32.
- Const. Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, 45.
- Const. Douglas James Larche, 40.
Brown said police will release details about funeral arrangements in the coming days.
RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said in a statement released on Friday: "Their deaths are beyond comprehension. Their ultimate sacrifices will never be forgotten."
The two injured officers are:
- Const. Darlene Goguen.
- Const. Eric Dubois.
Goguen and Dubois are recovering from their injuries sustained in the shooting. Paulson said, "The injured members and their families will also continue to need our support."
Witness describes Bourque's arrest
Moncton resident Michelle Thibodeau told media that Bourque was arrested in her backyard in the northwest part of the city where the shooting occurred and which had been on lockdown while the manhunt for the suspect was underway.
Thibodeau said she saw police officers head into a patch of trees in her yard and heard five minutes of screaming.
“Justin came out with his hands up, and he said, 'I'm done,'" she told CBC News.
She said he was wearing the same clothes he had been seen in Wednesday and was dripping wet, likely from the rain that was falling in Moncton at the time.
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