Archive for April 17, 2014

Reader E-Mails Me About Apple’s Lightning Cable Quality

Posted in Commentary with tags on April 17, 2014 by itnerd

I have written twice about the quality of Apple’s Lightning Cables. It now seems that I am not alone in this. A reader of this blog reached out to me with this story:

Hello IT Nerd. I tripped over your blog via Google when looking for information on how bad Apple’s Lightning cables are. Twice in the last two months, I’ve had the cable housing separate from the rest of the cable. The the cable becomes inoperative because the wires separate from the Lightning connection. To show you what I am talking about, I’ve enclosed a picture. Perhaps if you and others keep writing stories about this, Apple will finally do something to make these cables better. 

Thanks for reading.

Here’s the picture the reader sent me:

IMG_0001Well, that’s not good. Clearly this is yet another problem with these cables. Apple has to know that there are issues with these cables. But one has to wonder why they haven’t addressed these issues.

Have you had problems with Apple Lightning cables? If so, drop me a note and let me know. I’ll put whatever responses I get into another post.

 

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Rogers Data Centers Tackles eWaste

Posted in Commentary with tags on April 17, 2014 by itnerd

Rogers Data Centres is making good on its commitment to environmental responsibility and will be doing its part in celebrating Earth Day. On April 23rd and 24th, Rogers will team up with Artex Environmental to provide eWaste collections at five of its Rogers Data Centres across the country. Customers and employees are invited to drop-off retired and obsolete electronic waste, from servers to cell phones and everything in between, at the Toronto DC3 (Markham), London, Ottawa, Edmonton centres as well as the newly opened Calgary facility.

Last year, Rogers Data Centres collected 43,970 pounds or nearly 20 tonnes of eWaste, adding to the more than 14 tonnes of eWaste that was diverted from landfills and developing countries during our 2012 collection efforts.

Visit rogersdatacentres.com/events for more information on Rogers’ eWaste collection events.

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Three Canadian Companies Standardize On BlackBerry

Posted in Commentary with tags on April 17, 2014 by itnerd

BlackBerry announced that they scored in their backyard. Actually they scored three times. Three Canadian companies have invested in BlackBerry hardware and software. Those companies are:

Volker Stevin, one of the largest heavy civil and highway maintenance contractors in Western Canada, is deploying BES10 and BlackBerry 10 smartphones as the company’s sole EMM solution.

The City of Waterloo continues its long-standing partnership with BlackBerry in innovating and injecting new ideas and technologies to provide valued services that help build the best quality of life for its citizens. In addition to deploying BES10 and BlackBerry 10 smartphones for its workforce, the City of Waterloo also worked with BlackBerry to develop the Ping Street mobile application on the BlackBerry OS platform. The first-of-its-kind mobile application provides Waterloo citizens real-time access to location-based information including garbage and recycling calendars, construction detours, road closures and more. The City of Waterloo has also embraced BBM to stay connected and share secure real-time updates and news with its employees during emergency situations. BBM Groups used during emergencies sped up response time and drastically improved collaboration and critical communication during emergency incidents.

Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, Canada’s oldest and largest metals service center and metal manufacturing company, has chosen BES10 and BlackBerry 10 smartphones as their core end-to-end business mobility solution.

In Canadian terms, that’s a hat trick.

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