Baka Mobile Tips, News & Reviews

Mobility management can be a difficult question for any employer. No matter if you manage a small team or a large corporation, it can be an overwhelming task to decide if you will take a more flexible device management approach, or follow a more secure path. In this article, we will dissect the pros and cons two of the most popular ways to manage mobility - BYOD and COPE.

Are you a small business who's late to the digital game? Don't worry - you're not alone. The conversion from real-time retail to online sales can be an intimidating mountain to climb, but one thing to keep in mind is that your customers are waiting to meet you at the top.

As every business transitions to digital, the term “ecosystem” is gaining more and more popularity. Biologists use this term to describe a community of living organisms interacting with nonliving components of their environment as a system. With this definition in mind, it makes perfect sense that the term “ecosystem” could be used to describe the new age of technology.

Summer is officially upon us! The days are longer, the weather is warmer and we're all catching the summer travel bug. But with airlines tightening up their baggage rules, packing has become a science of planning, folding, rolling, squishing and weighing. What won't weigh you down this summer is the perfect range of travel tech for every trip - from road, to see, to sky. We've rounded up a few of our favourite smartphone apps for your next big adventure.

Baka is committed to constantly reducing our carbon footprint. Our Baka Recycles program offers a free and environmentally friendly disposal service for mobile devices and electronic equipment. This morning, our warehouse fervently bundled up the electronics we’ve accumulated over the past few months. Working alongside Revolution Recycling, which offers completely eco-friendly recycling solutions for used and unwanted electronics, we were able to safely and responsibly recycle 3 skids-worth of used electronics.

We may be in the “digital age“, but crowds of people still flock to shopping centres every single day. Even with the ability to shop online, consumers crave the touch and feel of products, the face to face interaction and the overall experience that comes with it. But now that people are spending so much time on their wireless devices, retailers are having to alter the way their stores work in order to even the playing field.

One aspect that is often overlooked within most businesses is customer wait time. Customers can become uncomfortable, bored, or even stressed while waiting for an appointment, and live TV programming can help to reduce these negative feelings.

These days it's difficult to imagine a workplace without tablets and smartphones - but they didn't always have a place here. IT departments now look for ways to specifically integrate personal devices into the workplace, while ensuring a high level of employee productivity remains. This is referred to as the consumerization of IT.

Push-to-Talk (PTT) is a quick and efficient communication tool that has the ability to instantly connect teams via their mobile devices, from anywhere at any time. Similar to a walkie-talkie, it simply takes the push of a button to immediately connect with one or multiple team members...

As cell phone use has become increasingly popular over the past decade, traditional wrist watches have slowly lost their place in society as our "time-tellers". Responding to "do you have the time?" has gone from a quick flash of the wrist to fishing through your purse or patting down your pockets in frantic search of your cell phone.

Queue the SmartWatch...

"As newer technologies continue to roll into the market, the amount of electricity needed to power these numerous devices increases."

Welcome to the Connected Age - a time where it's almost impossible to find someone that doesn't have a smartphone attached to their hip...

By now you've most likely become familiar with the basics - swipe to pan through the screens, select word suggestions from the keyboard, take a photo - but are you really getting the most out of your BlackBerry Z10? Read on to learn 5 tips and tricks that will help you to master your device. Let's get started!