Top Canadian mobile stories from the past week

Every week we bring you the latest in Canadian mobile news. Listed below is a quick overview of the top stories from the past seven days:

• Uber Canada GM calls GST/HST collection on ridesharing a ‘tax on innovation’ [Read here]
• Apple’s 2017 Spring watch band collection hands-on gallery [Read here]
• New Balance’s RunIQ $400 Android Wear fitness watch is available in Canada [Read here]
• Rogers wins ‘Product of the Year’ award for its Smart Home Monitoring solution [Read here]
• Videotron launches a Facebook Messenger chatbot called Chillico [Read here]
• HTC U Ultra now available in Canada [Read here]
• Ex-Rogers CEO Guy Laurence earned $13,452,873 in ‘separation payments’ to leave the company [Read here]
• Apple doubles iPhone SE storage capacity to 32GB and 128GB, keeps same pricing in Canada [Read here]
• Transport Canada says decision on joining electronics ban will be made shortly [Read here]
• Android O will have 4 developer previews, final release in Q3 2017 [Read here]
• (PRODUCT)RED iPhone 7 will be available at Canadian carriers [Read here]
• CRTC honours Canadian communications pioneers with Canada 150 [Read here]
• OnePlus 3T in ‘Midnight Black’ coming to Canada [Read here]
• OPP handed out over 2,400 distracted driving-related tickets during latest blitz [Read here]
• Canadians spent 24.5 hours online per week in 2016, says report [Read here]