Brad Moon

Brad Moon

Brad Moon is a Canadian technology journalist with a fintech business background. He has been writing for InvestorPlace since 2012.

Brad has been a Senior Contributor for Forbes since 2015 and has written technology, business, and consumer electronics-focused articles for a range of outlets over the past decade.

This includes seven years with Wired, 15 years with the Webby award-winning GeekDad, four years as a contributor with Kiplinger, three years with About.com, and three years writing for Shaw Media. He has also written articles that have been published by MSN Money, Yahoo Finance, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Business Insider, and others. He wrote a weekly technology column in The Winnipeg Free Press, a monthly tech column for London Business Magazine, and has made numerous radio and conference appearances speaking about technology trends. For the past decade Brad has been the Computing Solutions Editor for Best Buy Canada’s blog.

As a consultant, Brad has been part of the launch of multiple ventures in Canada including several wind farms and a web-based remote collaboration platform.

Prior to his writing career, Brad was a senior Product Manager and Research Analyst with a leading Canadian financial technology firm for 13 years after spending six years working at the Richard Ivey School of Business. He holds a BA from the University of Western Ontario.

Recent Articles

The State of the Smartwatch: Wait and See

The battle between the Galaxy Gear and Fitbit Force demonstrates why other consumer technology giants are waiting before releasing a smartwatch.

Next AAPL iPad Faces Stiff Tablet Competition

Apple is expected to unveil the next iPad at an event on October 22. But AAPL is rapidly losing market share in an increasingly competitive industry.

Amazon’s New Devices Won’t Do Much for AMZN Stock

Amazon has a heap of new devices lined up for the near future, but the real key to growth could be Amazon Web Services.

Valve Crashes Microsoft’s Holiday Gaming Party

Just when Microsoft was looking forward to its Xbox One launch, Valve announces its own Steam Box. Here's why MSFT has more to lose than SNE.

Fake Online Reviews: Big Business and an Even Bigger Problem

Fake online reviews are a growing problem not just for consumers, but for companies like Yelp and TripAdvisor. But a solution is far from simple.

Will In-Memory Switching Make ORCL a Buy?

Oracle (ORCL) announced a new technology at Oracle Open World 2013, which will help it compete with Salesforce and Amazon Web Services.

Failure to Execute: 5 BlackBerry Blunders

BlackBerry has come a long way since being the mobile device darling, but many of its wounds were self-inflicted. Here are 5 of the most recent.

Apple’s iPhone Launch Wasn’t as Good as It Seems

Apple stock has been moving up since the launch of its latest iPhones. But while the sales numbers seem like a vast improvement, there's more to the story.

BlackBerry Sold to Fairfax Financial Holdings

It finally happened: Despite an apparent lack of interest buyers, BlackBerry has reached a deal to be taken private by Fairfax Financial Holdings.

Did Nokia’s Android Dalliance Spur Microsoft’s Purchase?

While Microsoft's acquisition seemed like an obvious way to move hardware development in-house, it might have been a way to keep Nokia away from Google.