Brian Jackson
IT Business Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Hashtag Trending – Facebook beefs up Live restrictions; OnePlus 7 Pro review; WannaCry 2 years later
Facebook takes action to prevent hateful content from live-streaming on its platform. The OnePlus 7 Pro smartphone gets a rave review. And two year after the → Read More
Hashtag Trending – OnePlus Bullets Wireless 2; Amazon's packing robots; How to disable Amber Alerts
Independent smartphone maker OnePlus announced a new handset, but people are more excited about the new headphones. Amazon is ready to replace some workers with → Read More
Hashtag Trending – Smart Cities Challenge conclusion; Apple Watch update; OCE Discovery
One smart city in Canada will be $50 million richer at the end of the day. A software update for Apple Watch brings heart rate monitoring to more countries. And → Read More
Hashtag Trending – Apple Watch sales soar; Spotify’s love for podcasts; Slack as distraction machine
Smart watch sales are soaring and Apple is on top. Spotify really wants you to listen to podcasts. And how software that promised us enhanced productivity can → Read More
Hashtag Trending – Instagram’s un-likely Canadian experiment; Valve Index VR headet; FanTazTech is ‘Uber for IT’
Instagram doesn't like Canada, well not quite, but you'll see what I mean. The next-generation of VR headsets are set to ship this month. And if you've ever → Read More
Canada's 'big 5' banks launch blockchain-based digital identity service with SecureKey
A blockchain-based digital identity network designed by Toronto-based SecureKey Technologies Inc. and supported by the top banks in Canada announced its → Read More
Hashtag Trending – ‘Zombie Facebook’ 2070; robot lettuce farms; star sounds
How long until the dead outnumber the living on Facebook? Researchers have the answer. Why your next salad might be grown by robots. And listening to the songs → Read More
ITAC appoints experienced executive Angela Mondou as permanent president and CEO
Tech industry lobby group Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) has appointed a permanent new president and CEO in Angela Mondou. In a newsletter → Read More
Privacy Commissioner of Canada finds Facebook broke the law; asks for more power to hold it accountable
Facebook committed serious violations of Canadian privacy laws and failed to take responsibility for protecting the personal information of Canadians, an investigation → Read More
Cyberport: Inside Hong Kong's unicorn factory
Pierre Mouette is a two-time entrepreneur that was born in Paris, met the co-founder of his current firm in Hong Kong, and is looking to get his line of smart → Read More
Canadian software firms expand business in Asia through government trade efforts
HONG KONG - Two Canadian cyber security entrepreneurs say that the government's Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) was crucial in introducing them to clients in → Read More
Hashtag Trending – Ikea-Sonos love child; exam-avoiding students arrested; how to get a job
If you want to land a job, then you'll want to know these two small, yet powerful words that could help. Two students are arrested after crashing the school Wi → Read More
Developer 30 under 30 list expands to Evoke conference, hackathon in third year
An effort to bring recognition to Canada's talented young developers expanded beyond just one list of luminaries this year; adding on a developer conference and → Read More
Foreign talent more interested in Canadian IT jobs, Indeed reports
Canadian tech jobs posted on hiring platform Indeed.ca are receiving more interest from abroad, according to an economist employed by the website. Foreign → Read More
Echo Input is the best way to add Alexa to your home or office
The Echo Input is a slender puck that turns a dumb speaker into an Amazon Alexa-connected smart speaker, at about half the price of buying an Echo Dot. It's → Read More
Marketing, Microsoft, and Mindy Kaling: 3 things you missed at Adobe Summit
This week in Las Vegas 16,000 attendees gathered to watch Adobe executives interview CIOs, CMOs, and some celebrities too. It was part all part of Adobe Summit, → Read More
Canadian 'godfathers of AI' win 2018 Turing Award
Two of Canada's artificial intelligence (AI) pioneers have won the 2018 Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) A.M. Turing Award along with another peer → Read More
BlackBerry and Telus partner with Ottawa-based accelerator for new IoT-focused program
Ottawa-based software as a service (SaaS) accelerator program L-Spark Corp. is launching a new Secure IoT Accelerator program, working with Telus Corp, → Read More
Hashtag Trending – Apple's video streaming service; Huawei P30 launch leak; Pinterest IPO
Apple launches its Netflix competitor; Huawei will unveil its P30 smartphones; and Pinterest will go public sooner than expected. Today Apple will unveil is → Read More
University of Toronto to build new AI innovation centre with $100 million 'largest donation ever'
Philanthropists Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman have made a $100 million donation to the University of Toronto to build a new Schwartz Reisman Innovation → Read More