Hashtag Trending – Verified.Me launch, blockchain consolidation, federal regulation
A nation-wide digital identity service based on blockchain will launch in Canada. SecureKey’s Verfied.Me service was supposed…
Editorial director of IT World Canada. Covering technology as it applies to business users. Multiple COPA award winner and now judge. Paddles a canoe as much as possible.
Hashtag Trending – Voice-first fragmentation, Alexa in your ear, Alexa in your boardroom
In 2019, voice-first smart assistants will face a fragmentation problem. They’ll also be literally in your ear.…
Hashtag Trending – Gatwick’s drone delays, in Russia AI hears you, LG’s clear TV
London’s Gatwick airport is disrupted by drones. Russian scientists can train AI to hear like a human.…
Hashtag Trending – The ‘90s are back with Macaulay Culkin and Alfonso Ribeiro making tech headlines
The ‘90s are cool again. That’s right, trending in today’s headlines are Macaulay Culkin, Alfonso Ribeiro, and…
Corel acquires Mac virtualization software Parallels
Ottawa-based Corel Corp. announced on Thursday that it has acquired Parallels, a software vendor best-known for the…
Amazon Web Services eyes opportunity to scoop up more Windows workloads
On stage at Amazon Web Services’ re:Invent conference, Terry Wise, vice-president of global alliances, ecosystem, and channels for…
Hashtag Trending – Meng Wanzhou’s elaborate bail plans, Google+ breach, Baby it’s cold outside
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou makes her case for bail in a Vancouver courtroom. (You have…
Hashtag Trending – Microsoft to replace Edge; protein-folding AI; Walmart’s gaming PCs
Microsoft killed Internet Explorer to launch Edge, but now it looks like it plans to kill that…
Hashtag Trending – Uber’s e-scooter play; Nvidia’s AI-generated graphics; David St. Jacque’s space shirt
Uber is planning to buy an electric scooter company, Nvidia has created the first videogame with AI-generated…
AWS customers weigh in on re:Invent product launches: Firecracker, Time Stream, Partner Device Directory
LAS VEGAS – Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched dozens of new services to its cloud platform over…
USMCA won’t affect Amazon Web Services Canada region: Gales
LAS VEGAS – New rules specific to cloud computing in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) won’t affect…
With AWS Outposts, even Amazon acknowledges it’s a hybrid cloud world
LAS VEGAS — For some enterprise IT shops, migrating to the cloud has always been a no-go…
Amazon Web Services execs say partners are key to the great cloud migration
LAS VEGAS – Managed service providers (MSPs) and independent software vendors (ISVs) that earn certifications with Amazon…
Hashtag Trending – Foldable smartphone race; Amazon data breach; What is artificial intelligence?
The world’s top two smartphone manufacturers are racing to release foldable smartphones; Amazon suffered a data breach…
Hashtag Trending – Breakup Facebook; Amazon bids on sports TV; FONK is the new FOMO
Should anti-trust laws be dusted off to deal with the tech giants? One of those giants, Amazon, is looking to become a sports broadcaster. And if you thought FOMO was bad, just wait until you suffer from FONK.