Hashtag Trending – U.S gov’t halts Qualcomm takeover; IT outage cripples Air Canada; Musk promises Mars rockets next year
The U.S. government is trying to delay a hostile takeover of Qualcomm on national security grounds. An…
2018 budget “misses the mark”: a comprehensive analysis of all its tech initiatives
The 2018 Canadian budget has been unveiled, and while there are plenty of tech-related initiatives, many in…
Hashtag Trending – FCC’s net neutrality repeal is official, Kylie Jenner slays Snapchat, MIT created living plant lights
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Hashtag Trending – Elon Musk gets DC Hyperloop approval, world’s biggest SSD Drive, Google AI can predict heart disease
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Salesforce investing $2 billion into Canadian business
Ahead of a meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff in California,…
Government of Canada unveils move to public cloud
The time has finally come for the Canadian federal government to move to the cloud. In an…
Why Amazon HQ would be good for Toronto
In addition to 50,000 new well-paying, knowledge-sector jobs, a new Amazon headquarters in Toronto would bolster local…
Why Amazon HQ2 would be bad for Toronto
One of the shiniest gems dangled by Amazon’s HQ2 is the prospect of bringing 50,000 new well-paying,…
Amazon reveals shortlist for HQ2 – and it includes Toronto
Looks like Toronto’s collaborative, incentive-free strategy for courting Amazon.com Inc. paid off. The Seattle-based tech giant, which…
Hashtag Trending – Breaches reported by law; Trudeau’s cyber security plan
Get ready for reporting breaches of your security safeguards if you’re covered under federal law; the Trudeau government will release the latest federal cyber security plan and be prepared for more imaginative cyber attacks. For 2018 – indeed for the foreseeable future – cyber attacks are only going to get worse in every country. In…
Hashtag Trending – Net neutrality isn’t dead yet, Amazon mends ties with Google, Spotify tries to curb Apple’s dominance
Net neutrality won’t go down without a fight, Amazon offers Google an olive branch, and Spotify reaches out to the EU to curb Apple’s power.
Hashtag Trending – Net neutrality is dead, Disney’s Fox deal should scare Netflix, Norway switches off FM radio
Net neutrality is dead in the U.S. Disney’s $52 billion deal to purchase Fox has huge implications for its future streaming service. And Norway has become the first country in the world to switch off its national FM radio. Trending on Reddit and Twitter, net neutrality is officially on its deathbed in the U.S. As…
Hashtag Trending – U.S. votes on net neutrality, Google’s year in search, Apple no longer an innovator?
Dozens of U.S. senators have made a last-ditch effort to save net neutrality, but are unlikely to affect today’s vote. The iPhone 8 and BitCoin were among the year’s top Google searches. And a new report claims Apple has become a follower in the smartphone market. On Reddit, efforts to save net neutrality in the…
Hashtag Trending – Uber paid hackers after a massive data breach, Apple buying into VR/AR with acquisition
Uber paid hackers after a massive data breach, Apple has reportedly acquired a Montreal-based virtual reality company, and activists are planning a December 7th protest against the FCC potentially ending net neutrality. From Reddit today is news that Uber concealed a massive security breach for more than a year that affected the personal data…
Hashtag Trending – Net neutrality could be repealed in the US, Google is tracking Android users
The Federal Communications Commission is looking to repeal net neutrality, Google is collecting location data from Android users behind the scenes, and RBC is opening an artificial intelligence research lab in Montreal.