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Canada pushes for action on tech giants

Everyone is familiar with the tired joke about Canadians: that if you bump into us, we apologize. Last month Facebook bumped into Canada in a big way — but rather...

Who are the best tech employers in Canada?

LinkedIn has released its annual list of the top 25 companies in Canada that people are eager to work for, and seven tech-related companies have made this year’s list. Among...

Canadian Tech Needs Redefine Its Sense of Scale

If, like me, you spend a lot of time poring over the latest in Canadian tech, chances are good that you see both the huge potential of our technology companies...

Transport Canada to study Hyperloop technology

Transport Canada wants to study the potential of hyperloop technology, a futuristic mode of high speed transportation envisioned by eccentric billionaire Elon Musk. The department put out a tender on March 27...

Let’s Talk Business: Information Technology Sector

This plays an important part in virtually every aspect of our lives. Of course, I’m talking about the information technology sector, or IT. The IT sector is made up of...

Bold business ideas: Where is tech taking us?

For the first 250 metres it all goes well. I am in Singapore, in the back of a prototype driverless car, gazing at the other side of the road. Then...

It’s not too late to build a Canadian advantage in technology

Once again, Canada seems to see its future as a branch-plant economy. This time it is in the digital world, where we are turning to Big Tech from abroad rather...

Three Ways Millennials Can Advance Workplace Diversity and Inclusion

When you picture a traditional business leader, what generation are they from? Likely they're not a millennial. But by 2025, 75% of the workforce will be millennials. That means millennials...

What Are Your Favorite Fintech Companies? Forbes Fintech 50 Call For Nominations, 2019

For three years, Forbes has published its Fintech 50 list, highlighting the top private companies that are transforming finance through technology. (Here’s last year’s list.) From helping investors trade bitcoin to making loans...

Google Sees Speech APIs Transforming Range of Business Processes

Chatbots and other forms of voice-enabled artificial intelligence (AI) are slowly but surely being incorporated into multiple business processes, especially when it comes to anything to do with customer service....