Tag: tech
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...
Read MoreWho 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...
Read MoreCanadian 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...
Read MoreBold 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...
Read MoreIt’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...
Read MoreHow to design a system for ethical innovation in tech
Google was founded over two decades ago, but they released their first public set of ethical technology principles just last year. Facebook launched out of a Harvard dorm in 2004, but they...
Read MoreDoes Canada’s tech sector need a rebrand?
Gentrification. Job loss. Toxic cultures. Data breaches. Tech — at least as commonly discussed in the media — has been difficult to love as of late. In Canada and beyond,...
Read MoreToronto’s tech industry on the rise
We’ve already earned the nickname Hollywood North. But Toronto could be on the verge of becoming Silicon Valley North as well. The technology industry in the Greater Toronto Area has...
Read MoreCanada poised to solidify fintech/proptech lead
With its enviable status as a consistent early adopter of tech solutions for financial services, Canada is well-placed to become a global leader in fintech and proptech innovations – and...
Read MoreCanadian AgTech firm wants to boost farmers’ profits
Growing up on a big grain farm near Eston, in west-central Saskatchewan, he knew he had neither the heart nor the stomach to “actually be a farmer,” Ken Jackson says....
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