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Humber College launching cloud computing certificate in partnership with AWS

Buckley Smith -
Skills in cloud computing have become almost essential in the modern workforce and Humber College is taking steps it hopes will help fill the...

City of Ottawa to launch 311 AI chatbot powered by Microsoft’s Power Virtual Agent

Tom Li -
ORLANDO --- The city of Ottawa has announced a new plan to pilot Microsoft’s Power Virtual Agent to increase the accessibility of its 311...

Twitter says it will no longer accept political advertising on its platform

Alex Coop -
Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey made a surprise announcement this afternoon, telling the world on Twitter that the social media site is stopping...

Ontario Science Centre suffers data breach, exposes 174,000 names and addresses

Buckley Smith -
The names and email addresses of 174,000 members, donors, and customers of camps and birthday parties at the Ontario Science Centre were exposed in...

City of Vaughan teams up with ventureLAB to provide consultation services to local businesses

Buckley Smith -
In celebration of the kickoff of Small Business Week in Vaughan, the city announced a partnership with ventureLAB to bring business consultation services free...

Renfrew County uses drones to deliver defib units 7 minutes faster than ambulances

Buckley Smith -
Every second counts when someone is having a heart attack, and paramedics in Eastern Ontario have found a way to cut seven precious minutes...

L-Spark announces its final six SaaS stars

Pragya Sehgal -
L-Spark, an Ottawa-based accelerator for software-as-a-service (SaaS) startups, announced its fresh fall cohort Oct. 2. The cohort comprises of six companies that are the latest...

Waze integrates city data into Google Cloud

Pragya Sehgal -
Waze is integrating its city data with Google Cloud to allow for cities to more easily access, organize, store, interpret, and share its transportation...

CIRA calls for federal parties to support an open Canadian Internet

Tom Li -
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), the non-profit organization that oversees all .ca domain names, published its new vision for the future internet in...

Canadian immigrant providing free IT career training across the country

Buckley Smith -
Pablo Listingart moved to Canada from Argentina in 2015 after a successful career working in IT for such companies as Microsoft Corp. and IBM...

Hashtag Trending – Facebook’s new business venture, IT safeguards from Elections Canada, Uber’s new safety system

Mandy Kovacs -
Facebook is hoping to replace your smartphone with smart glasses, Elections Canada beefs up IT security ahead of October 21st, and Uber is set to launch a new safety system for riders and drivers.

Student survey reveals 95% of students feel mandatory online courses are a bad idea

Buckley Smith -
A new survey from the Ontario Student Trustees' Association (OSTA-AECO) revealed that 95 per cent of the 6087 students surveyed disapprove of the e-learning...

FedDev Ontario announces $4M investment in digital identity firm BioConnect

Buckley Smith -
FedDev Ontario's recent $3.9 million investment in Toronto-based digital identity technology firm, BioConnect, will help Canada's Digital Charter achieve its goals to increase the...

FedDev Ontario invests into Everest Clinical Research through Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

Buckley Smith -
The federal government hopes to double the amount of women-owned businesses by 2025 with its $2 billion commitment through the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy. Currently,...

Federal government launches cybersecurity certification program for SMBs

Howard Solomon -
The federal government on Monday launched the long-awaited cybersecurity certification for small and mid-sized businesses in hopes of increasing the attention SMBs pay to...
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