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Montreal, AI powerhouse, according to Wired
Wired magazine ran a story this weekend declaring Montreal as a clear winner in artificial intelligence. Wired magazine claims that due to cheap office rent and "community feel" Montreal is able to...
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BC might finally get Uber
British Columbia has finally introduced legislation where you can drive for Uber legally in that province. This will officially kick in around mid of 2019. You would need to get a Class 4 (or more...
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Canadian Official Wants to Break Up Facebook
Facebook ruled out advice about anti-trust regulations from nine governments at meeting in the UK. Mark Zuckerberg declined to attend a meeting instead sending Facebook's VP. Charlie Angus, member of...
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Google’s Cell Phone Plan Now Works on iPhone and in Canada
UPDATE #1: Some of our readers on social media in Canada were astonished with this phone plan and asked us to clarify - Does it kick you off if you aren't in the US? like after 6 months if you live in...
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Netflix Canada to Increase Prices a Whopping 27%
Netflix has announced that they will be increasing their prices in Canada. The new price hike will be immediate for new subscribers and existing subscribers will be notified by email. The new Netflix...
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China to Canada : Release Captured Huawei CFO or Else
UPDATE #1: Meng was granted $10m bail in Vancouver. Canadian Judge said he was satisfied with this arrangement and does not believe Meng will try to escape the country. Huawei said: "We have every...
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Ontario Officially Approves Drone Deliveries
The future is here. Drones will officially start their deliveries in Ontario starting March 1st 2019. Small community of Moose Factory, with population of 2458, has signed on with Drone Deliver Canada...
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Which is the most innovative country in the world? Well, it’s not Canada
Israel and China are one of the few big movers in the new 2019 Bloomberg Annual Innovation Index. The 2019 ranking process began with more than 200 economies. Each was scored on a 0-100 scale based on...
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Netflix to Open Production Hub in Toronto? It’s a Strong Possibility...
Netflix perhaps will soon be opening its production hub in Toronto. That's at least what Mayor John Tory told The Canadian Press. “I have a very high level of confidence, without betraying confidences...
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Top 40 Narwhals (2019 Best Tech Companies) in Canada
The Impact Centre, based in Toronto, publishes annual Narwhals' list of 40 great Canadian tech companies that has potential to become successful on the world stage. They look at the fundraising...
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Nova Scotia Crypto-Exchange Can’t Pay Investors $250m after its CEO’s Death
Canadian firm Quadriga CX based in Nova Scotia says it will not be able to pay its customers and investors the $250m because its CEO, Gerald Cotten, died while on a trip to India. The company says...
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Is Ubisoft Hurting Canadian Tech Businesses?
National Post, a Canadian newspaper, as well as La Press, Montreal based French newspaper, recently published an op-ed piece about why they think Ubisoft is taking away talent from other tech firms...
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Netflix to add Production Hub in Toronto, To Create 1850 Jobs
Netflix just announced that it will be launching film and production hub at Toronto's waterfront studio district. They will have 84,580 square feet of space, that they are currently leasing, and will...
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Blackberry to add 800 jobs in Ottawa, build self driving cars
Blackberry teamed up with federal government and will be investing $350m to build self-driving cars in Ottawa. Federal government will pitch in $40m while Blackberry itself will be investing $310m. The...
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Tesla Model 3 Hacked in Canada
Two hackers in Vancouver had won a Tesla after they have found loophole in Telsa’s web browser that let them bypass security. This happened at a Pwn2Own hacking contest in Vancouver where so called...
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Facebook Scolds Canada
Canadian regulators said that Facebook’s weak privacy protection was to blame for millions of users’ data being exposed. Canadian privacy commissionaire said that Facebook broke national and provincial...
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Canada Ups Subsidies on Electric Cars, Starts Today
If you are shopping for electric cars, today is a great day to buy one as the government of Canada starts subsidizing electric cars across Canada no matter where you are in Canada, British Columbia to...
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Uber to remove users with low ratings in Canada
Uber will start removing users whose ratings it finds unacceptable. Uber mentioned that they will notify users several times to improve their rating before kicking them off. If Uber removes your...
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Vancouver Potentially Cracking Down on Bitcoin ATMs
Police in Vancouver say that Bitcoin ATMs are used for money laundering and must be stopped. Vancouver Mayor agrees with them. Bitcoin users say that federal rules need to be set for bitcoin across...
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Ontario Reduces Startup Funding
Ontario government has decided to cut funding to startup and innovation programs in the province. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has promised to balance province’s books at any means necessary. Ford wants...
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Toronto Walmart Allows Phone Purchases in Store
No more need for cashiers at a Walmart store in Toronto. Walmart Supercentre near St Claire and Runnymede is testing out fast lane checkout system. Walmart said that they will also roll out this fast...
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15,000 Accounts Hacked at Canada’s Freedom Mobile
Freedom Mobile says that 15,000 accounts were breached earlier this year, and that they will be notifying customers if their accounts were breached. Freedom Mobile had no idea their system was hacked...
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Quebec Desjardins Starting $45m FinTech Fund
Desjardins is trying to diversify their banking domain by starting a $45m fintech fund in Canada. The fund will disburse funding between few hundred thousand dollars to $3m dollars to startups for...
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Toronto Is The Best City To Launch Startup In Canada, 8Th In The World
Toronto is once again has been named as one of the best cities in the world to start your tech startup business. Experts at Movinga, online platform-based moving company, have crunched the numbers and...
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Amazon Leases 1.1m SQuare feet office space in Vancouver
Amazon had decided to go all out with its lease of 1.1m of square feet space downtown Vancouver. Their office will take the entire block and will house thousands of IT workers right downtown Vancouver....
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Huawei Is Moving its R&D To Canada
Fed up with American sanctions against their company, Huawei announced that they will be moving its R&D office to Canada. Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of Huawei, said the move its necessary...
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Shopify Might GeT Acquired
CNBC announced that few companies in Silicon Valley are looking around and want to acquire Canadian based Shopify. CNBC mentioned that Shopify will probably not accept any offers as they want to remain...
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Quebec City’s MyCustomizer is Making it easier to Shop
We have sat down with Renaud Teasdale Co-Founder and CEO of startup MyCustomizer to ask him about his Quebec City’s company and the success he had with it. Summarize your company in an elevator pitch....
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Sales of Electric Vehicles in Ontario Decrease due to Rebate Cut
Since Doug Ford’s government has cut the rebate for provincial electric cars in Ontario last year, the sales for the electric cars like Tesla, have stagnated. The Canadian national target might now not...
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Nova Scotia’s Crypto owner’s Exhumation Is Requested
Lawyers of Quadriga CX’s users are requesting Canadian government to do the exhumation of late Gerald Cotten to make sure it’s really him. Last year Cotten has passed away while on a trip to India. He...
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Data OF 15 Million LifeLabs’ Canadian Customers Compromised
Lifelabs , Canada’s largest provider of health diagnostic testing services, acknowledged that more than 15 million of accounts have been compromised in a recent hack. However Lifelabs has mentioned...
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Rogers To Launch 5G in Canada
Rogers said this week that it will be rolling out the super fast fifth-generation (5G) telecoms network in Canada. It will be the first company to do so in Canada. Rogers will first launch in Toronto,...
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Google to Hire Up To 5,000 Employees in Canada
Google has announced last week that it will be adding three times more employees than they have now in Toronto, Montreal and Waterloo – Kitchener, Ontario. Google hopes to get the hires in within the...
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Software Developers’ Salaries in Toronto are Rising Fast
As reported by Wall Street Journal, salaries for software developers outside of Silicon Valley are rising fast. This is due to the fact that the companies are expending outside of Silicon Valley and...
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CRTC To Regulate Tech Firms like Facebook and Google in Canada
Canadian government is set to introduce a new law, where it will give special powers to CRTC, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications, to regular tech companies in Canada. Government said that...
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UPDATED: Canadian Privacy Agency to Investigate US Facial Recognition Firm
Update #1: The company in this story, Clearview AI, has just been hacked and more than 2,200 organizations spanning law enforcement to universities have their information accessed. Clearview has...
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Foodora’s Couriers To Unionize in Ontario
Part time delivery employees at Foodora, online food delivery company, have decided to unionize. The Ontario Labour Relations Board said today that since Foodora part time employees are dependent...
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Ottawa Requests Wireless Providers to Lower PriceS
Canadian government says that it now requires cell phone companies like Rogers, Bell and Telus to lower its cell phone bill by 25% within the next 2 years or face consequences. Innovation, Science and...
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Canadian Telecoms Say Bye Bye to Huawei
Bell and Telus have decided to ditch Huawei and instead sign Ericsson for their 5G equipment needs. This should help Canadian government decide whether to ban Huawei in the country. Bell said it will...
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Coronavirus Contact Tracing App To Launch In Canada Shortly
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a tracing app to be launched in Canada within weeks. The app will let users know whether they have come into contact with covid19 cases around them. The app will...
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SpaceX Wants to Deliver High Speed Internet in Canada From Space
In today’s world where everyone is hanging on their phones, personal computers being part of one’s daily living and online transactions are more convenient. We can see the impact of internet in this...
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Hacked Lifelabs Failed To Protect Customers’ Data
Toronto’s Lifelabs, Canada’s largest laboratory testing company. has failed to protect customers’ data from hackers last year. Their data’s breach was the largest in Canadian history due to sheer...
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Toronto Startup BagAway Helps With Your Luggage Storage
Bagsaway is a Canadian startup based in Toronto that offers on-demand luggage storage for travelers all over the world through their online booking platform. Think of BagsAway as an AirBnB for your...
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Covid19 App Is Available for Download, Does Not Work With Older Phones
Delayed by about a month, you can now download the Covid19 app in Canada, in Apple Store as well as Google Play. However if you are planning on using it on older phones, it will probably wont work and...
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Communitech Lures USA Based Tech Workers to Work in Waterloo Canada
Communitech, an organization that supports the entire “Community of Tech” in Waterloo, placed 9 billboards across Silicon Valley to invite US based tech employees to relocate to Canada for IT work....
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Is ArriveCan accessible to Blind Canadians? CNIB says no
People with disabilities are often overseen by the authorities in power, which showed when the ArriveCan app was launched. This app plays an essential role in cross-country travel and border crossing....
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Canada’s first regulated custodian of crypto assets: The Calgary fintech...
As the world becomes increasingly open to the currency of the digital world, there’s good news for crypto enthusiasts in Canada. On July 5th, after over an 18 month-long period, a small financial...
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U.S. Lawmakers set envious glances as talented immigrants move North to Canada
Immigrants who made their way to the United States to hone their rare crafts and make a living off of the skills they have to offer now see a brighter light from the North. As Canada makes its...
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New Vaccine Passport in Canada
Canada has announced that they will introduce a vaccine passport starting in September 2021. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said that he is working with provinces in Canada to collect data on...
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Combating Rising Cybercrimes in Canada
Ever since the pandemic began, the threat of hacking and cyber crimes rose at an alarming rate. Many people and even official sites were hacked which posed a threat regarding the usage of online...
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