California Federal judge blocked the Canadian ruling that was trying to make Google delete search results from its system. This is definitely a nice win for Google as it is telling other countries to stop interfering with US jurisdiction where Google servers are based. This is the first time when US judge tells a foreign … Continue reading US Judge to Canada – Hands Off Google
Waze, a GPS navigation software, acquired in 2013 by Google became partners with City of Toronto and will start utilizing city’s data. This will help drivers to avoid traffic and construction around the city, and for the city to better understand how to fix any congestions using Waze data. For the first time, the City is … Continue reading Toronto to Share Traffic Data with Waze
To combat shortage of rentals in the city, Vancouver passed a by law limiting short term rentals. This ban does not affect individuals renting out their own place / principal residence, but affects businesses or individuals who own or rent our more than one property. Vancouver’s real estate prices have been through the roof, and … Continue reading Vancouver To Target AirBnb, $1k Fine if Unlicensed
Females of tech world in Canada rejoice! The federal government, or more correctly the Business Development Bank of Canada has upped the support level funding by $20m from $50m to $70m. This $70m funds have to be dispersed within 5 years to motivate more females to run their tech businesses. Small Business Minister Bardish Chagger … Continue reading Feds to Up Funding to Female Run Tech Companies
No no, This is not their 2nd HQ office. Amazon is opening a second office in Vancouver to grow their team from 1,000 tech professionals to 2,000 within the next few years. Alexandre Gagnon, Amazon Canada VP said: “Amazon is excited to continue growing our workforce throughout Canada. We are among the largest employers of … Continue reading Amazon To Hire 1,000 IT Pros in Vancouver, Open 2nd Office
Deloitte, one of the “Big Four” accounting firms and the largest professional services network in the world by revenue and number of professionals, has released its yearly published Top 50 Canadian Tech Companies to Watch For. This year, all top 3 companies fast growing tech companies come as no surprise hail from Ontario, Yours To Discover. … Continue reading Top 50 Canadian Tech Companies To Watch Out For in 2018, According to Deloitte
Big Brother is getting ready to fly overhead to make sure drivers are abiding by the rules of the highway code in Ontario. Government of Ontario is studying a way to unleash hundreds of drones around The Greater Toronto area to make sure motorists who take a high-occupancy toll lane are actually authorized to use it. … Continue reading Drones to Oversee Toronto / Ontario Highways
