Canadian 2018 Fed Budget: Tech + R&D

Another year went by and another budget was passed. The good news the deficit will be reduced to about $12b by 2023 and liberals have backtracked on a lot of controversial changes they wanted to pass just few months ago. Parental Leave So let’s start with not so techie but important for a lot of … Continue reading Canadian 2018 Fed Budget: Tech + R&D

Toronto Pacific Mall Flagged By US Government

Pacific Mall in Toronto area of Markham said that it will clean up its mall from counterfeit and pirated products. This comes after the US government declared the mall as the most notorious in the world for counterfeit and imitation goods. In January, US government said that the Toronto area mall, compromising mostly of 450 … Continue reading Toronto Pacific Mall Flagged By US Government

Toronto Jibestream Mapping Your Indoor Spaces

Jibestream is the provider of an indoor mapping and location platform that is transforming the way people engage with indoor spaces. We help enterprise organizations develop IoT-driven, indoor maps that can power a wide range of use cases from indoor navigation to asset tracking, spatial business intelligence and beyond. With a portfolio of high-profile venues … Continue reading Toronto Jibestream Mapping Your Indoor Spaces

Where You Book Your Vacation From Matters

On a recent vacation search, one of our employees have decided to go down to Riviera Maya for a much needed rest. After searching through multiple reviews on Tripadvisor, he has came upon a wonderful resort of Grand Palladium in Riviera Maya. Problem started when he started booking it, he got a price different from … Continue reading Where You Book Your Vacation From Matters

Canada Awards $950m to Develop Five Innovation Superclusters

The feds will spend almost a billion of dollars to advance five super clusters , as they call it, technology advancements across our beautiful country. They expect this move will help to grow Canada’s economy by $50 billion over the next decade and create more than “50,000 middle-class jobs.”   The #AI -Powered Supply Chains … Continue reading Canada Awards $950m to Develop Five Innovation Superclusters

Canada To Introduce Border App – No More Waiting in Line

Federal government has created a new app that will help you cross the border much easier and faster. You would need to download and register first. It is called Known Traveller Digital Identity app, and will first be launched only when you travel between Canada and Netherlands. If all goes according to plan, it will be … Continue reading Canada To Introduce Border App – No More Waiting in Line

Toronto Tech Salaries Grew 7% Last Year, But Still Fall Way Behind the US

Hired, job board website, recently released salary guide, where tech workers get paid the most. The study gets published every year with salary and real estate #s adjusted. Here is similar report published last year. Many things did change especially when it came to Toronto. The study was done using 420,000 actual salaries of tech workers … Continue reading Toronto Tech Salaries Grew 7% Last Year, But Still Fall Way Behind the US