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10 Tips to Get A Job At Companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon

Since many big tech firms are moving recently to Canada to cities like Toronto, Montreal Calgary and Vancouver, you will need the following 10 tips to get a job at one of these big tech firms. 1. Prepare To Wait Millions of candidates apply to big tech firms every year. On average it takes about … Continue reading 10 Tips to Get A Job At Companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon

Microsoft is Opening Toronto Headoffice, 60,000 New Jobs Projected

Big news for Toronto today, Microsoft has announced that it will be opening a huge office downtown Toronto. Microsoft is committed to Toronto, so much so, it will be investing $570 million dollars into the city and the province of Ontario. At first they want to hire 500 employees as well as 500 students, but … Continue reading Microsoft is Opening Toronto Headoffice, 60,000 New Jobs Projected

Vancouver to Seattle Highspeed Train Almost a Reality

Update: While High speed train is being studied by both provincial and state governments, a private company, Harbour Air Seaplanes, has launched a seaplane that gets you in Seattle in around 1 hour from Vancouver. The tickets are around $400 but if speed is what you are after – this will be the best option … Continue reading Vancouver to Seattle Highspeed Train Almost a Reality

Montreal / Waterloo Maluuba, AI deep learning startup, has been acquired by Microsoft

Microsoft has agreed to acquire Maluuba, a Montreal Waterloo based company with one of the world’s most impressive deep learning research labs for natural language understanding. Maluuba’s expertise in deep learning and reinforcement learning for question-answering and decision-making systems will help Microsoft advance their strategy to democratize AI and to make it accessible and valuable … Continue reading Montreal / Waterloo Maluuba, AI deep learning startup, has been acquired by Microsoft