After a long long time , Vancouver and the province has finally approved Uber and Lyft to operate this week. Vancouver was the only large metropolis in North America where Uber and Lyft were pretty much outlawed and unable to operate. British Columbia’s Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Claire Trevena has blamed the old government … Continue reading Lyft and Uber Are Finally Operating 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. This is the first major deal for Amazon after it decided to back away from their HQ2 in New York … Continue reading Amazon Leases 1.1m SQuare feet office space in Vancouver→
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 named Toronto as one of the best cities to launch tech startup in the world. Movinga looked at 75 cities around … Continue reading Toronto Is The Best City To Launch Startup In Canada, 8Th In The World→
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 Canada. Unlike banks and money lending services, bitcoin machines are not covered by federal anti-money-laundering regulations. “Regulate the use and operation … Continue reading Vancouver Potentially Cracking Down on Bitcoin ATMs→
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 white hackers and security experts gather to try to exploit various computer systems . Pwn2Own has been going on for over … Continue reading Tesla Model 3 Hacked in Canada→
U.S. Department of Justice said it has asked Canada to extradite Chinese Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou to the US. Jury has charged Huaweri as well as Meng with the following list of infractions: conspiracy to trade secrets attempted theft of trade secrets seven counts of wire fraud one count of obstruction of justice faces charges … Continue reading US asks Canada to Extradite Huawei’s CFO→
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 known as commercial license) instead of normal Class 5 license and undergo criminal check to drive for the ride sharing … Continue reading BC might finally get Uber→
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