Red Hat Announces Winners of Women in Open Source Awards
By Yasmin Ranade
Red Hat’s first Women in Open Source Awards winners were announced at Red Hat Summit, the industry’s premier open source technology conference, in Boston.
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MasterCard Women in Entrepreneurship Program at Ryerson University
By Yasmin Ranade
The Digital Media Zone at Ryerson University (DMZ) announced the ‘MasterCard Women in Entrepreneurship Program’ earlier this month, aimed to fuel the success of women-led start-ups.
Call for Voting: Women in Open Source Award
By Yasmin Ranade
Red Hat judges have narrowed down more than 100 nominations to 10 finalists for its Women in Open Source Award, which recognizes the contributions that women are making in the open source movement. And, now it’s time for the public to cast its vote to name the winners. Voting is open through March 6th.
Ann Cavoukian To Address IABC Canada Eastern Region with Keynote on Big Data & Privacy
By Yasmin Ranade
The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Canada East Region (CER) and Waterloo chapter team up to host a presentation on February 26 on how to combine big data with social media and privacy safeguards.
Social Media Accolades to be handed out: Nominations Open for Social Influencer Nation Awards
by Yasmin Ranade
Nominations opened last week (January 21, 2015) for Canada’s first annual Social Influencer Nation Awards. These nationwide awards will celebrate the best of CanadianSocial Media Influencers, the Best Social Media Campaigns and voter’s favourite Social Media Tools. Winners will be announced at an awards gala this April 2015.
Is Mobile Job Search The Way Forward?
By Yasmin Ranade
Canadian entrepreneur and Wirkn founder/CEO, Derek Szeto, thinks so. His mobile job search and recruitment platform is novel and ‘candidate-centric’. I asked Derek about his business and his vision to bring together employment search success, mobile and social media.
Dell Continues Conference Support for Women Entrepreneurs
By Yasmin Ranade
Dell announced recently that it would bring together the world’s leading women founders, investors, policy makers and thought leaders for the sixth annual Dell for Entrepreneurs Women’s Summit, formerly known as DWEN – Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network Conference.
Microsoft Supports Global Call for Coders
By Yasmin Ranade
It’s a true pleasure to see the rise in popularity and effect of coding movements, like Hour of Code and Computer Science Education Week, taking place this week, from December 8 until December 14. Hour of Code is a global movement designed to demystify code and show that anybody at any age can learn the basics of computer science.