What did Canadians Google in 2021?
By Yasmin Ranade
Today, Google released its annual Year in Search results about what interested Canadians the most in 2021.
Category: Business
Global F-35 Aircraft Supported by Canadian Innovation
By Yasmin Ranade
Since its beginnings in the 1970s, GTA based Ben Machine has built its machining business into an innovative supplier of machining solutions for the niche military industry.
Canadian Software developers Tell Employers What They Want
By Yasmin Ranade
During the pandemic, business executives caught up to what software developers have known all along: You don’t have to work side by side with your co-workers to be your most productive or deliver your best work. At least not full time
Smartphone Support for Indigenous Women
By Yasmin Ranade
TELUS announced the launch of Mobility for Good for Indigenous Women at Risk, a new program that provides free smartphones and data plans to Indigenous women who are at risk or surviving violence.
NBA and Microsoft Canada Call for Diverse Canadian Artists
By Yasmin Ranade
NBA and Microsoft Canada announced this week the return of “NBA Creators presented by Microsoft,” a design-focused program that leverages the NBA and Microsoft Canada’s platforms to elevate and increase exposure of diverse Canadian artists and their work. Deadline for applications, November 29.
Tellers Banking on Facial Recognition and AI: Algorithmic Identification
by Lee Rickwood
Banks in Canada and around the world are putting a new spin on the age-old service company mantra: KYC. Know your customer. Facial recognition and algorithmic identification technology makes it possible.
Tech Expedites Efforts to Resettle Afghan Refugees in Canada
By Yasmin Ranade
IBM Canada has teamed up with NGO Aman Lara to build a technology platform that helps NGOs in their evacuation efforts to bring up to 40,000 Afghan refugees to Canada, as part of Canada’s expanded Afghan resettlement program.
Law firms can cut down on paper with the Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1600
By Ted Kritsonis
Law firms go through untold mounds of paper at any given time, and a Victoria, B.C.-based consultant believes the answer lies in rapid on-site digitization through a Fujitsu document scanner.