Privacy Investigation Launched Into Rogers Yahoo Oath Email
by Lee Rickwood
Despite changes in the company’s terms of use, an investigation into the privacy policies at a leading email service provider in Canada will continue.
Category: Business
Canadian AI Tool Tracks Public Input to Government Agency Consultations
When Canada’s broadcast and telecom agency asked for public input about whether the Internet should be regarded as a basic need, well, Canadians responded big time. More than 65,000 pages of submitted materials were received by the Canadian Radio-Television and…
QuickBooks Self-Employed mobile app prepares freelancers and small businesses for tax time
By Gadjo C. Sevilla
Intuit’s QuickBooks Self-Employed mobile app eliminates the pain points associated with financial management and helps self-employed workers easily manage their operations from anywhere as well as be ready for tax filing season.
Google is Smart to Address Privacy Concerns in High-Tech Neighbourhood
by Lee Rickwood
A public talk about Google’s high-tech plans for a smart neighbourhood in Toronto will be held tonight, one in a series of planned consultations that organizers hope will address concerns and issues connected with a major techno-enabled urban revitalization proposal.
Facebook’s Data Privacy Scandal Extends to Canada: 600K Users, 10 Years and Counting
by Lee Rickwood
Extremely important privacy questions about Facebook’s data sharing being investigated now echo those raised in 2008.
Digital Makeovers: AR, AI in Canada Changing the Face of Beauty Industry
by Lee Rickwood
Social media and e-commerce continue to drive much of the beauty industry’s sales online, and AI-enabled apps like those developed by Modiface recreate the valuable in-store experience of working with a makeup stylist or beautician.
Canadian Food App Turns Social Ordering into King Street Ritual
by Lee Rickwood
The app offers what it calls the Piggyback service, kind of a peer-to-peer delivery network inside of a company or office doing the ordering. If one worker is going to pick up a coffee, a co-worker can “piggyback” on that order and bring back two cups.
Montreal medical team enables world’s first-ever tele-ultrasound solution
By Yasmin Ranade
Montreal’s Reacts (Remote Education, Augmented Communication, Training and Supervision) platform, created by Innovative Imaging Technologies Inc. (IIT), will be used to revolutionize remote collaboration in portable ultrasound.