Mandy Kovacs

The IT skills shortage in Canada has been well documented, and this job-seekers market hasn’t made hiring any easier for executives.

Google is paying Apple to stay the top search engine, the world’s largest data centre will be built in the Arctic Circle, and researchers may have a way to stop video buffering.

It’s no secret that governments move at a glacial pace when it comes to making decisions and adopting new technology, but the province of Ontario is hoping to change that with its new hire.

Canada’s strict data sovereignty regulations have been a significant deterrent for many Canadian companies looking to move to the cloud. But with all three of the largest global hyperscale cloud providers – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) – building data centres in the country over the last year, the journey to the cloud has been simplified and Canadian companies have responded well.

BlackBerry Limited is continuing to leverage its strength in the enterprise market with a new partnership that will see it start delivering connected wearable devices.

Apple’s in hot water again, a battery-free phone, and another tech giant is backing universal basic income.

The Canadian government’s deadline for its initial supercluster proposals has officially come and gone as of July 21, but there has been little information made available about what comes next.