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Bradly Shankar

Fourth-year journalism student at Ryerson University.

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Facebook launches personal fundraising feature in Canada

November 13, 2017

Facebook has announced that fundraising for personal causes is now available to Canadian users. The feature has previously…

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Canada’s Privacy Commissioner says schools should prioritize privacy education

November 10, 2017

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has released an open letter to the Council of Ministers of Education…

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Microsoft Vancouver announces 50 new mixed reality jobs, education partnerships

November 2, 2017

Microsoft has announced that an additional 50 mixed reality-related jobs will be created in British Columbia to help grow the…

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RBC’s Borealis AI institute snags Washington State University professor

November 1, 2017

Borealis AI, an RBC Institute for Research in artificial intelligence, has announced that it has hired on professor Matthew…

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University of Waterloo team working on new rapid-charging battery tech

October 30, 2017

Technology can power many things nowadays, but even the top-of-the-line electronics can take a while to fully charge. However,…

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Privacy Commissioner says some educational apps collecting “too much” information

October 27, 2017

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) says a sweep of educational apps found that some apps need to do better.…

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Waterloo-based Magnusmode helping Pearson Airport support travellers with cognitive special needs

October 26, 2017

Toronto’s Pearson International Airport has announced a partnership with MagnusCards, a free-to-download app that offers…

Assassins Creed origins

Canadian video games are fuelling the nation’s tech innovation. No, really.

October 25, 2017

Some of the world’s most popular video game franchises have been developed in Canada. The original Mass Effect trilogy…

BC Tech Association launches mixed reality hub

October 20, 2017

Canada’s first-ever virtual, augmented and mixed reality hub has opened in Vancouver. Known as the BC Tech Cube (or “The…

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Report: Less than half of Canadians expected to use cash by 2020

September 15, 2017

With mobile payment options becoming increasingly more prevalent in every day life, cash has seemingly become less commonly…

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Walmart launches third-party seller marketplace in Canada

September 7, 2017

Walmart has announced that it is expanding its global online marketplace to Canada via Walmart.ca. With this program, Canadians…

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Quebec gov’t will begin collecting taxes from Airbnb in October

August 30, 2017

The Quebec government has reached an agreement with home-sharing company Airbnb to begin collecting ‘lodging taxes’ from…

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Uber is testing self-driving cars in Toronto

August 24, 2017

Uber has deployed two autonomous cars to the streets of Toronto for testing, although only with human drivers behind the wheel.…

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Screaming Power builds app to help City of Toronto monitor greenhouse gas emissions

August 18, 2017

Screaming Power, a company that makes applications for mobile energy monitoring, reporting and management, has provided the…

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Report: Over half of Canadians use smartphones to make online purchases

August 11, 2017

A majority of Canadians like to do their shopping online, according to a recent study. Omnichannel advertising platform StackAdapt…

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