Report: As COVID-19 causes job postings to plunge, software development stable
As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to impact the job market in Canada, postings for new positions are beginning to fall, according to new data…
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Rangle temporarily lays off 78 employees as financial pressures from pandemic hit #CDNtech
Toronto-based development agency Rangle.io has made the decision to initiate temporary layoffs for 78 employees, as financial pressure on Canadian companies grow with the…
How to set up your startup for remote work
Caution due to the Coronavirus is leading many tech companies, including Twitter, Google and Microsoft, to cut business travel and encourage their engineers to…
Shopify cancels annual developer conference Unite amid concerns over COVID-19
On Friday, Shopify announced it is cancelling the “in-person elements” of Shopify Unite, its annual conference for partners and developers. This year’s event, where…
Lambda scandal emphasizes need for education industry to innovate responsibly and transparently
Coding bootcamp Lambda School has come under fire in recent days following a report from New York Magazine, which indicates that some of the…
Rangle makes second significant staff reduction in less than a year
Toronto-based development agency Rangle.io has reportedly made significant layoffs, BetaKit has learned. According to statements publicly made on social media by former employees, approximately…
PointClickCare opens developer hub in downtown Toronto
Mississauga, Ont.-based PointClickCare is opening its own developer hub in downtown Toronto, at the southwest corner of King St. and York St. The new…
Grassroots group survey finds pay disparity among Victoria tech workers
YYJ Tech, a grassroots Slack community for Victoria’s tech ecosystem, recently surveyed its members in order to better understand compensation among the different roles…
Shopify to host program for developers reentering tech industry after extended leaves
With the talent shortage reportedly being an enduring hindrance of growth in the Canadian tech ecosystem, Shopify has created a program supporting engineers and…
AI Deep Dive chooses Toronto over San Francisco for AI skills course
AI Deep Dive, a three-month, full-time, retreat-style artificial intelligence course, is closing its San Francisco program, and moving to Toronto in August. The course…
Microsoft, VCGA launch tech education lab in Vancouver’s Chinatown
Microsoft has teamed up with the Vancouver Computer Graphic Society (VCGA) to host tech programming, workshops, and mentor-led labs this summer in the Vancouver-based…
Digital skills school BrainStation expands learning platform ‘Online Live’
BrainStation, a technology skills school with five locations in North America, has expanded and updated its remote learning platform, making it more available to…
HackerYou accepted to Y Combinator on back of new tuition model
The HackerYou College of Technology has announced it has been accepted to Y Combinator’s summer 2019 batch, months after adopting a new Income Share…