Brian Jackson

Former editorial director of IT World Canada. Current research director at Info-Tech

Articles by Brian Jackson

Hashtag Trending – Apple’s latest acqui-hire; GoPro deal with Adobe; China’s surveillance plans for Google

Apple makes another move in its music streaming battle with Spotify. Adobe Creative Cloud users will now gain access to some GoPro clips. And new laws passed in China may require Google to help surveil an ethnic minority.

Dialog with Debow: serial entrepreneur on his new product ‘AM radio for the Internet’

Hear a live-to-tape conversation with serial entrepreneur Daniel Debow about his new product, his time at Salesforce, and the Toronto tech ecosystem.

Amazon releases Canadian French language for Alexa developers

A developer preview shows that Alexa is almost ready to speak Canadian French.

Hashtag Trending – Android screens your calls; Airtame 2; Amazon’s sexist AI

Google Assistant can now help you screen out calls from telemarketers. The new Airtame 2 is out to improve this wireless streaming solution. And Amazon scrapped an AI project because it was too sexist.

The dangers of using open Wi-Fi networks: Michael Ball, virtual CISO

Security expert Michael Ball considered setting up a 'whitehat' hack at the CanadianCIO Summit to show how easy it is to fall victim to a man-in-the-middle attack.

Start the long journey to AI gains now, or risk missing out on the benefits

Much like the dot-com boom and bust of 2000, the hype of AI is probably ahead of its time, but that doesn't mean it's not worth doing.

Why you need to take action on GDPR: Sharon Bauer, KPMG Canada

Sharon Bauer, manager of KMPG Canada's privacy group, explains GDPR and why now is the right time to prepare for better privacy.

BlackBerry lends secure hardware assurance to Swiss phone maker Punkt

BlackBerry is extending is secure smartphone manufacturing expertise to a unique Swiss manufacturer.

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