Alex Coop

Former Editorial Director for IT World Canada and its sister publications.

Articles by Alex Coop

Hashtag Trending – Tech giants dabble with finance, WeWork loses $1.25B, Motorola RAZR comeback

Facebook and Google are taking a shot at the banking world, WeWork’s troubles continue as reports surface that it lost $1.25 billion in the third quarter, and it’s time to party like it’s the mid-2000s because the Motorola RAZR makes a comeback.

Dell debuts Dell EMC PowerOne, CTO says competition incapable of ‘doing what we’re doing’ in automation space

Dell is combining its compute, storage and networking portfolios into a single autonomous system called Dell EMC PowerOne, with VMware acting as the glue to help manage multiple clouds.

Cisco hits the upgrade button again on its collaboration portfolio

Cisco announced a series of enhancements to its collaboration portfolio today, including three new products, several software upgrades and a new partnership with Microsoft.

Hashtag Trending – Smart city in Toronto, Google acquires Fitbit, Blade Runner is here

The Waterfront Toronto board of directors approved Sidewalk Labs’ smart neighbourhood project on Quayside, Google acquires Fitbit, and its November 2019, which means that Blade Runner has officially become a movie set in modern day.

Hashtag Trending – Uber Freight comes to Canada, Netflix wants to speed up shows, iPhone sales tank

The Uber Freight app is driving into Canada, Netflix wants to speed up its shows because people are impatient, and underperforming iPhone sales aren’t bothering Apple.

New deal with Sidewalk Labs a huge win, says Waterfront Toronto’s privacy consultant

Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto have reached an agreement to continue on with the smart city Quayside project by Toronto's eastern waterfront.

Fortinet program that retrains military vets to tackle cyber threats grows in Canada

Fortinet program that retrains military vets to tackle cyber threats grows in Canada

Twitter says it will no longer accept political advertising on its platform

Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey made a surprise announcement this afternoon, telling the world on Twitter that the social media platform is stopping all political advertising on its platform.

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