Brian Jackson

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

Articles by Brian Jackson

How Canada’s zero-gravity research jet helped HP build printers for space

Onboard the April 2 resupply mission to the International Space Station are three zero-gravity HP Envy printers. Learn how HP conducted research with the...

How Canada’s world-class zero-gravity research facilities helped send HP’s printer to space

When HP needed to test its printer in a zero-gravity environment akin to the International Space Station, Canada's Falcon 20 jet proved to be its best option.

Tech highlights of Liberals’ pre-election Ontario budget

The tech industry will be most interested in the promise to build high-speed rail connecting Toronto with Kitchener-Waterloo.

Accept Mastercard card payments with a smartphone app

Mastercard will be introducing a smartphone app that will allow you to accept Mastercard card payments and we got a chance to take a look at the feature at Mobile World Congress 2018. 

Mastercard will let you withdraw cash from an ATM with a smartphone

Mastercard is working on a cardless ATM transaction and we got to take a first look at what that means at Mobile World Congress 2018. 

This one link is the only way to truly delete your Facebook profile

Nine years ago the Privacy Commissioner of Canada asked Facebook to make it easier to truly delete an account. It's largely ignored that request.

Hashtag Trending – Facebook privacy backlash, Adobe Summit, Dropbox IPO

Even Elon Musk is jumping on the anti-Facebook bandwagon, Adobe prepares to host some A-listers for its Digital Marketing Summit, and a successful Dropbox IPO could inspire more startups to go public.

Ontario suffered more blackouts than any other province in 2017: Eaton

A report on Canada's blackouts shows that Ontario suffers more than its fair share.

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