Brian Jackson

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

Articles by Brian Jackson

Belgium’s state visit to Ottawa brings tech delegates along with royals

Tech entrepreneurs accompanied the Belgium King and Queen on a week-long visit to Ottawa, and held a meeting with members of Canadas tech industry.

Unboxing and installing Ecobee’s new Switch+ with Alexa

Ecobee is one of the first companies to push whole-home voice through its smart home devices. We got an early hands-on test with its new Ecobee Switch+.

Hashtag Trending – Alexa is creepy now; baseball on Facebook; nanotech vision

People are waiting to see if Alexa’s laughing fits are really over, Facebook signs an exclusive deal to livestream 25 Major League Baseball games, and you can go ahead and throw your glasses out - nanotechnology is going to fix your eyes.

Hashtag Trending – Dx3 Canada; Oculus bricked; Rhode Island proposes porn block

Amazon Canada’s leader says ecommerce has a lot of room to grow, Oculus Rift users are forced to come to grips with reality, and lawmakers in Rhode Island want to restrict Internet porn.

LG V30S First Look – All Hands on Tech

LG isn't done with the V30 just yet.

Upskill announces new partners, $17.2M funding for enterprise augmented reality platform

An augmented reality platform already adopted by major industrial firms is bringing onboard more partners, backed with investments.

Hashtag Trending – Ontario’s pay transparency bill; the highest-paying tech jobs; Flow

Ontario introduces new legislation aimed at trimming the gender pay gap. A huge study of tech jobs reveals who’s getting paid the most. And a new app for project management geeks.

Hashtag Trending – Google grasps quantum supremacy; nanobots kill cancer; Uber’s wages

Google takes one step closer to achieving quantum supremacy. Scientists use nanobots to kill cancer in mice. And Uber fires back on a study about how much its drivers are paid.

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