Brian Jackson

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

Articles by Brian Jackson

Hashtag Trending – Justin Trudeau favours net neutrality; Elon Musk wins $50M bet; Black Friday deals

Justin Trudeau speaks out against the U.S. plan to reverse net neutrality. Elon Musk delivers a big battery to win a big bet. And some hot Black Friday deals on tech gadgets.

How to use Google Home’s new Broadcast feature

Use your Google Home devices and Android smartphone like an intercom that can broadcast messages across your home or office.

Google’s secret Android location tracking is latest failure to respect privacy

A Quartz investigation reveals that Google is still having issues making user privacy a high priority, despite past interactions with Canada's Privacy Commissioner.

Government doesn’t understand extent of Phoenix payroll problems: AG report

The Phoenix payroll system is going to be more expensive to fix and take longer to correct than the government predicted, the Auditor General finds.

Canadian firms place bets on Amazon Alexa to lift smart home, office markets

Amazon Alexa might just be coming to Canada now, but it hasn't stopped Toronto-based firms from integrating the technology into their own smart products.

Hashtag Trending – Black Friday; Homepod delayed; Amazon Key loophole

Black Friday goes mobile, Apple delays the HomePod, and researchers find a loophole in Amazon Key.

Death of the headphone jack – progress or mistake? Executives weigh in

Death of the headphone jack - progress or mistake? Apple and Google have decided to kill the headphone jack on their smartphones. Apple did this...

Hashtag Trending – Robot dog, Tesla truck, 8K HDR videos on Vimeo

Meet the most adorable robot dog yet. Elon Musk has revealed Tesla’s big electric truck. And Vimeo is trying its best to make 4K resolution obsolete.

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