Buckley Smith

Staff writer for IT World Canada. Covering the world of technology as it applies to business. Buckley is an avid sports fan who loves travel, food, and music. Can be contacted at [email protected] or 416-290-2000.

Articles by Buckley Smith

SAS seeing a 105% growth in AI revenue is no mistake, says IDC

SAS Institute has invested heavily in research and development and its AI business, and it seems to be paying off as a recent study from IDC Canada indicates that it has seen year-over-year growth at a rate nearly four times that of the overall market, which saw a growth rate of 26.6 per cent.

Hashtag Trending – U.S. delays Huawei ban; IKEA diving into smart home market; Disney streaming coming to Canada

The U.S. has delayed its ban on Huawei; IKEA opens business unit devoted to smart home products; Disney announces streaming service coming to Canada For...

Amazon dominates most trusted e-commerce brands in latest BrandSpark study

Many have touted this to be an era of consumer choice, but even with all the choices available, it can still be extremely difficult to cut through all the marketing slang, buzz words, and other jargon used to get down to how trustworthy a brand or product really is. BrandSpark International tries to aid in this struggle by releasing its annual winners of the BrandSpark Most Trusted Awards.

FedDev Ontario invests into Everest Clinical Research through Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

The federal government hopes to double the amount of women-owned businesses by 2025 with its $2 billion commitment through the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy. Currently, only 12.5 per cent of SMEs are owned by women.

Hashtag Trending – Microsoft listening to you too; Huawei aided Africa in spying; teenager’s fridge-tweet

Microsoft admits to listening to Cortana and Skype; Huawei aided African governments in spying; desperate teen sends tweet from fridge On a slow news day,...

Hashtag Trending – CBS and Viacom merging; hi-tech warfare in Hong Kong; Save icon called into question

Broadcasting giants CBS and Viacom set to merge; hi-tech warfare is underway in Hong Kong protests; Save icon in Word called into question We had...

Lyft is coming to Vancouver by the end of the year

Lyft is branching out of Ontario.

Huawei unveils its own smartphone operating system, calls it a ‘backup plan’

U.S. sanctions continue to hang over Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., but that hasn't stopped the company from announcing its own smartphone operating system called HarmonyOS.

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