Eric Emin Wood

Former IT World Canada associate editor turned consultant with public relations firm Porter Novelli. When not writing for the tech industry enjoys photography, movies, travelling, the Oxford comma, and will talk your ear off about animation if you give him an opening.

Articles by Eric Emin Wood

Hashtag Trending – Microsoft’s Surface Book problem, Amazon’s data centres now easier to use

Microsoft has a Surface Book problem, Amazon is making it easier for companies to use their datacentres, and a neo-Nazi website is having trouble...

Hashtag Trending – Facebook’s new TV platform, Google’s sexist engineer breaks his silence

Facebook’s launching its own television platform, the former Google engineer behind last week’s viral memo gives an interview, and Canada is officially the top destination for U.S. tech workers fleeing Trump.

Top 10 digital transformation projects of Canada’s top employers

Many of the companies featured on Indeed.com's top 25 Canadian employers list are focused on digital transformation products.

The government wants CATA’s advice on how to improve SR&ED funding

That didn't take long. Less than a week after the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) officially released a report breaking down how the federal government...

Startup visa pilot program to become permanent, federal government says

A four-year-old pilot program aimed at helping immigrants launch startups in Canada is becoming permanent, the federal government announced Friday. During a conference held at...

Government essentially cutting billions from innovation funding, CATA says

CATA is making the case that newly announced funding pales in comparison to years of SR&ED tax credit cut backs.

Patent disputes threaten to halt iPhone sales in U.S.

The bitter legal battle between Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. has taken another turn, with the San Diego, Calif.-based microchip manufacturer filing six patent...

20 more Canadian tech leaders look to the future for #Canada150

To celebrate Canada's 150th birthday, we asked as many technology leaders as we could, "What do you see for Canada’s future and how will technology play a role in that?"

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