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

Glassdoor reveals Canada’s top 25 CEOs of 2018 – and eight are in tech

Nearly one third of Canada's top 25 CEOs work in the tech industry, according to the 2018 Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards for the Top CEOs.

Federal government launches consultations for national data strategy

Privacy experts applaud the greater attention on data privacy, but some wonder if there's really any hope of putting this genie back in the lamp.

Uber and Lyft expand Toronto services to Pearson Airport

Toronto's leading ride-sharing services have expanded their market. On Tuesday, the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) announced the launch of a pilot project allowing Uber...

Hashtag Trending – Uber wants AI to identify drunk riders; Apple bans cryptocurrency mining; Seattle repeals ‘Amazon tax’

Uber wants to use artificial intelligence to identify whether a prospective passenger is drunk. Apple has banned cryptocurrency mining from its app store. And...

Hashtag Trending – Net neutrality officially dead; Amazon under fire for Chinese factory conditions

Federal net neutrality is officially dead in the U.S. A cyber attack lowers BitCoin’s value to around $7200. And working conditions at Chinese manufacturing...

Hashtag Trending – Toronto’s Big Data conference; Facebook glitch makes private posts public; goodbye to memes?

4000 participants will be descending onto the 6ix this week for the Big Data Toronto Conference and Expo. A Facebook glitch briefly made private...

Hashtag Trending – Washington sues Google and Facebook; ZTE strikes deal with U.S.; Sonos’ new Alexa-enabled speaker

The state of Washington has sued Google and Facebook for allegedly not disclosing who purchased election ads. Chinese smartphone manufacturer ZTE’s U.S. operations officially get to stay in business. And users appear very interested in Sonos’ new Alexa-enabled smart speaker.

Lots of award-winning mobility strategies in the June 2018 issue of Municipal Interface

The June 2018 issue of Municipal Interface is all about digital transformation through mobility, whether it's choosing vendors to collaborate with, ideas for creative hardware applications, or case studies in mobility as a smart cities platform.

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