Meagan Simpson

Meagan Simpson is a Jr. staff writer for IT World Canada. A graduate of Carleton University’s journalism program, she loves sports, travelling, reading and photography, and when not covering tech news she can be found cuddled up on the couch with her cat and a good book.

Articles by Meagan Simpson

Apple, Google, Al Gore and Canadian socks – day one of Elevate

Eric Schmidt told the Elevate Toronto audience that Sidewalk Labs is a trustworthy data steward because Google hasn't suffered data breaches.

‘Hey Hendrix, join the conference call’ – the AI bot from Edmonton

Testfire is an Edmonton-based lab hopes to raise money and scale up its business on the back of its digital assistant that helps with work meetings.

IBM’s new bias detection software, democratizing AI

IBM says it can prevent bias in AI decision making with another software algorithm.

Hashtag Trending – Amazon product announcements; Bezos in space; Adobe acquisitions

Amazon makes over a dozen announcements at product showcase, Jeff Bezos sending people to space and Adobe acquisition could fuel Salesforce rivalry. First up from...

Toronto’s top 10 most desirable brands for tech workers

Hired, a U.S.-based job search website has released its annual report of the top employer brands as decided by tech workers.

Hashtag Trending – Robots create jobs; Apple losing customers; Shopify and AR

Robots might actually create jobs not take them, Apple’s new luxury phone prices scaring away customers, and Shopify bring augmented reality to ecommerce. First up...

SAP announces digital assistant and mobile app for HR

SAP Leonardo will now be featured in SuccessFactors and a new Android app is just launched.

Garmin moves into new Alberta headquarters

There's a new tech headquarters in Canada - and it's not located in Toronto or Montreal.

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