Shruti Shekar

Shruti Shekar is a video producer and reporter for IT World Canada. She was formerly a political reporter at The Hill Times and was based in Ottawa. Her beats included political culture, lobbying, telecom and technology, and the diplomatic community. She was also was the editor of The Lobby Monitor, and a reporter at The Wire Report; two trade publications that are part of The Hill Times. She received a MA in journalism from Western University and a double BA honours in communication studies and human rights from Carleton University. She was born in India, grew up mostly in Singapore and currently resides in Canada.

Articles by Shruti Shekar

Hashtag Trending: Facebook might lose 1m European users; Oculus co-founder leaving Facebook; Uninstalled apps can track you

Facebook could lose as many as 1 million users in Europe, former Oculus co-founder leaving Facebook after internal shake-ups, and uninstalled apps can still track you.

Hashtag Trending: A repair tech says Apple, U.S. customs seized goods; Spotify reinventing soundtracks; Tim Cook calls Bloomberg to retract story

A repair technician says Apple and U.S. customs has seized his goods following a CBC investigation, Spotify wants to disrupt the movie soundtrack album industry, and Apple’s Tim Cook is calling out Bloomberg to retract its Chinese spy chip story.

Hashtag Trending: Huawei accused of tech theft; Facebook’s Zuckerberg could be removed as chairman; Salesforce CEO calls out billionaires

Huawei has been accused of stealing software from a California-based startup, several Facebook shareholders are backing a proposal to remove Mark Zuckerberg as the chairman, and Salesforce’s CEO is calling out fellow billionaires for hoarding money and not helping the homeless.

Bell offers Virtual Network Services to enterprise clients shifting to cloud based applications

Bell will now offer enterprise clients a Virtual Network Service to deploy solutions like security or routing through software instead of hardware infrastructure.

All Hands on Tech – Samsung Galaxy Note 9 full review

We take a closer look at the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 for our latest All Hands on Tech review.

Huawei launches new Mate phones, brings Mate 20 Pro to Canada

Huawei launched its new Mate 20 Pro smartphone and is bringing it to Canada in early November.

Digital transformation company Veriday says there is a growing market for software solution provider Liferay in Canada

Veriday's CEO Marc Lamoureux talks about how digital transformation solutions are being adopted more in Canada and Liferay is poised for success.

2 Truths and a Lie with ViewSonic’s Deidre Deacon

Deidre Deacon, ViewSonic's general manager, tells us two truths and one lie, try to play along.

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