Samira Balsara

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Samira is a writer for IT World Canada. She is currently pursuing a journalism degree at Toronto Metropolitan University (formally known as Ryerson) and hopes to become a news anchor or write journalistic profiles. You can email her at sbalsara@itwc.ca

Layoffs and recession fears in the tech sector affecting employee morale

In recent months Canadian-based technology companies have downsized, trimming large portions of their staff.  At the end of July, e-commerce company Shopify laid off 10...

Mass Minority’s BAM spinning out into standalone company

Marketing technology company Mass Minority is carving out its multi-patented marketing intelligence platform, BAM, into a standalone company based in Austin, Texas and Toronto,...

Hashtag Trending Aug 23 – Apple employees sign new petition against return to office; Sony faces new lawsuit; landmark U.K. AV decision

Apple employees continue to fight against mandatory return to office, Sony faces a $6 billion lawsuit, and the U.K. government decides that manufacturers are responsible for vehicles in autonomous mode.

Canadian company wins CapitaLand Sustainability X Challenge 2022 High Impact Award

CleanAir.ai, a Canadian cleantech company, has won the global CapitaLand Sustainability X Challenge (CSXC) 2022 "High Impact Award" for its ALVI CleanAir Safety System. The...

Hashtag Trending Aug 18 – Physical car controls are still better; Airbnb anti-partying tool; AirTag solves another theft

Physical car knobs beat digital ones, Airbnb launches an anti-partying tool in North America, and AirTag data helps solve another theft case. That’s all the...

Microsoft and Technation launch program to help prepare students for a digital work world

Technation and Microsoft recently launched a Career-Ready internship program called Explore, which brought first and second-year college and university students from across Canada together...

Hashtag Trending Aug 17 – Horizon Worlds hit France and Spain; FTC harassing Bezos?; Amazon freight facility walkout

Meta launches Horizon Worlds in two new countries, Amazon says the FTC is harassing its founder, and workers go on strike at an Amazon...

New survey reveals Canadians are experiencing effects of ‘Information Overload’

OpenText, a company that develops and sells enterprise information management software, released a new survey today revealing the extent to which the effects of...

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