Uber Turns Passive Data Into Active Earnings
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Closing Canada’s Tech Skills Gap: Teach Youth to Code
220,000 workers needed: That’s how vast Canada’s tech skills gap could be by 2020, according to Canadian government and industry experts.
Highlighted, IBM, Startups, Technology
Innovator Insights from the BC Tech Summit
Lots of amazing things happen when you pack 5,000 people in a conference hall to talk about technology innovation and entrepreneurship.
Technology
Slack Enterprise Grid Gears Up to Compete With Trello
Smooth collaboration and project management are crucial to success across startup and corporate ecosystems. As TechCrunch reports, Slack recently introduced its Enterprise Grid to target larger companies. The web-based Trello application has a head start in this space: the company has already proven its value to over seven million users, as Frederic Lardinois writes.
Profiles, Technology
Taking On Explosive Scaleup With GitHub
With great success comes great challenges, and GitHub has learned that lesson during the company’s explosive growth. TechPORTFOLIO talked to GitHub Project Manager Daniel Hwang about tackling growth challenges with strategy, long-range thinking, partnerships, and product “superfans.”
Profiles, Technology
GitHub Tackles Growing Pains
GitHub Inc., the web-based repository hosting service designed for developers to store, share, and collaborate on their work, has grown rapidly—and that comes with bottom-line costs. Most recently, as Bloomberg reports, GitHub took a $66 million hit in the first nine months of 2016.
IBM, Technology
IBM’s Innovators Broke the U.S. Patent Record in 2016
Across agriculture, automotive, healthcare, and beyond, IBM’s inventors filed a record 8,088 patents in the U.S. in 2016, cementing the company’s top spot on the patent charts for the 24th year in a row.
Technology
The Way Forward: Tech and Developer Stories That Defined 2016 and Will Shape 2017
2016 was a banner year in tech and dev, and 2017 promises to be even more exciting.
Technology
How The Dev World Will Change In 2017: Top 5 Predictions
Developers will be asked to wrap their heads around new technologies, new platforms, and new methodologies in 2017. Here are the five forces experts think will shape the dev landscape in the coming year.
Funding
The Millennial-Startup Equation That’s Drawing Investors In
The undeniable business case for startups delivering products and services that speak to the millennial consumer segment is getting stronger by the year.
IBM, Technology
IBM Facilitates Serverless Computing With OpenWhisk
IBM has made significant investments in OpenWhisk, an open-source, event-driven FaaS platform. OpenWhisk is now generally available via Bluemix, IBM’s cloud platform.
Technology
This 3D Mirror Sees And Scans Faces
The retail sphere continues to be one of the most agile adopters of technology
Technology
Uber Turns Passive Data Into Active Earnings
Rumblings about monetizing passive data have been part of the tech sector conversation for years.
IBM, Technology
Startups Vie For $25,000 Investment at IBM SmartCamp
IBM SmartCamp could provide your startup with “life-changing” opportunities, according to Yoly Avalos, Founder and CEO of Bquate.
Marketing, Startups, Technology
Explained: The Mechanics of Color for Developers
Color is an important part of online identity and web development. Here’s how color is expressed online, with some tools for accessibility and image manipulation.
IBM, Technology
Project Intu Adds Cognitive Capabilities to Any Device
Five years after winning Jeopardy! on American televisions, IBM Watson can now become part of the television itself, thanks to the new experimental platform Project Intu.
IBM, Technology
Slackbot, Say “Hello” to Watson
IBM’s marketing, design and engineering teams are using Slack to collaborate and create new cognitive solutions.
IBM, Startups, Technology
Water Experts and Software Developers Hack Future of Water
300+ researchers, programmers, government and concerned citizens join forces at #AquaHacking Summit.
Technology
Developers’ Job Guide: Smart Contracts and Blockchain
Take your software development skills to the blockchain and get involved in the community.
Focus
Quantum Startups Aim to Future-Proof Corporate Security
“Bank encryption will be rendered completely vulnerable when hackers get quantum computing,” one Venture North speaker warned.
Marketing
Mega Hackathon Hack the North is Underway
Hack the North is starting this weekend at the Waterloo Engineering School, and developers from across Canada and the world are attending.
