Four Canadians Among Finalists in World's Largest Online Science Fair
Four Canadian teenagers have made regional finalists for the Google Science Fair.
Google Launches Partners Pilot Exclusively in Canada
This week Google Canada launched a new partnership program in hopes of helping organizations all across the country. Web presence and online marketing is a big factor in today’s business world, and Google wants to make it easier for businesses to connect with the right agencies and digital experts.
IdeaBoost Unveils Second Cohort of Six Canadian Startups
Six Canadian startups will be participating in the second round of ideaBoost, a business accelerator for companies focused on creating content and enabling technologies for the media and entertainment industry.
Recon Instruments Reveals Heads-up Display Integrated with Sunglasses at Google I/O
Vancouver's Recon Instruments is showing off an early version of Recon Jet at Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O.
You Can Now Tour the Inside of Rogers Retail Locations with Google Street View
Toronto's Rogers is the first telecommunications company in Canada to open its retail locations for interior Google Street View tours.
Google Street View Steps Inside Parliament Hill
Google Street View is in the process of capturing images that will immortalize the inside of the House of Commons.
Google May be Acquiring Cross-platform Messaging App WhatsApp for Close to $1 Billion
According to a new report from Digital Trends, software giant Google is currently negotiating a deal to acquire WhatsApp for "close to $1 billion."
Google Chromebooks Now Available in Canada
Today, Google announced that its lineup of cloud-based Chromebook laptop computers will be available in seven more countries, including Canada.
Google Acquires University of Toronto Research Startup DNNresearch
The University of Toronto computer science department confirmed today that Google has acquired one of their startups lead by professor Geoffrey Hinton. DNNresearch Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and includes two of Hinton’s graduate students, Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever.
Apple Named World's Most Admired Company Sixth Year in a Row, Tech Dominates List
Apple has been named the "World's Most Admired Company" for the sixth year in a row.
NASCAR Tries to Take Down Crash Video, Google Denies Request
University sophomore Tyler Andersen captured a serious crash at a Nascar event on Saturday. The crash saw debris, including a racecar tire, fly into the stands, injuring fans.
Google Draws Heat Over Poor Android App Privacy Policy
An Australian software developer says Google was providing him with personal information of everyone who purchased his mobile app.
Twitter Dominates Facebook Super Bowl Ads, Google+ Nowhere to be Found
Social network Twitter made short work of its competition during yesterday's 52 Super Bowl commercials. And it didn't even need an ad to do so.
Microsoft Dethroned as Most Influential Canadian Brand by Google
Microsoft has been dethroned. Canadians think Google is the most influential brand in Canada, a recently updated list concludes. It happens to be a company based out of California and only two Canadian companies make the top ten list at all.
Your Favourite Apps Have All Been Hacked: Android's Security Nightmare Continues
"The notion that a hack is a simple exfiltration of data at a particular point in time is very much over—hacking is now about the gathering and synthesis of information over long periods of time," explains Metaforic, a mobile security provider for the enterprise and software developers. "The fear and likelihood is that the vulnerability of so many hacked apps will accelerate large scale, high profile attacks against the enterprise."
