Articles By Brian Jackson

Spear phishing so effective its scary [infographic]

If Moby Dick were written today, Ishmael might be a social engineering-hacker instead of a sailor and Moby Dick might be a corporate CEO instead of a sperm whale. That's because spear phishing

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 23rd, 2013 Brian Jackson

Canada’s privacy watchdog calls for sharper teeth in digital age

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada wants to beef up privacy laws to keep up with the pace of the digital age and its endless thirst for acquiring personal information, the office announced today.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 23rd, 2013 Brian Jackson

New hire Salim Teja wants to develop MaRS’ innovation ’tissue’

It's just his second day on the job as head of Toronto's MaRS information technology, communications and entertainment (ICE) sector, and Salim Teja feels like he's a perfect fit. "The experience and skills

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 22nd, 2013 Brian Jackson

Community Bloggers 102: How to edit a post

Once you've mastered creating a new post using WordPress, the next step is learning how to go back and make edits as needed. This video and step-by-step tutorial will take you through that

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 21st, 2013 Brian Jackson

Amazon offers Canadians yet another free cloud storage service

Cloud computing firm Amazon.ca released a cloud storage service today to compete with a long list of competitors including Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive, Apple iCloud, Box.net, and more. Previously Cloud Drive was

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 21st, 2013 Brian Jackson

Flickr’s new look could threaten Canadian photo startups

Yahoo Inc. has relaunched Flickr with a full-on redesign and retooling of the popular photo-sharing service it acquired for $35 million in July 2005. Its new features are impressive and the attractive new

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 21st, 2013 Brian Jackson

Google Canada faces formal inquiry from Competition Bureau

Few details are known at this point, but Matt Hartley reports in the Financial Post that the Competition Bureau will be investigating Google Canada. No specific documents have been requested so far, but

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 21st, 2013 Brian Jackson

Incubes to offer cash, IT services with new partners

Toronto-based startup incubator Incubes will have something new to offer its next cohort thanks to partnerships with IT solutions firm T4G Inc. and the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF). Toronto-based IT services outfit

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 16th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Live Webcast: SAP Sapphire Now day 2

Join ITBusiness.ca in Orlando for day two of Sapphire as he live tweets the keynote. Watch the video feed below and join in the conversation in the Twitter widget further down the page.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 15th, 2013 Brian Jackson

SAP targets sports entertainment vertical, San Francisco 49ers a customer

SAP AG announced a new software solutions package for a new business vertical today, alongside oil & gas and healthcare, with a unique small business customer to show it off at its Orlando-based

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 14th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Hands on look at HP EliteBook Revolve

It's a tablet. No wait, it's a laptop. No - it's a desktop. It's the EliteBook Revolve from HP. Think of it as a Windows 8 convertible PC, with a twist. Rotate the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 13th, 2013 Brian Jackson

#BellBiz Twitter chat: The real costs of e-mail – Sponsored by Bell

Add this Twitter chat to your calendar. Add to Outlook You may need to right click and select save target as. Most email clients will accept the ics calendar format above. Do you

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 13th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Want CRM for small business? Look to the cloud

Once your small business operation is launched and off the ground enough to have a few customers under your belt, it's natural to start considering customer relationship management (CRM) software. It comes to

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 9th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Creating a report card for accelerators

A number of incubators and accelerators promising to help Canadian startups fast-track the entrepreneurial process and gain access to venture capital money have been popping up nation-wide in the last couple of years.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 9th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Why I did the open interview that TechCrunch wouldn’t do

As a journalist, its pretty common to be conducting interviews on a daily  basis and I've done hundreds in my career, but interviewing Chad Whitacre was unique. I discovered the founder of Gittip

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 9th, 2013 Brian Jackson