Articles By ITBusiness Staff

Hashtag Trending – TikTok suing the U.S.; Apple and WordPress lock horns; PIPEDA chatter on Reddit

TikTok says it’s planning to sue the Trump administration, Apple and WordPress lock horns after Apple gets a little greedy, and a story about PIPEDA and Tim Hortons catches fire on Reddit. It’s

Published on: August 24th, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – Snowden back in the news; Ontario’s $100K bid for new talent; Fortnite hits Apple with Epic ad

Donald Trump says he is considering pardoning whistleblower Edward Snowden, Ontario makes a bid for Silicon Valley talent, and Fortnite throws a counterpunch at Apple. It’s all the tech news that’s popular right

Published on: August 17th, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – Bill Gates sits down with Bloomberg; Alexa bug draws concerns; Sidewalk Labs and Toronto’s proposed smart city in retrospect

Bill Gates sits down for a one-on-one with Bloomberg, it turns out Alexa’s web services had bugs that a hacker could have exploited to grab a target's entire voice history, and a story

Published on: August 14th, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – Amazon eyeing Sears and JCPenney; Google Home snooping; A new app for police encounters

Amazon wants to convert Sears and JCPenney to fulfillment centres, Google Home may be listening to just about everything, and a highschool student builds an app that records your interaction with police and

Published on: August 11th, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – Reddit gets hacked; Facebook doubles down on WFH; Holograms over Zoom

A massive hack hits Reddit, Facebook doubles down on its work from home policy, and Zoom’s old news - it’s all about holograms now. It’s all the tech news that’s popular right now.

Published on: August 10th, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – Google ends Pixel 4; cell service outage in eastern Canada; Excel dates human genes

Google discontinues its flagship smartphones, residents in eastern Canada were hit with a cell service outage yesterday, scientists renamed 27 human genes to appease Excel. It’s all the tech news that’s popular right

Published on: August 7th, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – Microsoft confirms interest in scooping up TikTok; Big tech CEOs get richer during COVID; NASA astronauts return home

Microsoft confirms its interest to buy TikTok, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos added billions to their bank accounts during the height of the pandemic, and NASA astronauts return home after a critical SpaceX

Published on: August 4th, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – iPhone 11s in India; Windows 95 PC inside Minecraft; Siemens doubles down on WFH

Apple shifts some of its manufacturing to India, a new mod allows players to run Windows 95 PC inside Minecraft, and multinational conglomerate Siemens is doubling down on its work from home policies.

Published on: July 27th, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – Facebook’s response to TikTok: Jeff Bezos $13B richer; Elon Musk’s Neuralink

Facebook’s new video editing app looks to compete with TikTok, in a single day Jeff Bezos got a $13 billion dollars richer, and Elon Musk’s upcoming chip has a music listening feature. It’s

Published on: July 22nd, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – United Arab Emirates launch mission to Mars; Diversifying the C-Suite; VPN providers breach

The United Arab Emirates launched its own mission to Mars, there’s a lot of chatter online about how to diversify the C-Suite, and millions of users of free VPN services may have had

Published on: July 21st, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – Twitter hack fallout; Apple wins tax fight; A day 4 update from the DTAwards

The story around Twitter’s massive breach continues to develop, A European Union court sides with Apple in a battle over unpaid taxes, and one last recap from ITWC’s virtual Digital Transformation Week event.

Published on: July 17th, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – Massive bitcoin scam rocks Twitter; DTAwards recap of Day 3, Google’s new certification programs

Prominent Twitter accounts suddenly get hacked to promote a bitcoin scam, a recap of day three of ITWC’s Digital Transformation Week, and Google’s new certification programs. It’s all the tech news that’s popular

Published on: July 16th, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – IBM’s hilarious job ad, another DTAwards recap, and tips from the ultimate remote worker

IBM’s recent job posting forgets how time works, another ITWC Digital Transformation Week recap from Day 2, and remote working tips from astronaut Chris Hadfield. It’s all the tech news that’s popular right

Published on: July 15th, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – TikTok ban reverses; DX Transformation Week 2020; $10B for India

Amazon says TikTok ban was an error, a quick recap from IT World’s virtual Digital Transformation Week event, and Google’s $10 billion for India. It’s all the tech news that’s popular right now.

Published on: July 14th, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca

Hashtag Trending – AWS backtracks on TikTok decision; iOS apps crash thanks to Facebook, Microsoft stomps out fraud campaign

AWS backtracks on its TikTok warning, iOS apps keep crashing thanks to Facebook, and Microsoft stomps out a nasty fraud campaign targeting CEOs. NOTE: This podcast was recorded prior to AWS' update on

Published on: July 13th, 2020 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca