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Welcome to the Backbone200. Months of work and innumerable interviews by a team of writers have resulted in this, your comprehensive guide to the best the Canadian tech and business worlds offer. The Backbone200 consists of organizations, people,...
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The second annual Innovation Campaign is now live. Last year, we at Backbone decided it was time to get out of the stands and join the game, so we created the Innovation Campaign to boost deserving Canadian tech start-ups. From a list of...
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While many complain about the cost of Internet access—especially in Canada—it turns out the expenditure is well worth it. According to the Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA), American households with Internet access saved US$8,870 in 2012...
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Teens are not known for long relationships, and that is as true of their smartphones as it is of their romantic pairings. A recent Ipsos Mobil-ology study found that teens have handsets that are typically newer than adults’ phones (10 months...
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Smaller screens are not stealing business from the home’s big-screen business. It’s quite the opposite: tablet devices are actually increasing the number of hours we spend watching TV shows. According to research firm TDG, 88 per cent of...
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The bad news: modern offices are still stuffed with faxes and tape recorders. The good news: people want to get rid of all that old stuff. And suits; people also want to get rid of suits. This is according to a LinkedIn survey of more than 7,000...
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Ipsos reports that 55 per cent of people around the world use smartphones or mobiles to access the Internet once per week to check a movie time, find a restaurant, assess traffic or look up sports scores. Those in the Middle East and Africa use the...
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“When you look at the whole picture, Canada is very much within the norm for developed countries with regard to prices, available technologies and network speed,” according to Yves Rabeau, author and associate professor at University of...
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Staffing services company OfficeTeam asked 1,300 senior managers in the United States and Canada “What is the most overused or meaningless phrase you see on résumés?” If you use some of these terms, delete them and revise...
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The big money is in IT, according to Robert Half Technology and Creative Group. The following positions in the information technology and creative fields will see strong demand in 2013:
- network engineers can expect starting salaries between $79,5
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Two recent tech events highlighted a fascinating sea change in the global consumer electronics (CE) market. Only two categories in the market are experiencing growth: smartphones and tablets. They combine for 40 per cent of CE sales, worth one...
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Are you ready for 2013? Probably not, at least not entirely, as the year promises to be a vibrant and eventful one in technology, and we have an optimistic set of predictions for you. This year’s annual Backbone predictions run the gamut, from...
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Ideas by themselves are worthless without the ability to execute. And that ability is what attracts money. Even then, the real secret to business success is not the cash itself, it’s finding the right people to invest in your idea, said Ben...
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If you have a tablet computer, you probably remember how quickly it became second nature to interact with it hands on. Soon you were swiping the screen, collapsing and expanding text with the tip of your finger and wondering how you ever got by...
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There have been occasional losses, but 2012 was a year of mostly wins for the winner and runner-up of the Backbone Innovation Campaign. After impressing judges at the live pitch-off during the Discovery 2012 show in Toronto last May, winner...
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I felt compelled to report on my experience utilizing the information in your article “Finding and figuring out government innovation programs” by Ian Harvey (September 2012). I had heard about these government programs in the past...
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Evolve or die, because resting on laurels will cripple a business in the face of today’s relentless local and global competition. This underlies the need to be constantly innovating, says Dave MacKay, president of Ceridian HCM. In fact, the...
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