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Techopia Live: Assessing Shopify’s challenges and opportunities

In this episode of Techopia Live, Ottawa Business Journal publisher Michael Curran talks Shopify with Rick Watson, who spent more than 20 years in e-commerce sector entrepreneurship.

Champagne maintains Canada’s approach to AI is ‘ahead of the curve’

Canada's industry minister says he thinks the country is "ahead of the curve" with its approach to AI, beating even the European Union.

Feds widen pathways for attracting tech talent

Ottawa wants to draw more tech talent to Canada and is expanding the pathways workers in the sector have to enter the country.

Shopify to fight CRA request for six years of merchant tax records: CEO

Shopify Inc.'s chief executive says the company will fight a request from the Canada Revenue Agency to turn over six years of records for Canadian stores using the firm's software.

As tech industry readies for Collision conference, some wonder about the future of the event

Between appearances from AI leader Geoffrey Hinton and executives from Airbnb, Amazon Web Services and Google's AI researcher Deep Mind will be another hot topic: the value and future of the Collision conference itself.

Sensing opportunity: Esprit-ai sees surging demand for motion-tracking tech

As the population ages and rates of dementia and conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease continue to rise, Esprit-ai says its sensors can take some of the burden off a health-care system that’s under growing strain.

Techopia Live: New CEO heralds next chapter for JSI

JSI has more than 400 employees working around the world in offices near Washington, Frankfurt and Sydney. Just days ago, an external CEO took the helm of the family enterprise.

Canadian technology organizations form semiconductor working group

Several Canadian tech organizations are forming a group to advance the country's semiconductor industry. The group is called...

Ross Video spending $236M to develop cloud-based platform as firm eyes IPO

Ross Video is spending nearly a quarter of a billion dollars to develop a full suite of cloud-based video-production software as it hopes to generate new revenue streams in anticipation of going public by 2025.

Game for an IPO: New Sens investor David Ross looks to take Ross Video public by 2025

As Ross Video approaches its 50th birthday next year, David Ross is also nearing a significant milestone. He’ll turn 60 in April 2025 – the date by which he’s vowed to take the family- and employee-owned company public, a pledge he made to his shareholders nearly a decade ago.

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