
COVID-19 may not be the end of office space, but survey of Ottawa tenants suggests many employees will continue working from home even after the

COVID-19 may not be the end of office space, but survey of Ottawa tenants suggests many employees will continue working from home even after the

Shopify hires former Facebook exec, Ottawa Forty Under 40 Luc Levesque
Shopify has added a marquee tech executive from Ottawa to its leadership ranks

Shopify joins Facebook-backed digital currency group Libra Association
Shopify has joined a controversial, Facebook-led group working on a worldwide digital currency even after technology and financial heavyweights have fled the high-profile association

FTC fines Facebook $5B, pins privacy onus on Zuckerberg
Federal regulators have fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and are instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business

Balsillie decries toxic, unchecked technology at big data committee
A Canadian high-tech pioneer says a “toxic” social media business model is a threat to democracy. Jim Balsillie, the retired chief executive of Research In

Ottawa’s Shopify partners with Facebook, Snap on new ad-creation apps
Shopify is partnering with two of the world’s leading social media companies to make it easier for businesses to advertise on their platforms. The Ottawa-based

Royal Bank of Canada denies report it had access to users’ Facebook messages
Royal Bank of Canada is denying a report that it was able to read, write and delete users’ messages on the social networking website Facebook.

Is Facebook’s day of reckoning a blip or sign of a broader turn?
Facebook faced a day of reckoning Thursday as its shares plunged in the biggest one-day drop in stock-market history. The 19 per cent drop vaporized

Twitter unveils new livestreaming deals as telecoms aim to lure in new audiences
Sports commentary, Food Network Canada programming and the iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards will be livestreaming soon on Canadian Twitter feeds. The social media giant’s

Feds spending millions of dollars on Facebook ads, boosted posts
The government of Canada has been increasing its use of paid Facebook advertisements over the last three years, spending tens of millions of dollars on
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