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- Icelandic budget airline WOW Air ceased operations on Thursday, stranding passengers across two continents
- The cat's out of the box: Amazon has confirmed that it will split its much-anticipated second headquarters between New York City and Arlington, Virginia
- Coke's interest is another indication of the importance of Canada to the development of cannabis producers by established businesses.
- Amazon stock has increased almost 600 per cent in the last five years
- In the National Capital Region, “experiences” on offer include bike rides, a guided hike in Gatineau Park and a photography focused walking tour.
- 19% drop vaporized US$119 billion of the company's stock market value
- Canadian Securities Exchange becomes the 'exchange of choice' for many U.S. cannabis companies
- Google has said it will appeal the European fine.
- Ruling could undermine the company's business model, which relies on giving away its operating system in return for opportunities to sell ads and other products.
- Instagram, now nearly eight years old, is moving further from its roots as a photo-sharing service as it dives headlong into longer-form video.
- GitHub, a San Francisco startup, was founded in 2008 and now counts about 28 million software developers around the world who use it to share code and build businesses.
- Move means that two of the world's most well-known exchanges will be led by women.
- Despite some strong growth overseas, many on Wall Street remain jittery about its prospects.
- Facebook's revenue, which largely derives from ads, soared 49 per cent to US$12B in the first three months of the year.
- Mining operations with stacks of servers suck up so much electricity that they are in some cases causing power rates to spike for ordinary customers in parts of the U.S., such as several communities…
- Move comes more than a year after Marriott purchased Starwood Hotels, the parent of the Westin, W and Sheraton brands.
- Facebook shares surged 4.5 per cent on Tuesday, the biggest gain in two years.
- The country's tax agency gave no date for the 25-per-cent increase to take effect and said that will depend on what President Donald Trump does about U.S. plans to raise duties on a similar amount of…
- Spotify's early lead in music streaming has drawn comparisons to Netflix.
- Tourism was responsible for the creation of 7 million new jobs worldwide in 2017, or one in five new jobs, report says.
- "It just sets a negative tone for global growth, and so everyone's going to get hit if tariffs rise ... even Canada's growth will slow down."
- Facebook has weathered many such blow-ups before and is used to apologizing and moving on. But the stakes are bigger this time.
- Drawing squares around photos of cars and making sense of speech are invaluable tasks for advancing artificial intelligence, and it's how many around the world are making a living.
- Hundreds stood in line to take photos in front of corporate advertisements and post the pictures on social media with the company's predetermined hashtag.
- Where consumers' attention goes, so does that of companies: Evian, L'Oreal, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Walmart are among firms recently committed to using only reusable, recyclable or compostable…
- Social media giant had a tough 2017, testifying before Congress about Russian election meddling using its platform and drawing harsh criticism from early employees and investors.
- Disney will be in a better position to compete with the likes of Netflix when it launches ESPN- and Disney-branded streaming services in the coming years.
- Wall Street got its first taste of bitcoin on Monday, with the price of the first-ever futures contract for the digital currency jumping 20 per cent.
- A Russian weather satellite and nearly 20 micro-satellites – including one made by Ottawa-based Telesat – failed to enter their designated orbits Tuesday following the launch from Russia's new…
- The iPhone X's lush screen, facial-recognition skills and $1,000 price tag are breaking new ground in Apple's marquee product line.
- Some of the world's biggest maritime firms have committed to designing ships that won't need any captains or crews – at least not on board.
- Escalating price reflects the increasing sophistication of smartphones, which have been evolving into status symbols akin to automobiles.
- Battling messages come as Silicon Valley grapples with accusations of sexism and discrimination.
- "This is maybe the best I've ever felt about Tesla, to be frank."
- Apple is hoping to transform the technology from a geeky sideshow into a mass-market phenomenon.
- But Microsoft founder Bill Gates reclaimed the lead after Amazon's stock fell
- Revenue for the three months that ended on June 30 rose 45 per cent to $9.32 billion from $6.44 billion.
- The Finland-based networks company managed to trim net loss in the period to 423 million euros (US$493 million) from 667 million euros a year earlier.
- Chips are inserted underneath the skin between the thumb and forefinger and enable employees to open doors, log onto their computers and purchase break room snacks with a simple swipe of the hand.
- Microsoft's cloud computing business helped boost its fourth-quarter revenue and earnings above Wall Street's expectations, further validating a strategy pushed by CEO Satya Nadella since
- Ericsson shares plunged Tuesday after the Swedish mobile networks company posted a second-quarter loss on falling sales and warned that there was unlikely to be any improvement soon.
- Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees in a shake-up aimed at selling more subscriptions to software applications that can be used on any internet-connected device.
- A new, highly virulent strain of malicious software that is crippling computers globally appears to have been sown in Ukraine, where it badly hobbled much of the government and private se
- Travis Kalanick, the combative and embattled CEO of ride-hailing giant Uber, has resigned under pressure from investors at a pivotal time fo
- Apple expected to reveal new smart speaker at developer conference in effort to catch Amazon, GoogleApple appears poised to unveil a voice-activated, internet-connected speaker that would create a new digital pipeline into people's homes.
- Boarding passes could someday become quaint relics for air travellers.
- Making good on a campaign promise, the Trump administration formally told Congress Thursday that it intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico.
- The worldwide "ransomware" cyberattack spread to thousands of more computers on Monday as people logged in at work, disrupting business, schools, hospitals and daily life, though no new l
- Netflix is on the verge of surpassing 100 million global subscribers, a testament to how much the video streaming service has changed the entertainment landscape since its debut a decade
- Huawei Technology Ltd., the world's biggest maker of telecoms equipment, said Friday its 2016 sales rose 32 per cent fro
- The Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate for the second time in three months and signalled that further hikes this year will be gradual.
- Intel will buy Israel's Mobileye in a deal valued at about US$15 billion, instantly propelling the computer chip and tec
- Anyone wanting to invest in the company that owns Snapchat now has an opportunity to do something that early investors w
- Apple may not become an automaker, but it still wants to develop its own self-driving technology.
- Cisco Systems says it will lay off 5,500 employees as the internet gear maker scrambles to adapt to technology changes that have reduced demand for its main products.
- IBM CEO Virginia Rometty says the future of gadgets is not just connectivity, but the ability to analyze and "think."
