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Hashtag Trending, March 18, 2021 – Clubhouse knockoffs; Car location data for the U.S. military; Eight-hour workdays

Chinese firms are rushing to launch their own versions of Clubhouse, one spy firm wants to sell your car location data to the U.S. military, and the eight-hour workday is up for debate.

Hashtag Trending, March 17, 2021 – DuckDuckGo calls out competitors; Building a new web browser; Rogers-Shaw deal follow up

DuckDuckGo uses privacy labels to call out Google, a small company says it’s building a web browser from scratch, and the potential consequences of the Rogers and Shaw mega-merger are discussed online.

Hashtag Trending, March 16, 2021 – Rogers’ $26B bid for Shaw; Head offices disappearing in Calgary; Tinder’s background checks

Rogers signs an agreement to purchase Shaw Communications for $26 billion, the office vacancy rate in Calgary becomes a concerning trend, and dating apps look into background checks.

Hashtag Trending, March 15, 2021 – Amazon says no to Pickering and appeals orders to close a Brampton warehouse; Google accused of tracking users...

Amazon says no to a Pickering warehouse opening while appealing orders to close a Brampton location due to a COVID-19 outbreak, and Google is accused of tracking users in 'Incognito' mode

Hashtag Trending, March 12, 2021 – NFT fever; Uber proposes new labour model; Fire destroys French data centres, knocks out millions of websites

NFTs are making people go wild, we try and find out why, Uber is asking Canadian provinces to change labour laws, and a fire destroys data centres in France and knocks out millions of websites.

Hashtag Trending, March 11, 2021 – Big Tech CEOs in the hot seat; Hackers breach surveillance cameras; Mobility data shows we’re on the move...

The CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter will face questions about misinformation, hackers breach surveillance cameras globally, and cellphone data shows more people are on the move.

Hashtag Trending, March 10, 2021 – Crypto climate challenges; One-way interviews; Amazon’s palm and pay tech expands

Crypto climate challenges, the surge of one-way interviews, and Amazon One’s palm and pay technology is expanding. 

Hashtag Trending, March 9, 2021 – Job hunt differences between men and women; Microsoft’s Bethesda acquisition is official; Fever scanner mishap

LinkedIn breaks down the challenges and strategies that Canadians are applying to the job hunt by gender, Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media gets the green light, and some temperature scanning devices prove to be super inaccurate.

Hashtag Trending, March 8, 2021 – Another global cybersecurity crisis; 100TB hard drives; Digital accessibility

Another day, another global cybersecurity crisis, Seagate’s latest product roadmap teases a 100TB hard disc drive arriving by 2030, and a story about a legally blind man’s lawsuit against Dell sparks a discussion about website accessibility.

Hashtag Trending, March 5, 2021 – Twitter’s plans to grow Canadian engineering hub; Amazon union showdown; Upskilling challenges

Twitter is launching an engineering hub in Canada this year, all eyes are on Alabama as Amazon warehouse workers seek unionization, and why should companies invest in upskilling? We’ll answer that question in a moment.

Hashtag Trending, March 4, 2021 – Google stops ad sales based on browser history; Back to the office a good idea? And goodbye Google...

Google will stop selling individualized ads based on your browsing history, majority of Toronto downtown workers say they feel safe to go back to...

Hashtag Trending, March 3, 2021 – Students opt out of virtual school; EU’s right-to-repair law; More 2021 tech trends

Students are opting out of virtual universities, a new EU right to repair law requires technology to last for a decade, and the latest 2021 tech trends you need to keep a close eye on.

Hashtag Trending – Coinbase goes public; A tech titan royal rumble; Dealing with Zoom fatigue

Crypto boom pushes Coinbase to go public, get ready for a tech titan royal rumble, and how to deal with Zoom fatigue.

Hashtag Trending, March 1, 2021 – France’s new ‘repairability’ index; Zoom call during surgery; Blame the interns, says former CEO

There’s a lot of chatter about France’s new repairability index, a story about a surgeon’s Zoom call in the middle of surgery turns heads, and the comments of SolarWinds' CEO

Hashtag Trending, Feb. 26, 2021 – MapleSEC recap; Supreme Court of Canada says no to pricing appeal; Biden signs exec order to address chip...

We check in on ITWC’s latest MapleSEC satellite series event, the Supreme Court of Canada says no to big telcos’ cries for a pricing appeal, and President Biden signs another exec order, this one tackling the global chip shortage.

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