According to a statement from JLL (Jones Lang Lasalle Inc), employment within the technology industry in Canada has reached an all-time high, employing over 503,000 people nationwide. The technology sector has outpaced the growth seen in finance and insurance, as well as real estate and leasing, increasing at an impressive rate of 20.3 percent since […]
Dx3, one of Canada’s largest marketing and retail conference, touches down in Toronto March 11 and 12, and B2BNN will be there to report on sessions ranging from the rise of programmatic advertising to reddit’s influence on marketing campaigns. The speaker list is exhaustive: Dx3 invited executives from companies such as Microsoft, BuzzFeed, reddit, Yahoo!, IBM, Shazam, Indiegogo, […]
What are the benefit of bringing an advisory board to your firm? That was the discussion at a session recently held at Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District, lead by Tony Redpath of MaRs and Karan Walia of mobile ad platform Cluep. Redpath mentors entrepreneurs at MaRS, with an emphasis on environmental, advanced materials and manufacturing markets. MaRS Discovery District, launched in 2005, helps […]
“Is the Internet the answer?” is a big question to ask, but its ambiguity left little room for middle ground in a spirited debate as FFWD Advertising and Marketing Week 2015 began this week in Toronto. Moderated by GigaOM’s Mathew Ingram, the talk pitted Andrew Keen, author of The Internet is Not the Answer, against Mitch […]
You don’t need to follow basketball to admire how the Toronto Raptors are turning heads in the NBA. They boast the third-best win percentage in the league, lead the NBA in offensive rating, and point guard Kyle Lowry is already an early contender for MVP. In short, the Raps have accomplished a masterful turnaround from […]
Long before there was Flickr, Instagram and Facebook, a couple of Toronto residents were tinkering with an online photo-sharing idea in their apartments. From humble beginnings in 2002, an idea grew into 500px, now a major success story in helping photographers gain more exposure – while also making them a profit. “Post your best photos […]
