I’ve been switching back and forth between an iPhone and my old Blackberry Torch for the past year. While the iPhone is a lot of fun, I really prefer the Blackberry for business. When it came time to buy a new phone, although I had read some negative press about the Blackberry 9900, I decided to try it out. I’m…
Statistics Canada’s latest release reports that there are 3.3 jobseekers for every job in Canada. As an IT staffing specialist who deals with technology requirements every day, I predict that if you have experience with IT development for mobile payments (m –commerce), tablets and big data, you will become more valuable to your company in the coming year.
The first thing that comes to mind when I hear that Samsung might buy RIM is what will happen to thousands of people in Waterloo who work for RIM. The sands are shifting in the smartphone world. Samsung is giving Apple a run for its money all over the world and now it might takeover RIM. Facebook, Microsoft and billionaire activist Carl Icahn are also rumoured to be…
Samsung created a lot of buzz at CES 2012 (Consumer Electronics Show) last week when they introduced a range of innovative laptops, smartphones, and tablets that are sexy enough to compete directly with Apple and win. With the help of Google and the Android platform, Samsung could potentially become the number one electronics company in the world. At least that’s…
Our IT recruiters are working late this week hunting for .Net/C# and Java developers. We’re also on the hunt for mobile app developers, Python developers and Software Marketing specialists. If our growing job list is any indication, we are experiencing a tech boom in Toronto right now that is being inspired by the mobile boom and led by the SMEs…
What’s next? You’re about to graduate, in the midst of your studies, thinking about a career change. Or maybe you’re just not ready to retire. You’ve visited a career counselor, taken a few online career tests and talked to various family members. The only conclusion you’ve come to is that you don’t want to be a doctor, lawyer or an accountant….
Heavy media coverage of the outages at RIM may be skewing public opinion and making RIM look worse off than it is. It’s a sad situation for RIM, arguably one of the most innovative and game changing companies in Canada. However, it’s tough to argue that the events that happened don’t look bad, whichever side of the Apple vs. Blackberry debate…
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