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How Taipei made city cycling safe and easy

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 30, 2016 4:18 PM · 1 reaction

TAIPEI: Bicycles that cost half the fare of a subway ride to rent. A 300-km cycling network and wider shared pavements. That’s how Taipei revolutionised its cycling culture in just eight years, cutting pollution and congestion in the city.

These days, the city is a fine representative of the “Bicycle Kingdom” – a moniker that Taiwan originally earned as the largest exporter of bikes in the world, but increasingly now, because of residents’ reliance on pedal power to get around.

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Day One of Premier's Mission Delivers More Than $120 Million in Agreements

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 30, 2016 4:13 PM · 1 reaction

Today in Tokyo, Premier Kathleen Wynne met with leaders from across Ontario and Japan to announce new business agreements valued at $120 million that are expected to deliver 170 jobs in Ontario.

Ontario and Japanese businesses and institutions announced 15 new business agreements and partnerships, including:

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Eindhoven’s dazzling GLOW Festival blends technology and design

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 23, 2016 2:16 PM · 1 reaction

Every year in The Netherlands, Eindhoven turns into a vibrant open-air museum of light. The Glow Festival is a free public event that displays illuminated artworks throughout city parks, street alleys, and public buildings.

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COTA to provide free Wi-Fi to riders early next year

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 23, 2016 2:07 PM · 1 reaction

Like many, Dublin’s Tristan Stover, a Columbus State student who rides the bus to and from school every day, wants online access all the time.

That can be difficult for those who don’t pay extra for unlimited internet access on their smart phone or other devices and for those who ride public buses.

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Moncton Colo Becomes the Hottest IPv6 Submarine Cable Port

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 23, 2016 2:01 PM · 1 reaction

With a population under 70,000, Moncton, New Brunswick was originally known for its wine and food festivals as a tourist destination, and its location just a few miles from the beaches. But geographic positioning smack in the center of Canada’s Maritime Provinces and close to the Northumberland Strait, made it a strategic center for Internet traffic across the Atlantic Ocean.

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Stockholm second best in Europe for startups

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 22, 2016 2:21 PM · 1 reaction

Swedish capital Stockholm has been ranked among the finest cities in Europe for digital entrepreneurs in a new study, beating 58 other cities and trailing only one.

The European Digital City Index (EDCI) placed Stockholm second in Europe behind only London when it comes to supporting digital entrepreneurs. It was followed by Amsterdam in third, Helsinki in fourth, and Paris in fifth.

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Google Opens Montreal AI Lab to Snag Scarce Global Talent

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 22, 2016 2:14 PM · 1 reaction

GOOGLE IS BUILDING a new artificial intelligence lab in Montreal dedicated to deep learning, a technology that’s rapidly reinventing not only Google but the rest of the internet’s biggest players.

Hugo Larochelle will run the new lab after joining Google from the Twitter, where he was part of the company’s central AI team. It’s a homecoming for Larochelle, who earned a PhD in machine learning from the University of Montreal and remains a professor at the Université de Sherbrooke. Yoshua Bengio, one of the founding fathers of the movement, calls him “one of the rising stars of deep learning.”

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LCBO launches innovation hub in Kitchener to explore new technology

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 14, 2016 1:52 PM · 1 reaction

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario, the government agency that manages alcohol sales across the province, is tapping into Kitchener-Waterloo’s startup community as it seeks to modernize the way it interacts with customers at its retail stores.

Even though the LCBO already has an innovation lab at its downtown Toronto headquarters, the scope of development there has been limited because of what the LCBO admits is a lagging approach to problem-solving.

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Stockholm: leading the way in clean energy innovation

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 14, 2016 1:46 PM · 1 reaction

Stockholm is already one of the greenest cities in the world - but it won't stop there. Find out how the city's tech scene is transforming the energy sector.

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Stratford has more jobs than available people

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 11, 2016 12:30 PM · 1 reaction

A job fair held in Stratford at the Rotary Complex on Tuesday, Nov. 1 laid bare the truth of the job market in Stratford these days.

The reality is, there are lots of jobs. So many, in fact, that employers are scrambling to see them filled.

Coupled with that is a high rate of unemployment amongst young people; but shouldn’t both of these cancel each other out?

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