Ottawa has been one of Canada's largest tech centres for decades and has the highest concentration of tech talent in the country. It hasn't always been a smooth ride—the city was riding high on the telecom boom of the late 1990s and took a big hit when the glory days came to an end, but it evolved and rebuilt and now has an impressive collection of startups and young companies, … [Read more...]
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Magnet Forensics, a cybercrime software maker stacked with Blackberry alumni, has filed for an IPO. Story with @SeanSilcoff:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-magnet-forensics-files-for-first-waterloo-based-ipo-in-15-years/
I had it pretty easy. My vaccine experience consisted of answering the phone, saying "sure, tomorrow's fine" and then arriving at the scheduled time. Got the shot in 10 minutes. Now in my 15-minute post-shot wait.