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‘The global stage is finally waking up to all that Ontario has to offer’: Neha Khera, 500 Startups Canada

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As a Partner at 500 Startups Canada, Neha Khera has a lot of responsibilities. Apart from recruiting companies for 500...

Business Technology

AI will be major focus at Canada’s largest SaaS gathering in Ottawa

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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Expanding upon last year's inaugural Software as a Service conference, SaaS North, this year's installment will focus heavily on AI...

Technology

SaaS in Ottawa 2017: Big Funding, Acquisitions, and an Insatiable Demand for Talent

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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Ottawa's Software as a Service (SaaS) industry is growing at an unprecedented rate, attracting big funding and business acquisitions that...

Technology

Ottawa tech scene still booming with $1M raised by membership management platform

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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As the demand for tech talent continues to rise in Ottawa, a membership management platform raises $1 million to expand...

Technology

Ottawa’s demand for tech talent surges as multinational brands continue to expand in Canada’s capital

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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Ottawa is and has always been a global tech player. As big businesses continue to expand their operations in the...

Business

Ottawa poised to become SaaS capital of Canada amid tech revival

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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Silicon Valley North, as Ottawa was once called before the dot-com bubble burst, is bouncing back as a major tech...

Business

Canada’s first ever SaaS conference to bring over 60 speakers this month

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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Leading SaaS accelerator, L-SPARK, announces Canada’s first ever SaaS Conference, SAAS North, with over 60 speakers from November 30 to December...

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

The internet is full of trolls. This is nothing new. However, the tactics used by trolls can go way further than stupid comments on YouTube, and doxxing is an example of this.

If you are not familiar with the term doxxing, it is the publishing of private or identifying information, such as a home or work address, about a particular individual on the Internet, typically with malicious intent. While this might sound outright illegal, as it stands the law surrounding doxxing is limited and vague.

To get a better understanding of where the US law stands on this issue, what the future of doxxing might look like, and how you should respond if you are a victim, we are joined by Joseph Hoelscher, a criminal defense attorney and Managing Attorney of a Texas law firm, Hoelscher Gebbia Cepeda PLLC, who has worked on multiple doxxing cases in the past, from both sides, as clients who were charged with online harassment and with clients who were the victims of doxxing.

And for our side piece today, we have Computer Says LOL, where we have a stand-up comedy bit from Don McMillan, a technology engineer turned stand up comedian.