20 November 2019

• Dealer-FX’s Alan Fong | A 2019 CandianCIO of the Year finalist
  The data from at least three quarters of a million cars are being tracked by coding that’s traced back to Alan Fong, Chief Technology Officer of Dealer-FX. “The weight of the world is on my shoulders,” Fong jests.
• New Bell patent details LTE-connected smartband
  A new Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) patent revealed that the telecommunication company is posing itself to target the wearable market.
• Microsoft says Teams has hit 20 million daily users
  The battle between Slack and Microsoft Teams continues, and it now looks like Microsoft is gaining the upper hand, according to numbers released by the company today.
• Intel details ‘Ponte Vecchio’ graphics processor
  Intel's new GPU will debut in 2020.
• Diversity more than just meeting numbers, everyone needs to ‘go all in’ says #movethedial founder
  While attendees at this year's #movethedial Global Summit remained optimistic that change is on the horizon, the overall message was clear: There's still a lot of work left to close the gap, and organizations of all sizes can take specific steps to move the needle, or in this case, the dial.
• Hashtag Trending – Travelers warned against USB charging; SoftBank creating internet giant; Apple bans vaping apps
  Travelers advised not to using USB charging ports; SoftBank creating Japanese internet giant; Apple bans vaping apps.
• Cyber Security Today – Medical supply firm falls for phishing, drug treatment chain patient data exposed, Americans worried about privacy and more
  Today's podcast reports on a U.S. medical supply firm fallings for phishing, a drug treatment chain exposes patient data, Americans worried about privacy, Android phone vulnerabilities and more
• Hashtag Trending – Google to shield personal data, Facebook signs lease in New York, Disney+ early reactions
  Google is bowing down to European data protection authorities, Facebook signs a lease for 30 floors of office space in New York, and despite technical glitches, millions flock to Disney’s new streaming platform.
• Humber College launching cloud computing certificate in partnership with AWS
  Skills in cloud computing have become almost essential in the modern workforce and Humber College is taking steps it hopes will help fill the talent gap in Canada.
• #EqualityCan’twait – breaking down barriers to success for the next generation of female leaders
  Is gender parity in Canada a half a century away? That’s what the World Economic Forum (WEF) is predicting in their Global Gender Gap Report that benchmarks success in closing the gender gap around the world.