• Silicon Valley Has Started Moving North – All the Way into Toronto!

    Silicon Valley Has Started Moving North – All the Way into Toronto!

    Toronto is North America’s fourth-largest city, and Canada’s largest is being taken over by Silicon Valley. What does that mean, exactly? Intel Corp has announced plans to build a graphics-chip design lab in Toronto. Uber Technologies Inc will also be opening an engineering hub. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has been in talks with local officials…

  • How Different Will Toronto Be 50 Years From Now?

    How Different Will Toronto Be 50 Years From Now?

    If you’ve been to Toronto lately, you will know it as a booming metropolis.  I often use that term in a sarcastic way to describe a small town that’s trying to be something more. But in this case, I’m serious.  Over the last few years, Toronto has transformed.  The real estate market has ballooned (and…

  • Toronto is Quickly Becoming a Hub for Innovation and Technology

    Toronto is Quickly Becoming a Hub for Innovation and Technology

    If you didn’t already know, Canada is becoming a major hub for AI research.  Samsung has opened up an AI Centre (that’s the Canadian spelling of Center)  in Toronto.  This is their second big lab in North America, with the other one being located near Google in Mountain View, California.  This new location will help…