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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

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Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. Since 2015, the rising interest abroad continues to contribute to steady growth. This generated $16 billion in annual revenues in 2015. Calgary employers found software developer and engineer as the most in demand.

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What’s FinTech, And What Does It Mean For Your Business?

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in investments in 2015, $15.2B FinTech had started to grow popular soon after global financial crisis happened, fueled by public’s distrust of banks and incumbent legacy firms, and then exploded in 2015. Others narrow down its meaning to just startups that aim to disrupt incumbent financial systems. The industry reached $15.5B

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The Digital Transformation Is Affordable For SMBs: Where To Start In Your Digital Strategy

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In light of this, software developers are beginning to cater to the digital transformation needs of SMBs. Owners no longer have to buy management software meant for big business. SMBs no longer have to choose between hiring an in-house data science team or off the shelf enterprise analytics software.

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5 Ways To Be A Leader In Social Commerce

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Last year, Twitter announced that it would unveil its Buy Button in the first quarter of 2015, cementing the role social commerce will play in the way businesses must market their products to consumers. Never neglect mobile operations. Countless studies have shown that most people who go on social media do so from their mobile device.

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Microsoft’s Purchase Of Minecraft Maker Mojang Shows Comitment To Building Cross-Platform Appeal

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The rise and fall of companies such as Zynga and Rovio, developers of casual, mobile games “FarmVille” and “Angry Birds”, respectively, highlights the fickle nature of the consumer gaming market. Analogous to Amazon’s $970 million purchase of internet video site Twitch.tv

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Lessons Learned: Hugh Molotsi

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I’ve been very blessed to have had a 22-year career at Intuit where I held various product roles from software developer on QuickBooks for DOS to offering leader on QuickBooks Connected Services. When I left Intuit in 2015, I was VP of Innovation and led Intuit Labs, Intuit’s internal incubator.

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When’s the Right Time to Leave the App Store?

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But here’s the kicker – for the first time since 2015, app downloads are on the decline. So what about software developers? The last few years have seen a steady stream of independent software developers choosing to leave app stores , citing the lack of flexible pricing options and weak incentives to stay.