Category: Technology
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![5 Reasons to buy Facebook (FB.Q) now]()
5 Reasons to buy Facebook (FB.Q) now
On a March 18, 2020 call to NYC media, Zuckerberg confirmed that Facebook is experiencing “big surges” in usage. Voice and video-calls on WhatsApp (owned by FB) and Facebook Messenger are 200% higher than normal.
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Flupocalypse 2020: Assuming you stay healthy, this is your ‘get rich’ moment
When the savings and loan crisis in the US hit in 1989, a lot of slow-moving investors lost their dough thinking the worst couldn’t possible happen. When the dotcom bubble burst in 2001, a lot of folks got torn up as stocks that had previously been 100-baggers went to zero. When the real estate market burned…
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AMPD, PAT, MTA, HIVE, MILE: Contrarian investing as the zombies climb over the walls
Okay, so the world is burning, the Russians and Saudis are pouring low-cost fuel over it, the Americans are shocked that a reality TV show host with a penchant for scams didn’t make a clever President, Italy is in total lockdown, the Japanese are thinking of holding a spectator-free Olympics, Israel is putting anyone coming…
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![Patriot One (PAT.T) develops A.I.-driven “fight detector” for Corrections Canada]()
Patriot One (PAT.T) develops A.I.-driven “fight detector” for Corrections Canada
On March 9, 2020 Patriot One (PAT.T) announced that it has been awarded a contract for the PATSCAN Multi-Sensor Covert Threat Detection Platform by Innovation Solutions Canada (ISC) for Correctional Service Canada (CSC). The PATSCAN Multi-Sensor Covert Threat Detection Platform is a layered multi-sensor platform – integrated with A.I Managed security system to detect and combat…
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![CloudMD (DOC.C): Perhaps this might be a good time to talk about investing in telemedicine]()
CloudMD (DOC.C): Perhaps this might be a good time to talk about investing in telemedicine
As happens whenever a global crisis hits, there are plenty of investors currently watching the global Coronavirus outbreak and looking to panic sell. There are also a few looking to capitalize on the opportunities found in potential doom. Like folks who buy gun stocks whenever a military conflict breaks out, or those who buy gold…
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Sierra Wireless (SW.T), Telus (T.T), Firan Tech (FTG.T) – 3 Canadian companies on the 5G ramp
Granted, it may not be intuitively obvious why a toaster-oven needs to converse with a rectal thermometer – but trust me IoT is a gigantic thing that will require the 5G network to run efficiently.
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![2020 Gravitas Securities Growth Conference lines up seriously interesting deals, even in weed]()
2020 Gravitas Securities Growth Conference lines up seriously interesting deals, even in weed
Respect where it’s due, I haven’t been to an investor conference in a long time where I came away interested in most of what I saw, let alone *everything* I saw, but this year’s Gravitas Securities Growth Conference lineup absolutely hit it out of the park. The GSGC isn’t the biggest show around, but they…
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![How Canada’s Shopify (SHOP.T) just kicked Amazon’s (AMZN.Q) ass]()
How Canada’s Shopify (SHOP.T) just kicked Amazon’s (AMZN.Q) ass
In 2019, Shopify spent $1 billion to build fulfillment centers in the U.S., trying to compete with Amazon by deliver packages in less than 48 hours. This effort was described by Shopify CFO Amy Shapero as “energizing the flywheel.”
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![Sprint (S.NYSE), T-Mobile (TMUS.Q) gain $41 billion after gullible judge gives thumbs up to mega-merger]()
Sprint (S.NYSE), T-Mobile (TMUS.Q) gain $41 billion after gullible judge gives thumbs up to mega-merger
Judge Marrero said that opposing states “failed to persuade him that a merger of the No. 3 and 4 carriers would harm consumers”.
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AMPD Ventures (AMPD.C) high performance computing power attracts Artificial Intelligence contract
AMPD Ventures (AMPD.C), which recently topped up its bank account to bring in more sales folks, announced some sales today, with a news release pointing to a new contract with an artificial intelligence company. AMPD Ventures Inc. has signed a deal with Variational AI Inc. to supply machine-learning infrastructure hosted at AMPD’s DC1 sustainable data…
