Sentences with phrase «from tech communities»

U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order banning travellers and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries has stoked ire and concern from tech communities down south and here in Canada.

The statement drew immediate criticism from the tech community, which has long opposed such policies.

Tubbs has had support from the tech community in recent years — he received a $ 50,000 donation to his campaign for mayor in 2015 from Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, who he counts as a college friend from his Stanford days, and another $ 5,000 from Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang.

Sure, it doesn't boast the stunning beauty that is the new iPad's retina display, but it contains a powerful quad - core processor, shoots glorious HD video, and has been getting a fantastic response from the tech community.

«A year ago, we saw unprecedented activism from the tech community over SOPA and PIPA.

The $ 11 million spent on I - 1240 came almost entirely from a cadre of wealthy education reformers, most from the tech community, headed by Microsoft's Bill Gates.

This will probably be a fairly typical reaction from the tech community which expects digital gadgets to do a lot more than simply display and turn black and white pages.

Led by the indefatigable Katherine Webster and a host of champions from the tech community, such as Craig Newmark and Craig Mullaney (to be clear, you don't have to be named «Craig» to help veterans, but we don't mind the name either), VetsinTech started hosting career networking events with top tech employers.

Not exact matches

Metcalfe says he also learned from Jobs the importance of packaging products for the general consumer, not just for the tech community.

Vancouver's burgeoning technology community may aspire to become a nexus of money and talent akin to Silicon Valley, but it's making an ever more deliberate effort to distinguish itself from the Bay Area's uncaring «tech bro» culture.

For somebody who had never been to New Orleans, but moved there initially to teach and then a year later left the classroom to start a company, I've seen firsthand just how much the community has invested in bringing in and retaining young people who really want to contribute to rebranding the city, bringing it from, old oil and gas and just tourism really into the 21st century with lots of high - tech, high - growth businesses.

«The hires provide a combination of experience from older tech company Google, and innovations within the fast - growth startup community,» Fubini says.

On the Microsoft blog we share technical insights from up and coming startups which add value to our readership and develop the wider conversation in the tech community.

But RIM's approach to supporting the tech community is drastically different from the one taken by Ottawa firms.

Founded in July, Version One has already raised $ 15 million in capital to make investments — much of that money came from local Vancouver tech entrepreneurs who wanted to give back to their community.

We are proud of the work we've done, and humbled by unwavering support from the NY tech community.

«Anything that happens in the community, whether it's for profit or charitable, you can be guaranteed there's someone from RIM putting some of their early net worth toward it,» says Tim Jackson, CEO of the Accelerator Centre, a tech incubator in Waterloo.

Take some tips from Charles Bonello, cofounder of Grand Central Tech, a community of startups and partners that breaks from the traditional accelerator model by providing accepted companies free office space in New York City for a year without requiring equity.

The temporary tax break attracted fast - growing tech companies to San Francisco's Mid-Market and Tenderloin neighborhoods by offering them an exemption from the city's 1.5 percent payroll tax in exchange for community work.

«What we hear often from companies is that people of color aren't applying,» says Mimi Fox Melton, director of community mobilization for Code2040, a nonprofit focused on developing black and Latinx leadership in tech.

That's according to Gene Richardson, COO of Experts Exchange, an online community of 500,000 IT professionals where they can get online tech assistance from each other, hire freelancers and take online courses.

Female founders are front - running the gender shift in tech and it's great to see the massive support from the investor community.

Many hope that this new version of Windows will be a sharp departure from Windows 8, which was intended more for tablets than desktops and was not well - received by the tech community.

President Trump has already received blowback for his decision to ban immigrants from seven Muslim nations, and a potential executive order could have the tech community up in arms.

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation became America's biggest by getting huge gifts from tech execs — and acting like a startup.

Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos» vision of becoming a tech and media powerhouse, however, has drawn protests from an investor community that for years overlooked its lack of profits because of red - hot revenue growth.

Having spent much of last spring touring the remarkable and little - reported - on tech startup communities in the Middle East — from Cairo to Amman to Beirut to Dubai — I was excited to see that no one is rocking this scene more than the women entrepreneurs.

From financial giants to leading tech companies, the community here has welcomed organizations from every corner of the woFrom financial giants to leading tech companies, the community here has welcomed organizations from every corner of the wofrom every corner of the world.

About Communitech: Communitech is an innovation centre in Waterloo Region that supports a community of more than 1,000 tech companies — from startups to rapidly growing mid-size companies and large global players.

This budget makes a substantial investment in upgrading away from diesel: $ 220 million (over 11 years) for communities south of the 60th parallel and $ 21.4 million (over four years, starting next year) for continuing an existing northern program, and a portion of a new $ 75 million «challenge» fund aimed at solving clean tech problems through innovation.

The world's most valuable privately held company is buying an historic office building across the bay from its San Francisco headquarters and some in the community are worried how that will change the character of Oakland and its burgeoning tech community.

In about 180 days, tech startups and Main Street businesses will be able to raise up to $ 1 million from their friends, followers, and community via SEC registered websites.

Most recently his work caught the eye of Forbes and was featured in an article entitled, The 12 - Year - Old Entrepreneur That Will Take Global Tech & The World By Storm Ian works closely with Dream Hustle Code, to help level the playing field for kids from communities that have traditionally been left out of the tech indusTech & The World By Storm Ian works closely with Dream Hustle Code, to help level the playing field for kids from communities that have traditionally been left out of the tech industech industry.

As the founder of the Women In Tech community I witness countless individuals desiring an upgrade from the traditional path to a richer, more empowering one.

Leaders from Toronto's startup and corporate innovation community will be celebrating the city's thriving tech ecosystem and showcasing it as a world - class destination for innovation, startups, talent, and investment September 12 - 14th with Elevate Toronto Festival.

From being something that only a select community of tech enthusiast...

From a lack of visible mentors and role models to underrepresentation in startup communities and pontification about including more women in tech, without much action, the challenges that women face in the tech field are well - known.

Hosted on September 20 & 21, 2018, the Forum is designed to showcase the hottest hi - tech companies from across North America, offer insight into key issues within the industry, provide a premium networking opportunity and give companies a chance to learn from world - class professionals in the investment community.

From the turn - key access in AAA - grade office space right downtown, to the great community of other high tech companies in our building, and not to mention the flexibility to grow faster than we had originally planned, Our company's space in LaunchPad was the key to establishing our new business quickly and professionally on PEI.»

Uber, like other tech companies, is facing some pushback from the generally liberal Silicon Valley community over its relationship with the incoming administration.

It was a development that saw advertisers threaten to pull media spend from the social network — Mozilla actually did so — and high - profile figures in the tech community adding fuel to the fire with barbed #DeleteFacebook comments.

There was a sense from many in the tech community that while Google overstepped its bounds, the punishment did not fit the crime.

Hi - tech development under globalisation is further marginalising the poorer sections of traditional society especially the dalits, the tribals, the fisherfolk and the women by destroying their traditional living and community life by alienating them from the land, the forest and the water sources by which they made their living.

• The Rural Technology Fund, founded by a tech executive who had limited access to computers when he was growing up in rural Kentucky, helps out - of - the - way schools get equipment and books to help ignite a «spark» for studying electronics, programming or engineering; and gives scholarships to students from rural communities who hope to pursue careers in technology.

Jorte is getting rave reviews from tech bloggers and others in the Droid community, but even still there are plenty of solid personal organizer apps, so what's so special about Jorte?

Dr. Kendall - Tackett has won several awards for her work including the 2013 Outstanding Research Poster Award from the U.S. Lactation Consultant Association, the 2011 Community Faculty Award from the Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University School of Medicine, and the 2011 John Kennell and Marshall Klaus Award for Excellence in Research from DONA International (with co-recipient, Tom Hale).

In 2011, she received the John Kennell & Marshall Klaus Award for Excellence in Research from DONA International (with co-recipient Thomas Hale), and the Community Faculty Award from the Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University School of Medicine.

She is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Amarillo, Texas, and received the 2011 Community Faculty Award from the Department of Pediatrics at Texas Tech.

At future forums we hope to see representatives from the vibrant NYC tech start - up community.

Excerpt: «Chris knows that we have to invest in Oregon's community college and state university system to ensure students from all walks of life have the ability to study, train and update their skills so they can compete for good - paying jobs today and be ready for the high - tech jobs of Oregon's next economy.»