Huawei partnering with Ontario government for 5G Ontario initiative, 250 new jobs

Huawei plans to invest up to $303 million in new 5G-related research initiatives in Ontario over the next five years

Huawei and the Government of Ontario announced a partnership called "5G Ontario," which is a major research and development project that promises to secure hundreds of new jobs in the Province of Ontario.

Announced during Premier Kathleen Wynne’s visit to Huawei’s Canadian headquarters in Markham today, 5G Ontario will see the government invest up to $16 million through the Jobs and Prosperity Fund (JPF) to support Huawei’s initial $212 million investment. The initiative will create 250 new R&D jobs in the province, while maintaining 250 existing R&D jobs. The partnership builds on an agreement Premier Kathleen Wynne announced with Huawei in Beijing during her first trade mission to China in 2014.

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Toyota recalls 33,264 more cars in Canada over airbag defects

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Toyota recalls an additional 33,264 vehicles in Canada over issues with the frontal airbags. According to the Canadian government, the latest recall by Toyota of its vehicles pushes up the total in the country to 400,214 cars since 2013. Toyota has announced it’s expanding the recall of the defective Takata Corp airbag parts around the world. It’s said that the inflators in these airbags can activate with too much force, which could send potentially deadly metal shards into the passenger compartment. The total recall worldwide so far is at 15,314,000 Toyota cars.

Source: Reuters

Google Docs makes your documents e-reader-friendly

A small update for Google Docs will be particularly useful for you e-reader-toting users. The app now lets you turn your files into .epub files, meaning your docs can be read without having to worry about it fitting properly into an e-book reader. .epub is one of the most popular open formats for ebooks and it’s supported in almost all e-readers, except for the Kindle. One of the big advantages of the format over PDF is that it automatically adjusts texts for different screen sizes or you can set that to a fixed layout as well. But if you want to give your readers more leeway, they can adjust font and text size themselves. The format also allows for GIF, JPEG, PNG, and SVG images.

So, if you’ve been dying to get your manuscript read and critiqued by friends, you can now do so easily with Google Docs. The update should roll out to all users in the next three days.

Source: Google Apps Updates | Via: The Next Web

Google hires 4chan founder, speculated to jumpstart their social media bid

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Google hasn’t really been able to get into the social media game. Google+ remains an afterthought for users. But with its recent hire it’s speculated that they’re looking to change that. Christopher Poole, the founder of the controversial image-board site 4chan, joins the tech giant. Poole made the announcement on Tumblr saying he planned to “contribute my own experience from a dozen years of building online communities.” This could mean that he is trying to work on the social aspect of the site.

Source: The Guardian