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Xero launches Gemini integration for live financial data
Featured • Google

Xero launches Gemini integration for live financial data

42 minutes ago

Small businesses and accountants can now check live cash flow, invoices and balances in Gemini without switching apps.

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Artificial Intelligence

Virtual Hallway launches AI tool for Canadian clinicians

Free access to evidence-based answers could speed decisions for Canadian frontline clinicians as Virtual Hallway widens its specialist network with AI.

1 day ago · Sofiah Nichole Salivio
Engineering

Tagsight launches AI platform for engineering drawings

Engineers could save hours of manual re-entry as the Calgary firm's software turns P&IDs and PDFs into traceable records now used in 30 countries.

5 days ago · Sofiah Nichole Salivio
Managed Services

Devolutions launches venture arm for IT software investments

The move gives Devolutions a formal way to back IT tools and managed service providers, with deals so far worth USD $500,000 to USD $3 million.

6 days ago · Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin
Digital marketing

Generative AI lifts Canadian holiday email orders fourfold

Canadian marketers saw generative AI emails deliver four times the order and conversion rates over the holiday peak, according to Mailchimp data.

6 days ago · Raphael Veloso
Closed Circuit Television

Toronto Zoo links orangutan enclosure fences to security

Staff will now receive instant alerts if orangutan fence wires are touched, helping Toronto Zoo verify incidents before animals are at risk.

7 days ago · Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin
Printing

Ricoh Canada wins ENERGY STAR electronics award again

The sixth win since 2019 underlines Ricoh Canada's push to boost certified devices and dealer training as it courts environmentally minded buyers.

7 days ago · Sofiah Nichole Salivio
Investigation

Spatial AI in Canada moving from digital to physical

Wider adoption in Canada is being held back by slower digital maturity, even as firms push spatial AI into hospitals, factories and defence sites.

12 days ago • 5 min read
Spatial AI in Canada moving from digital to physical

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