The rise of metaverse technologies has created an increasing interest in virtual real estate, a report by research firm Technavio revealed. The metaverse real estate market is projected to grow by US$5.37 billion from 2021 to 2026, a compound annual growth rate of 61.74 per cent, with just over 40 per cent of the market’s growth originating from North America. The U.S. and Canada will be key markets for the metaverse real estate market in the region. 

As the technology continues to grow in popularity, some companies are taking advantage of the opportunity to help organizations with their journey into the metaverse. For example, London-based Crypto House Capital, a virtual real estate firm, is currently building the first MetaReal residential skyscraper in the metaverse, along with developing spaces for brands looking to enter the metaverse.  

“We’re building the bridge between real [life] and the metaverse. Our expertise comes from

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In a recent study, Surfshark analyzed search results obtained by Googling for downloads of popular software, and their findings are enough to make you shudder: up to 64 per cent of links in search results for some programs were to sites spreading malware.

The search for “Avid software” appears to be the most dangerous, with search results containing 64.4 per cent of potentially dangerous links.

The methodology used by Surfshark was simple. The company first compiled a list of the most popular software, divided into five categories: social media, web browsers, crypto wallets, small business and creativity. It used softwareadvice.com‘s extensive database to determine the most popular applications.

Then it ran Google searches using the names of the software paired with the terms “download” and “torrent.” It finally analyzed the first five pages of results using a malware scanner. All results identified as medium or higher risk were considered

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News that Avaya Holdings Corp. could imminently file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection means that both channel partners and corporate clients are watching anxiously to see what will happen next.

Should a filing end up happening, “part of Avaya’s Chapter 11 filing requires a simplification of their product lines,” Thomas Randall, advisory director with London, Ont.-based Info-Tech Research Group, said today. “Both channel partners and clients are watching for whether parts of Avaya will be sold off (e.g., their contact centre solution) to meet financial objectives, or whether certain products will just reach end of life from lack of R&D investment.”

News of the pending bankruptcy protection plan first broke on Thursday when the Wall Street Journal reported that the “company is reaching a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing to restructure its balance sheet, in a bid to turn around its business and move past accounting problems.”

Company shares at

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Starting next year, Canadians working for the federal public service will have to spend at least two or three days per week in the office, Treasury Board president Mona Fortier announced Thursday. 

Fortier said that the new “hybrid work model,” will ensure employees return to the office for between 40 and 60 per cent of their regular work schedule.

The announcement also noted that since the pandemic restrictions began to lift, a portion of Canada’s 335,000 federal government employees have already returned to working on site for a few days each week.

“Creating a new work model was always going to require learning and evolution. This new approach is about refining how hybrid is applied,” the government wrote in its announcement. “Departments and agencies have been experimenting to see how a hybrid work model can best support our mandates, and many have already introduced models similar to the direction provided.

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On Dec 13th, a new search engine, described by some as the “anti-google” called Neeva will be available to use in Canada.  We wrote about this in itworldcanada.com. It allows people to browse the internet free of web tracking and promises to pay content creators for the use of their work.

Neeva has already been launched in the US in 2021 and most recently in Europe.

We have the CEO and founder of Neeva, Sridhar Ramaswamy with us today on Hashtag Trending the Weekend Edition.

Our topic is – privacy and the internet – there’s two words that only go together when we are talking about a “lack or privacy.” Neeva is a response to that, but it’s also an attempt to change the model of how internet services are provided.

The economic model of the internet and social media for that matter, is based on trading your private information

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