Reddit Founder to Tell Waterloo Students to “Suck Less” Next Month
Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian is giving a talk to students at the University of Waterloo in late November. According to a release,…
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Shoplocket Wants to Improve The Dreaded Post-Crowdfunding Purgatory
Crowdfunding is increasingly becoming a successful option for makers and entrepreneurs to get their product out to market.…
98.2% of Businesses in Canada Have Fewer Than 100 Employees: BDC
According to a nice infographic from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), “small business is big in Canada”.…
Ten Startups Will Be Selected to Go to Brazil in December for Brasil-Canada 3.0
Ten Canadian startups, small or medium-sized businesses will be selected by the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) to attend…
Canadians Trump Americans When it Comes to Brand Loyalty
At the DX3 2013 Conference back in March I listened to a talk by Shop.ca‘s Drew Green talk about how the company’s…
Over $3 Million Pledged to 301 Kickstarter Projects One Month After Canadian Launch
Kickstarter recently released figures pertaining to its first month in business, and it’s impressive. The New York-based…
Virtual Reality Paperboy Homage Pedals Toronto’s Globacore Around the World
The year was 1988. Mulroney and Regan were signing the Canada-US free trade agreement, Jim Duggan was dominating at the first…
Metro News Vancouver Initiates Successful Crowdfunding Campaign for Distraught Surrey Resident
It was a contentious topic in journalism school a few years ago when my classmates and I had to debate the merits of “embedded…
Ottawa’s Foko Launches Photo-Sharing Startup for the Workplace
Ottawa-based photo sharing startup Foko launched today at DEMO Fall 2013, where it showcased its technology in the “Work”…
Hackernest Sees Global Expansion Thanks to Their No Douchebag Policy
Two and half years ago, twelve nerds gathered around a table in Toronto to share a case of beer and talk about tech. It was…
Regina’s TaxiMe Launches Taxi Fare Estimation App
Regina-based startup TaxiMe has launched its taxi fare estimation app for iOS, taking the guesswork out of estimating taxi…
Beyond 2.0’s New App Won’t Solve the TTC, But it Will Tell You When the Bus is Coming
Ottawa-based startup Beyond 2.0 recently launched its TTC Bus Tracker, a rudimentary web-based app that can make life a tad…
Ten Themes That Will Define the Next Decade of EdTech
This article was written by James Colliander, Ian Fordham and Aron Solomon. The conversation began, innocently enough, in…
Former “Grandmother’s Pick” Winners Onavo Acquired by Facebook for $150 Million
Sunday’s news that Tel Aviv-based app analytics startup Onavo had been acquired by Facebook for $150 million wasn’t…
Digital Medicine and the Healthcare Industry: It’s Complicated
The tricorder is no longer just a Trekkie’s thing, as fellow BetaKit writer Tom Emrich found out last week. Digital medicine…