Pixar’s Vancouver Branch Shut Down By Disney, 100 Lose Jobs
Following in Electronic Arts’ footsteps from last winters disastrous 300-person layoffs, Pixar Canada has shuttered it’s…
2013
Ontario Brain Institute Launches Tool for “Massive Collaboration” in Neuroscience Map
Who knew that Ontario has one of the largest concentrations of brain scientists in the world? Believing that improving brain…
Toronto Public Library Goes Digital with eBooks and eMagazine Campaign
It turns out that Canada’s daily print newspapers aren’t the only ones betting on a strong digital presence. Today…
Montreal’s La Presse Made the Newspaper Industry’s First Big Bet in the Digital Age: Is It Working?
While the newspaper goliaths were toppling one-by-one, downsizing hundreds and selling off assets that they could no longer…
Vancouver-Born Basis Extends Series B Round to More Than $23 Million
The “wearables” market is poised to grow from 14 million devices shipped in 2011 to as many as 171 million units…
Millennials Are Twice As Likely To Start A New Business In the Next Year
Millennials may not be the “me” generation after all. A new report states that millennials, the group of people…
Vancouver’s Indicee is Leading the Consumerization of Business Intelligence Software
If you were constructing a lineage list of Vancouver’s technology business, contributors from Aerospace, Fuel Cell/Clean-Tech,…
Waterloo’s VeloCity Renames Venture Fund, Shakes Up Funding Structure
Waterloo-based startup incubator, VeloCity, has changed the name of one of its most successful programs, the “VeloCity…
Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield Joins University of Waterloo As Professor
The first Canadian to walk in space is putting on the teacher’s cap. The University of Waterloo today announced the…
Seattle Organizer Looks to Make Vancouver Developer Week a Memorable Time
Carter Rabasa is an American from Seattle who’s really enthusiastic about Vancouver’s tech community. So much so…
New Toronto Mobile Payments Startup Wi-Py is the Free PayPal Alternative
Don’t feel like paying PayPal’s annoying transaction fees? One Toronto-based startup is launching today and wants…
Vancouver’s RentMoola Means No Paper and All Perks
The payment industry is being disrupted by companies like Stripe and Payfirma, and the smartphone is becoming our wallet.…
Creating an Email Campaign With Video? Vidyard Just Came Out With a New Tool
According to Waterloo-based startup Vidyard, modern marketers say that video is one of the most powerfully engaging pieces…
75% of Ontario Small Businesses Aren’t Hiring Next Year
The good times should be rolling in 2013 but apparently small businesses in Ontario aren’t getting the memo. A new study…
Montreal Startup Open House Event Gives People a Chance to Peek into the Startup Life
BetaKit is excited to sponsor the Montreal Startup Open House Event on October 30. The event, organized by Busbud founder LP…