Thought-Controlled Computing Startup InteraXon Launches Muse, a Brainwave-Sensing Headband
Toronto-based company InteraXon is taking a new approach to thought-controlled computing with its sensor-powered Muse Headband,…
Lightt Puts a New Spin on Photo-Sharing With Highlight Reels App
October 19, 2012
There’s been a lot of speculation about what will be the next killer photo app, something that will replicate Instagram’s…
Ontract Launching to Help Close the Data Gap Between Educators, Students and Parents
October 18, 2012
Today OnTract launched in closed beta to provide analytics for K-12 teachers in the U.S., with a goal of helping them identify…
WonderVoice Launches Voice-Powered Facebook App for Text-Free Updates
October 17, 2012
Recently we covered the rise of virtual personal assistants, apps that help users get advice on everything from the weather…
Shopkick Redesigns Rewards App to Bridge At-Home Browsing With In-Store Buys
October 17, 2012
Today Palo Alto, CA-based shopkick, a mobile rewards and loyalty app for brick-and-mortar retailers, announced a redesign…
Visually Launches Marketplace to Let Brands Commission Infographics
October 17, 2012
The infographic and data visualization market is booming, with companies tackling everything from visual reports for marketers…
Placed Launches Opt-In Customer Panels to Help Marketers Track Offline Behavior
October 16, 2012
Today Seattle-based location-based analytics service Placed announced the launch of Placed Panels, a new free service that…
Circa Launches to Take a Mobile-First Approach to Creating and Consuming News
October 15, 2012
Today Circa launched its mobile news app to the public after being in stealth mode since December 2011. The free iOS app was…
Favery Launches Pinterest-Style Platform to Help Shoppers Poll Their Friends
October 15, 2012
Pinterest has helped millions of people create pinboards around design, food, and any other topic, and its visual layout has…
ReadyForZero Launches Payments Tool to Close the Loop on Eliminating Debt
October 15, 2012
Today San Francisco-based debt management platform ReadyForZero announced the launch of ReadyForZero Plus, a secure payments…
SWIX Rebrands to Source Metrics to Help Companies Measure Social ROI
October 12, 2012
This week Ottawa-based social analytics platform SWIX announced that is has rebranded to Source Metrics to help enterprise…
TitanFile Adds $1.1M, Pivots From One-Way File-Sharing to Take on Dropbox
October 11, 2012
Waterloo, ON and Halifax, NS-based cloud storage company TitanFile announced today that it has added $1.1 million in funding,…
On Track for $6M in 2012 Revenue, Online Men's Retailer Frank & Oak Raises $5M
October 11, 2012
Today Montreal-based ecommerce startup Frank & Oak announced it has raised $5 million in Series A funding from Lightbank,…
Crowdsend Launches to Use Crowdsourcing to Identify Products in Images
October 10, 2012
Companies like Stipple, Thinglink and Luminate have been trying to take photos from static to dynamic with their tools for…
Venngage Launches to Help Marketers Create Data-Driven Visual Reports
October 10, 2012
The rise of big data has been well-documented this year, and along with it the number of companies, from DataHero to Visually, that…