North drops Focals price, adds prescription support
Less than a month after shipping its first pair of Focals smartglasses, Waterloo-based North is adjusting the price of the wearable. “Everything from manufacturing…
Mark Zuckerberg won’t testify at joint UK and Canadian parliamentary committee
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has rejected a call to testify before a joint parliamentary committee made up of MPs from both British and Canadian…
Samsung Pay now supports RBC cards
Samsung smartphone users in Canada can now use Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) debit and credit cards alongside the company’s mobile payments platform, Samsung…
Airbnb reaches agreement to collect provincial, municipal taxes in BC
Airbnb will start collecting both provincial and municipal sales taxes in British Columbia, the provincial government announced on Wednesday. Moving forward, the online home…
Uber makes the case for ridesharing to BC government
Yesterday, Uber worked to persuade the British Columbia government to legalize ride-hailing services in the province. Michael van Hemmen, Uber’s public policy manager for…
Google Canada head leaves company to lead Weather Network operator Pelmorex
After leading the company’s Canadian outfit since 2014, Sam Sebastian, the now former head of operations at Google Canada, has left the company, Google…
CIBC partners with National Australia Bank to launch feature that provides financial advice while travelling
On July 24, CIBC will introduce a feature suite called Travel Tools to its iOS and Android mobile banking app. Co-developed with Visa and…
CIBC named top mobile banking app among Canadian banks
CIBC’s mobile banking app has earned the highest score among five other Canadian banks in a recent study of banking apps. Forrester Research says…
1Password adds travel mode feature to protect data from border agents
Toronto-based 1Password has added a new ‘travel mode’ to its signature password manager. The new feature is available to all 1Password membership users —…
RBC now allows customers to send e-transfers with Siri
RBC personal banking customers can now use Siri to send money transfers to their friends and family members. The Royal Bank of Canada added…
Fitbit using Pebble’s software talent and infrastructure to launch app store and smartwatch
It was just last month that Fitbit acquired Pebble, the now defunct wearable startup founded by Canadian Eric Migicovsky, and many of its best…
Pebble reportedly falling behind on Kickstarter refunds following Fitbit acquisition
The sad story of Pebble’s demise may have just taken a turn toward the ugly. In an article dated to December 13th, 9to5Google‘s Ben…
Fitbit deal is done, Pebble is insolvent, founder Eric Migicovsky will reportedly join Y Combinator
A new report from Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman indicates Fibit is close to finalizing a deal to acquire Pebble. Unfortunately for the startup and its…