Interzone intersecting tech talk with bleeding-edge politics
Interzone aims to put on this planet’s ‘most thought-provoking technology conference’ – and it’s happening this April…
Ethical Eating: How apps can help us get what we really need
You are what you eat – but what about how you eat? Specifically, how do you get your food? Is it ethical – and by extension,…
Data mining innovation spawns a new kind of Gold Rush
“There’s gold in them thar hills” – and thanks to a blend of machine learning technology and traditional geological…
Vancouver hosts new hackathon for social good this weekend
VanHacks’ sold-out ‘hackathon for social good’ happens this week from March 4 to 6. The event brings together coders…
How to name your tech startup
What’s in a name? A lot more than you think, particularly if you’re naming a tech company. Ideally, you’ll get…
Cassia Research and TRIDUS partner to give all investors ‘seatbelts’ in time of market volatility
Just a few days before the Canadian cutoff date for topping up RRSPs in hopes of a big tax refund (despite being in a time…
Sepio resurrects analog photos with your smartphone’s digital camera
I was an early adopter of digital scanners to start converting my family’s old photo albums and personal travel images into…
CONTEST: have your say at #TechVAN on February 23
TechToronto has expanded to the West Coast, with its inaugural TechVancouver event sponsored by Lighthouse Labs, happening…
Tips from Founder Summit: how to scale your startup
Forget the word ‘startup’ for a second. How do you scale up a business? Some of the city’s early entrepreneurial hopefuls…
Travis Kalanick speaks out: Uber’s CEO on risk, regulation, and women in tech
In downtown Vancouver’s Launch Academy hub for a ‘fireside chat’ moderated by SheTalks’ Barinder Rasode and Launch…
Lessons learned from pitching tech on Dragons’ Den
Auditions for CBC’s Dragons’ Den TV show have begun again – and for tech startups from coast to coast, this can be a…
FinTech firm Voleo accelerates its vision in Accenture’s London lab
Canadian investment platform startup Voleo was recently selected as the sole Canadian representative in Accenture’s world-renowned…
Innovation City: Is Vancouver’s tech scene poised to make a quantum leap?
Just the other day, the CEO of one of Vancouver’s most recognized tech startup-turned-unicorns was blasting the city’s…
Your next flight booking could be Trippeo
Trippeo recently launched its end-to-end flight booking portal, aiming to make travel bookings for business faster and easier…
Thoughts on the Lean startup from Eric Ries at #BCTECHSummit
You could do worse in getting advice about building your first MVP than from the guy who literally wrote the book. Eric Ries,…