Be Social By Turning Off The Phone With Vancouver’s Unplug App
Social graces are going down the toilet in 2014 and we blame our devices. We blame social media and we blame ourselves. Should…
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Tell is a New Private Messaging App Created By Four Ordinary Guys
One of the best parts about the tech game is it doesn’t really have any exclusivity. It’s not like those pretentious…
Buffalo VC to Invite Toronto Startups to “World’s Largest Business Plan Competition”
A Buffalo, New York-based venture capital firm will be coming to Toronto today to talk about 43North, being labelled “the…
Uniiverse Is Betting on Mobile in 2014, Releases Android App
Five months after it launched its iOS app, Toronto-based startup Uniiverse has launched its Android app today, according to…
TalentEgg Launches New Platform for Students to Gain Experience
TalentEgg.ca, a Canadian job board and online career resource for students and recent grads, has launched a cool new initiative…
Downtown Toronto’s The Lab Is Making Coding Cool
Situated smack dab in the middle of the fashion district in Toronto above an Urban Outfitters is The Lab. Recently launched…
Thirty Million Gruesome Images Later, Toronto’s Figure 1 Expands to Android and Web
In early December we wrote about Figure 1, a Toronto-based photo-sharing app on iOS for medical professionals. Then the company…
BDC and CVCA to Award “Canada’s Most Innovative Startup”
The BDC and the CVCA are teaming up to launch the BDC Innovation Award, a new award recognizing an early-stage Canadian company…
FreshGigs starts accepting Bitcoin as payment for Canadian job postings
Bitcoin has gained a great deal of press as several companies and non-profits have started to accept the digital currency.…
CIRA launches new $1 million Community Investment Program, hopes to “make the Internet better for all Canadians”
The internet is a busy place. According to the CRTC’s (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) latest…
Waterloo Startup Voltera Inc. Can Print Electronics
A pair of mechatronics grads from the University of Waterloo have launched a startup that prints electronics, from another…
Square removes deposit limits, says Canadians will now receive funds within 2 business days
Square launched its mobile commerce platform in Canada over a year ago in Canada and the San Francisco-based company recently…
Applications now open for the 2014 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award, $100,000 is up for grabs
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) had a successful 2013 and they hope to continue this trend in 2014. Coming off…
NIMJA, winner of the MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge, launches its mobile point of sale app
At the MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge in September it was The Coyotes, a team of 5 high-schoolers, that took home the…
Velocity startup program has successfully raised over $100 million in 5-years
Waterloo is one of the hottest startup communities on the planet. Many successful businesses have been born there and today…