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By Patrick O'Rourke January 3, 2018

Apple acquires Vancouver-based Buddybuild to build more tools for iOS developers

Apple has revealed that Vancouver-based Buddybuild, a company focused on mobile app development and support, has been acquired…

By Franco Varriano January 3, 2018

Tom Levesque is the co-founder at Rey.ai. Levesque is a software developer turned product manager. After graduating and working…

By Jessica Galang January 2, 2018

Members of Toronto’s cryptocurrency community are banding together for the Merry Merkle initiative to raise $5,000 for…

By Startup Canada January 2, 2018

At a young age, Dan Martell learned that if he was going to the play the game, he was going to play it big. From Moncton to…

By Douglas Soltys December 29, 2017

A year ago, we posed a question during our 2016 year-end retrospective: does tech make things better? That question became…

By Sheetal Jaitly December 29, 2017

The speed of technological change and innovation is moving faster than ever, disrupting industries and lifestyle routines.…

By Jessica Galang December 22, 2017

While sectors like AI and mobile startups often get a lot of attention, Canada’s healthtech sector could be primed for healthy…

By Digital Main Street December 22, 2017

As we prepare for 2018, e-commerce is thriving and a sharp group of “traditional retailers” who have been steadily enhancing…

By BetaKit December 22, 2017

With the rise of technologies making it easier to connect virtually, the pressure to be always accessible to your investors,…

By Jessica Galang December 22, 2017

Toronto-based FindBob has raised a $1.6 million seed round. The round was led by Grinnell Mutual, with participation from the…

By Amir Bozorgzadeh December 21, 2017

When the Web Summit made its debut in Lisbon last year, the Trade Commissioners Service of Canada in Portugal led a delegation…

By Jessica Galang December 21, 2017

Dentons says it is the first Canadian law firm to join the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium. The mission of the GLBC is to…

By Stefan Palios December 21, 2017

As part of a regular series powered by Microsoft, BetaKit interviews prominent Canadian CTOs speaking earnestly on the biggest…

By Franco Varriano December 21, 2017

Oscar Falmer is the founder and developer behind the world’s first augmented reality Twitter client, TweetReality. Falmer…

By Jessica Galang December 20, 2017

A joint Amazon HQ2 bid with Detroit and Windsor reveals extensive tax breaks, according to a report from Crain’s. The…