Bubl completes first Bublcam shipments, offering an important lesson to hardware startups
Toronto’s Bubl Technology, creators of the Bublcam, announced today that it has successfully completed the first round of…
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#firesideconf offers Canadian tech community a chance to get back to basics
Last week when BetaKit broke news of HIGHLINE and TWG’s Designer Adventure Club, we dubbed it a ‘summer camp for designers’,…
Velocity startup Varden Labs running first self-driving vehicle test in Canada tomorrow
Local KW startup Varden Labs will achieve a Canadian first in autonomous driving tomorrow when it runs its self-driving shuttle…
2015 Pan Am Games infographic shows wearable tech for sports still in early innings
While the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am games have officially ended, there’s still quite a bit that can be learned from…
OMERS Ventures raises $260 million CDN from Cisco and Bank of Montreal
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that OMERS Ventures has raised a whopping $260 million CDN, or $199 million USD, from…
Spark Centre now accepting applications for 2015 Ignite competition
Oshawa’s Spark Innovation Centre announced today that it has opened the application floodgates for its third annual Ignite…
Government of Canada giving $24.7 million for new University of Waterloo Science Complex
Earlier this month, the University of Waterloo announced that the Government of Canada would be contributing significant funding…
Waterloo’s Kik goes back to basics with music-based chat service
Waterloo-based Kik is attempting to up its game by launching a new music-based chat service within its popular messaging app.…
Recon Instruments’ exit doesn’t mean Dan Eisenhardt is heading for the door
It’s something to dream about, to plan for, and to work your ass off trying get there; but in reality, the big exit either…
Mogo CEO David Feller on Big Data and Busted Banks
Mogo is in the money. The Vancouver startup recently raised $50 million via IPO for its innovative online credit lending platform,…
Canada will look to overhaul its payments infrastructure in 2016
Finextra is reporting that Canadian FinTech companies may soon have the benefit of building their services on top of a new…
SHOES.COM partners with Slyce to make shoe-buying a snap
Vancouver-based SHOES.COM has partnered with Toronto’s Slyce to help shoppers across the country quickly purchase shoes with…
Where do wearable tech and IoT fall on this year’s Hype Cycle?
Every year for the past 20 years, U.S.-based Gartner — a leading information technology research and advisory company —…
Vancouver’s PHEMI closes $12.2 million round to tackle public sector and finance
PHEMI, a Vancouver-based big data warehouse that allows organizations to access and mine any variety of data to drive insights,…
Uberflip hosting second annual ping pong tournament for Toronto startups
After the success of last year’s event, Uberflip, a Toronto-based content marketing software company, is hosting a second…