Uber fights Canadian publicity war on two fronts: Toronto and Vancouver
With regulators in Toronto and across the country pressing down on it, Uber has taken to its blog to ask customers to fill…
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Communitech announces 25 female founders selected for Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp
Communitech announced today the 25 female founders to be selected for its second annual Women Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. Sponsored…
500px updates iOS app to engage user base beyond photographers
Photographers and photo enthusiasts, take note: the 500px iOS app just got a major update. What you’ll find once…
August #WWTO redefines disability
There’s a perception that tech communities can be self-serving. We read the news that startups like Uber have raised another…
Toronto-based Rumble wants to help video creators and publishers get paid
Since YouTube started taking over the video content space, the Internet has only gotten noisier. Between scrolling through…
Montreal-based Infoactive acquired by Tableau
Infographic startup Infoactive announced this week that it has been acquired by Seattle-based business intelligence and analytics…
IBM opens Bluemix Garage in DMZ
IBM announced the opening of a new Bluemix Garage within the DMZ today. Following launches in San Francisco and London, the…
UGO Wallet has doubled its user base this year
UGO Wallet was announced back in 2013 before being released last November. Dubbed as “Canada’s First Open Mobile Wallet,”…
The life-changing potential of wearable tech
For many, the term “wearable technology” evokes thoughts of step counting and wrist-vibrating notifications. But the potential…
How Picatic got customers to (actually) Pay What They Want
The ‘Pay What You Want’ (PWYW) model is intriguing to plenty of entrepreneurs. It’s got the instant buzz factor of a…
HitchBOT ends its trek across the United States early after being vandalized in Philadelphia
HitchBOT, the hitchhiking Robot developed by a couple Canadian professors, started his American journey on July 17th. However,…
TELUS doubles size of its Internet of Things Marketplace in less than a year
When TELUS announced the launch of its TELUS IoT Marketplace last year, the vision that the company had was a destination for…
Today in funding: Sequence Bio, icejam games, Kensington Venture Fund & more
This week, government funding came through for many Canadian startups. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, and from…
Government of Canada dedicating $30 million to cyberinfrastructure initiative
Peter Braid, an MP for Kitchener-Waterloo, announced funding yesterday to the tune of $30 million for the development of an…
Talking IP, IPOs, and big bets with SHOES.COM’s Roger Hardy
Vancouver’s Roger Hardy has moved seamlessly through the head to toe’s of eCommerce. The Internet is filled stories of…