MakeWorks Nears Crowdfunding Goal, Calls Itself The”Startup Factory of the Future”
Toronto’s MakeWorks has raised over half of its targeted $20,000 crowdfunding project, in which the creative marker studio…
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Forget the Cottage, Startup Weekend is Coming to Muskoka
Startup Weekend, the 54 hour global marathons that bring together developers, designers, marketers and startup enthusiasts,…
C100’s Atlee Clark To Join Shopify
Atlee Clark, now the former executive director of the C100, Canada’s US-based organization that supports Canadian technology…
Thalmic Labs to Ship 40,000 Motion-Controlled Myo Armbands to Developers
Kitchener-based Thalmic Labs is shipping over 40,000 motion-controlled Myo armbands to developers who pre-ordered the product.…
Newly Leaked Internal Finance Memo Shows Feds Warned Against Bitcoin
A newly released internal finance memo prepared for former Finance Minster Jim Flaherty warned that the high level of anonymity…
Rice is a New Location-Based Marketplace App for Trading Cool Stuff
Torontonians Aubrey Jesseau, Rishabh Varshney and Francis Lata- who call themselves Basmati Labs Inc.- have created a new…
Millions of People Around the World Are Using Toronto’s SurfEasy for Privacy
Toronto’s private, encrypted web-browsing tool SurfEasy has its hands full. The startup currently has millions of…
Kickstarter Success ‘The Bradley’ Watch for Vision-Impaired Hits Canada
“The Bradley” watch is coming to Canada. The watch can’t really be described as a “smart” watch…
Here’s Five Tricks To Help Your Crowdfunding Project Win
The Next 36’s Chris Grouchy recently took to the Financial Post to drop a bit of knowledge about how crowdfunding projects…
Canadians Have Deposited Over a Million eCheques on the CIBC App
CIBC says that over a million echeques have been deposited using its mobile app for iOS and Android. It was only just back…
Next-Gen Software Platform IIX Raises $10.4 Million
Niagara-based International Internet Exchange (IIX Inc.), a next-generation software and interconnection platform designed…
Vancouver’s BuildDirect brings on Tal Ball as CTO
BuildDirect, the Vancouver-based company that is rumoured by OMERS Ventures’ John Ruffalo to be going public, has hired Tal…
Nova Scotia Judge Gives Thumbs Up to Live Tweeting in Court
A Nova Scotia judge has praised Twitter and the ability for reporters to live-tweet court cases after the province’s judiciary…
A Tinder for Finding Help and a Snapchat for Location: Two Cool Ways to Connect
How do you find people you know? Mobile and web applications are changing the way we find and connect to people who matter…
Montreal’s Adzura Launches Online Ad Marketplace for SMEs
Montreal startup Adzura has launched its online ad marketplace targeting startups and SMEs. The company says its clients…