How Can We Create Real, Meaningful Content? SoulPancake Brings Open, Honest Talk Back to the Table
According to SoulPancake creative director Golriz Lucina, it’s too easy to create inauthentic, effortless content. It…
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Grind My Tinder? The Psychology Behind Dating Apps in the Technosexual Era
When “Mr. Swipe Right” is just a click, favourite, heart or swipe away, why shouldn’t we indulge in grotesquely…
Free My Canadian Internet! Why The Net Is Under Attack, And What We Can Do About It
At NXNE Interactive 2014 in Toronto this week, OpenMedia‘s Steve Anderson said that the Internet is increasingly under…
Group-Funding Platform Crowdtilt Expands to Canada
Crowdtilt, a crowdfunding platform hailing from San Francisco that helps users fund experiences, purchases, and causes with…
14-Year-Old Ontario Boy Develops App, Proceeds Go Towards Entrepreneurs in Developing Nations
We’re pretty sure that 14-year-old “Thomas” from Bolton, Ontario has won life. The grade 8 student from Bolton’s Allan…
GuestDriven Upgrades App, Now Servicing 115 Hotel Properties
Montreal’s GuestDriven has released the latest version of their mobile guest engagement platform, with new features…
Microsoft is Giving One Startup Seed Money and Mentorship at Its New “Surface Cafe”
Microsoft Canada is unveiling its new tablet and it wants to party. The software giant will award one startup seed money and…
Expert Panel Report Warns Canada Needs to Allow More Access to Open Data
An expert panel report that outlines the opportunities to achieve sustainability through information and communication technologies…
Montreal’s Lightspeed Retail Adds Big Data Analytics to Its Cloud-Based POS System
Lightspeed Retail, the Accel Partners and iNovia Capital-backed startup that offers a retail commerce platform has added big…
Uh-Oh: Nearly 60% of Canadian IT Teams Don’t Think They Can Stop Data Theft
In one of the more optimistic stories of the day, nearly three in every five Canadian IT professionals don’t feel that…
Canada is the Best Place in the World for Business Tax: KPMG Report
Startups working out of the Great White North may be living the good life after all. Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver placed…
Youth Innovator Ann Makosinski Wins 2014 Weston Youth Innovation Award
Victoria, B.C. teenager Ann Makosinski has won the Ontario Science Centre’s 2014 Weston Youth Innovation Award, for…
Hitchhiking, Tweeting Robot to Trek Across Canada
A Canadian-made robot will trek from Halifax to Victoria beginning on July 27. <ahref=”http://www.hitchbot.me/”>hitchBOT,…
The Funding Portal Wants to Make It Easier for HealthTech Companies to Get Money
The Funding Portal, a Toronto-based government grants consultancy service that also offers a searchable database of over 7,000…
Waterloo Startup Connects Internet of Things to the Live Sporting Experience
It’s a connected world, according to Waterloo startup StartLight Labs Inc. The company wants to bring hardware beacons,…