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By Joseph Czikk October 29, 2013

Three Startups Nominated to Get a Startup Visa From GrowLab

There’s been enough talk about the perceived shortcomings of the federal government’s Startup Visa program since…

By John Gray October 29, 2013

50 billion devices. Cisco estimates by 2020, 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet. Our homes will be a key…

By BetaKit October 28, 2013

Toronto-based startup Notch Video launched today, offering its video production marketplace. The startup claims to launch…

By Joseph Czikk October 28, 2013

FounderProject, the Canadian student-run venture capital firm originally based in Montreal, is throwing it’s “FounderExpo”…

By Tom Emrich October 28, 2013

The fitness bracelet is back. It hasn’t been since 2004 that I’ve seen so many people sporting a rubber band on their wrist…

By BetaKit October 25, 2013

It might not be a competitor of the Pebble smartwatch or Google Glass, but another wearable tech item got a big boost this…

By Joseph Czikk October 24, 2013

Clayton Lainsbury said that he watched too many businesses face a shortage of original content for thousands of products,…

By BetaKit October 24, 2013

Toronto’s JOLT technology accelerator, housed in the MaRS Discovery District, is announcing its Fall 2013 cohort along…

By Tom Emrich October 24, 2013

If your friends and family are anything like mine, they are flooding your Facebook feeds with Songza playlists. Here in Canada,…

By Joseph Czikk October 24, 2013

CTV, the Canadian television network owned by BCE Inc., has created a new app with Toronto-based startup Filemobile that will…

By John Gray October 24, 2013

If you’re going to roll out a new app for the Real Estate market, making a splash in New York City is a pretty good start.…

By Joseph Czikk October 24, 2013

Montreal-based video concierge startup 5by, acquired late last month by San Francisco-based StumbleUpon, is launching its iOS…

By BetaKit October 23, 2013

Vancouver-based social media dashboard startup Hootsuite said today in a release that the company has surpassed 1000 enterprise…

By Joseph Czikk October 23, 2013

Canadian big box store Best Buy is now accepting Canadian pre-orders for the Pebble smartwatch. The news comes after a wildly…

By Joseph Czikk October 23, 2013

Vancouver 24 Hrs, one of a couple free dailies in Vancouver, has named Next 36 alum and current Needle HR CEO Michael Cheng…