Check Out Some of These Ideas from Mastercard’s NXT Developer Challenge
Update: The two “student” teams heading to the semifinals are “The Coyotes” and “Paymint”, both teams we previewed in this article (we didn’t know…
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Intel Capital Makes Another Investment in Canadian Wearable Tech With Recon Instruments
Update: Recon Instruments has confirmed that “The investment from Intel is an extension of our A round. The value is $4 million, as reported…
Four Ontario Cleantech Projects to Receive $14.7 Million
Global demand for clean technology is projected to triple by 2020, and it looks like the Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s (SDTC) SD Tech Fund is…
Toronto Native Helps Dash Robotics Make World’s First Foldable Origami Robot
Dash Robotics, creators of Dash, the the world’s first foldable, programmable origami robot that you can build yourself, has officially crowdfunded their project yesterday afternoon…
$16 Million Life Sciences Centre to be Constructed in Laval
Servier Canada has announced it will be constructing a new $16.3 million Centre of Excellence in Clinical Research. The life sciences complex will focus…
New Crowdfunding Platform Dragon Innovation Wants To Make Sure the Hardware Revolution Succeeds
Scott Miller believes that we are at the start of a hardware revolution. And he should know. Miller has over fifteen years experience in…
Meta’s SpaceApps App Store Is Looking For One Killer Idea
Meta, the company behind the smart glasses promising to transform you into Iron Man, has launched their app store called SpaceApps. Well it’s actually…
Google Glass App Store To Launch in 2014
As the smartphone space has proved, the “apps the thing “ when it comes to hardware. Google Glass is no different. Google’s first foray…
Bionym Launches Biometric Wristband Nymi That Unlocks Smart Things With Your Heart
Think fingerprints, iris scans and facial recognition is the future of passwords and security? Think again. Although much harder to crack than the usual…
EY Ranks Canada Top 5 for Entrepreneurship in Spite of Funding, Education Struggles
Less than two weeks after Startup Genome ranked three Canadian cities as the top 20 most active startup scenes in the world, Ernst and…
Atomic Reach Unveils Algorithm that Can Predict Content’s Success Before it’s Published Online
Bradley Silver is a master of providing valuable information. Now on his third startup, Silver has already helped brands scour the Internet for fraudulent…
IoT Startup SensorSuite Set to Shake Up Building Automation
Internet of Things startup, SensorSuite, is looking to disrupt the property management space from the boiler room up. They have created a cloud based…
Strong Community and Government Support Make Canada One of The Best Places on Earth To Make Videogames
Canada kicks ass at making videogames. From major console game producers in Vancouver and Montreal to the independent mobile startups popping up in Toronto…