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…
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Ottawa’s Ranovus Secures $11 Million in Funding From BDC, OMERS and More
Ranovus Inc., a Ottawa and San Jose-based leading provider of multi-terabit interconnect solutions for Data Center and communications…
The Biometric Shirt That Helps You Fight Death Beat Its Crowdfunding Goal Today
Google’s not the only company attempting to fight death. Montreal-based Carré Technologies believe they too have found…
Canadian Student Wins Google Science Fair 2013
In late June we reported on a 15-year-old Vancouver student who was named a finalist in the Google Science Fair 2013 for her “Hollow…
Developer spotlight: Meet Tamara Arrington of MasterCard’s Open API Developer Zone
By: Tamara Arrington, Vice President / Business Leader Product Management Open API In my current role, I manage service delivery,…
Shaping Tomorrow’s Makers at Toronto’s Mini Maker Faire
This weekend Toronto’s Wychwood Barns transformed into a world of robots, wearable lights and 3D printed objects. The two-day…
Jack Dorsey and Square Say Its Less About Payments and More about analytics
He completely changed the media industry and now he’s changing the mobile payments sector. But Jack Dorsey said that his…
PwC Vision to Reality Short List: The BetaKit Cheat Sheet
PwC’s Vision to Reality awards is back for their 10th year and earlier this week PwC announced their short list of twenty…
The Toronto Star Uses Augmented Reality To Try To Go Beyond The Ink
This morning Toronto Star readers woke up to a whole new newspaper experience. The entire edition is riddled with augmented…
Alertly Launches On Indiegogo, A DIY Smart Home & Car Security System
Back in August, BetaKit wrote about Alertly, a Toronto-based startup set to disrupt the consumer security space by creating…
Is Big Data A ‘Big Hype’ Or a Really Big Deal?
According to Gartner’s 2013 hype cycle for emerging technologies, big data resides almost at the summit of “the peak of…
Google Glass at TIFF: Why We Aren’t Ready for Wearable Tech
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) wrapped up this Sunday and I thought before it left the city that I would experiment…
Triangle.IO Wants to End Manual Entering of Credit Card Information
Mehdi Ghaffari has a problem with how ecommerce businesses handle online check outs. They must be doing something wrong, because…
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…
Kickstarter Canada Sees 12 Projects Reach Their Goals After Opening Week
It’s been one week since Kickstarter opened its platform to Canadian projects. The crowdfunding site launched September 9…