YouTube FanFest happening in Toronto May 2nd
YouTube has more than 1 billion users with 300 hours of video uploaded every minute. To celebrate its user, Google and YouTube…
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Slack’s been hacked
Slack has been hacked. Today, the company posted about “unauthorized access to a Slack database storing user profile…
BDC names Gerry Pond as first-ever BDC Entrepreneurship Champion
BDC (the Business Development Bank of Canada) has awarded Gerry Pond with the prestigious title of “Entrepreneurship…
Wattage wants everyone to make all the things
Jeremy Bell, co-founder and CEO of Wattage, met me in a bright and airy Cossette office in Liberty Village, just a short walk…
NEXTBC 2 seeks to find BC’s most innovative company
The second annual NEXTBC Showcase of Innovation & Awards Night has been announced and will take place in Vancouver on…
2015 Funding Roadshow starts tomorrow
The 2015 Funding Roadshow starts on March 19th in Ottawa before venturing across Canada to ten cities. Organized by Fundica,…
Joe Mimran joins Dragons’ Den
Out with the old, in with the new! After Arlene Dickinson and David Chilton announced their departures from Dragons’…
The next wave of health and fitness wearables on Canada AM
The general public is aware of step trackers like Fitbit or Jawbone, but it might not be familiar with the next wave of health…
Will the Apple Watch spark a wearable revolution?
You may be aware that the world’s largest consumer electronics company announced pricing and a release date for its new…
Talking social, mobile and (service) disruption with Brad Ross, TTC’s head of communications
I don’t think a single feature has impacted my urban life more than the ability to anticipate when the next streetcar…
The secret startups
Trigger warning: this is a tech publication writing about tech media. There is no greater inside baseball. Last…
Barrie looks to entice startups with a contest for the ‘world’s smallest office’
Barrie entrepreneurial hub The Creative Space is hosting a new national contest to attract startups to the city. Dubbed smOffice,…
CODE 2015 developer challenge saw “record-breaking 1303 participants,” top 15 apps announced
Announced today, CODE 2015 welcomed “a record-breaking 1303 participants” who created 125 different app submissions,…
MaRS Study: Toronto startups with women, foreign founders less likely to raise funding
Last December, the MaRS Data Catalyst team published a study investigating the ethnic and gender diversity of Toronto startups.…
Carleton University to undertake new study on women entrepreneurs
Carleton University announced today that its Centre for Women in Politics and Public Leadership will undertake a new national…