McGill Grad Launches Curated List of Useful Science Articles
A quick peruse over the both stimulating and everyday-useful articles at UsefulScience can find something for everyone. In…
Technology
Things Are Going Really Well for Toronto’s Qriket, The App That Gives You Free Money
For 22-year-old Qriket cofounder Jonny Comparelli, things are aren’t too shabby these days. Approaching five years (yes,…
Confoo Conference for Web Developers to Hit Montreal Next Month
The Confoo web techno conference for web developers is coming to the Hilton Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Montreal February…
Federal Government’s CODE Hackathon Officially Has a Date
Back in October MP Tony Clement revealed that the federal government would be sponsoring a new “national open data appathon,”…
Canadian Man Asks the Internet to Name His Daughter
It could be described as funny, interesting or outrageous, but this story of a Canadian man asking the Internet to name his…
Toronto’s The Sandbox Project Gets $450K, Will Launch New Mental Health App
The Sandbox Project, a Toronto-based non-profit organization dedicated to making Canada the healthiest place on earth for…
The Bitcoin ATM Craze Continues in Montreal and Ottawa
The craze for Bitcoin ATMs continues this week as CoinDesk has reported that Ottawa installed a crytocurrency-spitting machine.…
CBC KW Gave One Lucky Listener Bitcoin Over the Airwaves
We’re not positive on this one, but it’s pretty likely that CBC Radio One 89.1 FM in Kitchener-Waterloo today was…
Don’t be the Drunken Entrepreneur
Imagine the most important pitch you’ve ever given. Now imagine doing it drunk. If you’ve just put in five, six or seven…
Innovation Market Value Grew Much Stronger Last Year on TSX
Innovation companies are making a stronger presence on the public markets in Canada. According to a new release from the TMX…
Little-Known BrandProject Launches Investment Fund-Incubator In Toronto and NYC
In early December we reported on the obscure BrandProject, a new venture that invests in early-stage consumer products and…
Montreal’s International Startup Festival Reveals 2014 Theme
Montreal-based International Startup Festival has revealed in a blog post this week by Alistair Croll that the theme for the…
Lighthouse Labs to Teach 500 People to Code At Huge Free Event Next Month
February sure seems like a future historic month for Canadian tech events. The #HTML500 will likely be one of the biggest learn-to-code…
MaRS’ Studio Y Youth Academy to Unveil First Cohort Tomorrow
The MaRS Discovery District is set to unveil its first cohort of Studio Y: Ontario’s Youth Social Impact and Leadership…
Recent Kickstarter Winners Palette Look to Build a Future in Waterloo
After having split the past four months between Shenzhen, China and San Francisco, California while running what would go…