Startup Weekend Comes to Canada Eight Times this Month
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Montreal’s Frank & Oak Takes PwC’s Innovator of the Year
The PwC Vision To Reality awards are a celebration of Canadian entrepreneurship and a chance to raise up some or our most dynamic…
Pebble SDK Update Positions Smartwatch to Compete with Nike & Fitbit
Watch Out Nike & Fitbit Pebble’s Coming For You! Pebble announced today an update to their SDK which finally gives developers…
Extreme Startups Alum Granify Raises $1.5 Million from Peter Thiel and More
Granify has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from several investors, including Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, iNovia…
Moneris Launches “Canada’s First Debit-Enabled Mobile Payment System” But It’s Not Out Until 2014
Moneris Solutions Corporation, Canada’s largest debit and credit card processor, today announced the launch of “PAYD…
Majority of Canadians Will Combine Online and In-Person Shopping This Holiday Season
While men everywhere in Canada like myself will likely leave their Christmas shopping to December 24 in a frantic rush to the…
Cambridge-based ORD Solutions Kickstarts First Affordable 5-Color 3D Printer
3D printing has had a great year so far. Although still a relatively nascent market, we have already seen its impact in strengthening…
Toronto’s Digital Flyer Startup Wishabi Creates App for All Those Flyers in One Place
I have to think frequent shoppers are going to want to download this app that is “transforming” the flyer industry.…
An Ad-Buying Marriage: Toronto’s SiteScout Acquired by Centro for $40 Million
Centro, a Chicago-based provider of digital media software and services, today announced the acquisition of Toronto startup SiteScout,…
Canadian “Adventurer” Takes to Indiegogo To Help Find Joseph Kony
Don’t expect any viral YouTube videos full of cute children or TMZ shots of Jason Russell pacing around naked in Los…
This Robot Lets Your Dog Take Selfies and Text You Them
Pet people are crazy. I know this because I am one of them. It’s a good kind of crazy. The kind that means you will do just…
Telus Partners Up with CYBF to Give Cash to Young Entrepreneurs
Thousands of TELUS small business customers are going to help foster the next generation of entrepreneurs, just by picking…
Danish Firm Launches in Canada to Help People with Autism Find Tech Jobs
Specialisterne, an international company that helps land tech and IT jobs for people who fall within the autism spectrum, has…
Xbox One and PS4 Joust in Canadian Pre-Launch Marketing Pushes
It’s just 17 days from the launch of Xbox One in Canada (and only ten days until PS4 is released) and Microsoft has set…
Who is John Chen, BlackBerry’s New Man in Charge?
News struck quickly this morning that BlackBerry, the embattled Canadian smartphone maker that had apparently found a buyer…