Mobile Apps in Healthcare and #BeAnOrganDonor Twitter Campaigns: HealthAchieve2013 Takes a Deeper Look This Week
HealthAchieve2013, the largest health care conference of its kind in North America, kicks off today at the Metro Toronto…
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LUMOback Posture And Movement Sensor Will Zap The Quasimodo Right Out Of You (Review)
I know I’m not alone when I say that I look like Quasimodo when using my laptop. Its not just my laptop: it’s also…
Multinational Company Accenture to Acquire Montreal’s PCO Innovation
Accenture plc, the multinational management consulting and technology company based in Dublin today announced plans to acquire…
Thinking of Applying for an MBA? Brock University’s Goodman School Has a Few Suggestions
A huge amount of startup founders in Canada possess Masters of Business Administration degrees, providing a solid base before…
Three Fired Guys Offer Four Tips for Entrepreneurs
The wonderful, sudsy folks at Steamwhistle Breweries have offered BetaKit a few lessons from the pros. Cofounders Cam Heaps…
University of Waterloo Shines in Maclean’s Rankings for 22nd Straight Year
This year’s Maclean’s magazine annual university rankings are out and the University of Waterloo has been named…
Hilariously Horrific Acting Makes Vidyard’s “Franken-Bot” Movie Top Halloween Spoof
Today has already been fun in a nerdy kind of way with Montreal’s PasswordBox embracing the ghoulish occasion with a…
Small Business Optimism Is Up Slightly This Month, Says CFIB
The Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB) released its “Business Barometer” this morning, indicating…
Amazon Makes its Canadian Push Into Groceries and Auto
It was only a matter of time before the world’s largest online retailer pushed its grocery and auto plans north of the…
Zombie or Actually Dead, PasswordBox Holds Firm on Legacy Feature Requirements
In the event that a zombie outbreak occurs, Montreal-based startup PasswordBox (which is quietly approaching one million users)…
Waterloo’s HYPERDRIVE Selected as an Official Startup Visa Incubator, Nominates Startup
Waterloo-based startup accelerator HYPERDRIVE, part of the Communitech hub, wrote in its blog today that it has been selected…
Nova Scotia’s Affinio, Inc. Raises $1.5 Million for Tactics Cloud Tool
Nova Scotia-based business intelligence startup Affinio, Inc. has raised $1.5 Million in venture capital from Build Ventures.…
Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes to Unveil a Peter Thiel Fellowship-Like Program for Young Canadians
Ryan Holmes, CEO of Vancouver-based social media dashboard startup HootSuite, has unveiled plans for a new program aimed at…
Centennial College to Receive up to $26 million from Ontario for Aerospace Training
Toronto’s Centennial College, the oldest publicly funded college in Ontario, will receive up to $26 million from…
BDC Moves into Launch Academy’s Vancouver Office Space
Launch Academy, the Vancouver-based “pre accelerator” program cofounded by Ray Walia and Mike Edwards, is welcoming…