RDIO Goes Free in Canada, US and Australia
If the online radio space was an NHL hockey game, San Francisco-based RDIO looks like it’s readying to “drop the…
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Toronto’s Xtreme Labs Acquired by Pivotal for Huge $65 Million Cash Deal
As per All Things D, Toronto-based mobile agency Xtreme Labs has been purchased for $65 million in cash by San Mateo, California-based…
New ScopifyROM App Gives Royal Ontario Museum Visitors an Augmented Experience
If you grew up in the GTA like me, your elementary school experience was likely filled with perennial trips to the Royal Ontario…
CTV’s New Show “The Social” To Give Crowdfunding Pitches A National Audience
If pitching an idea to four women who likely don’t know anything about tech is your thing, then this opportunity might…
University of Waterloo Is Hosting the Gamification 2013 Conference This Week
The University of Waterloo is set to host the Gamification 2013 international gaming conference, Wednesday to Friday of this…
HEC Montréal to Offer Free Online Entrepreneurship University Courses
HEC Montréal, the independent business school arm affiliate of the Université de Montréal is launching its new EDUlib…
Newfoundland’s RDC Launches Program Targeting Top STEM High School Students
The Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC) announced today the launch of its third annual…
Half of Canadian Consumers Would Switch Doctors If It Meant Access to E-Records
Viva accessible medical e-records! Viva transparency in patient files! That’s what over half of surveyed Canadian consumers…
Canadian Film Centre and Mind Pirate Launch Wearable Tech Program for Startups
I hope all the wearable tech people are paying attention to this cool story that came our way this morning: The Canadian Film…
eBay Canada Announces Ninth Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
Around 2003 it was a really cool time for younger people who recognized the money-making potential of eBay. I was 15 or 16…
Mobile Payments Are Up 27% Over The Past Four Months
Mobile payments are the way of commerce’s future, and using one’s smartphone to do that is the preferred method.…
BEST Funds Makes a $3 Million Bet on Mobile Sales Tool
Oakville-based mobile sales technology company Skura Corporation has received $3 million in venture capital funding from Toronto’s…
Ubisoft To Hire 500 in Montreal, Announces $373 Million Plan
Ubisoft is announcing today that it will hire 500 employees over the next seven years to work at its Montreal headquarters,…
Toronto’s SongFreaks Merges Lyrics with YouTube Videos
Toronto-based music startup SongFreaks updated its iOS app this week, and it see’s the app as one that will “change…
Check Out Some of These Ideas from Mastercard’s NXT Developer Challenge
Update: The two “student” teams heading to the semifinals are “The Coyotes” and “Paymint”,…