The $10,000 Kiss My App Contest Is Open to Undergraduate Students
Canadian undergraduate students will have the chance to design an app and win $10,000 via the “Kiss My App Contest”,…
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Rogers Partners With Sprint to Bring Connected Cars to Canada
Get ready for some distracted driving Canucks. Major carriers Rogers and Sprint announced a partnership to bring the connected…
Canadians Are Accessing More Content on Different Platforms, Continue to Pay Big Cell Phone Bills
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released its annual Communications Monitoring Report,…
UPS Report States Online Shoppers Demand More as E-Commerce Spending Increases
Canadian shoppers are increasingly demanding more from eretailers, and they’re spending more money. The new data came…
These Four Montrealers Are Going to Santiago For Startup Chile’s New Cohort
MissingLINK, a Montreal-based startup founded by four MBA grads, is headed to Santiago in November for seven months to participate…
Intel Capital Makes Another Investment in Canadian Wearable Tech With Recon Instruments
Update: Recon Instruments has confirmed that “The investment from Intel is an extension of our A round. The value is…
On the Heels of SEC Ruling, Canadians Behind Shyp Raise $250,000 in 53 Minutes
Shyp, a San Francisco-based startup headed up by Canadians Kevin Gibbon and Joshua Scott, has taken advantage of a recently…
BCIC-New Ventures Competition Winners Share $300,000
Money talks. BS walks. And for the 146 different BC technology startups vying for a share of the prize in the 2013 BCIC-New…
Halifax’s STI Technologies Gets Huge $17 Million Private Equity Infusion
Halifax-based STI Technologies, a company that developed a card-based program connecting physicians, patients, pharmacy and…
Kira Talent Raises $2 Million Seed Round Led By Relay Ventures
Toronto-based hiring pros Kira Talent has secured $2 million in seed funding from a big, giant crowd of people, led by Relay…
MyFocus Is a Button That Will Eliminate All Distraction
Toronto-based startup CanFocus Technologies has launched its Kickstarter campaign for its MyFocus, a small button that helps…
GrowLab Announces Partnered Research Project with Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Vancouver-based startup accelerator GrowLab has announced a partnered research project with Emily Carr University of Art +…
Canadian Jordan Banks Will Lead Facebook’s New Global Strategy Team
Several media outlets are reporting that Canadian Jordan Banks will lead Facebook’s new Global Strategy Team. It’s…
Toronto’s Sprylogics Inks Deal With Nimbuzz to Provide Mobile Search Function
Vaughan-based startup Sprylogics, which provides local, mobile search functions for consumer apps, has signed a partnership…
Shaping Tomorrow’s Makers at Toronto’s Mini Maker Faire
This weekend Toronto’s Wychwood Barns transformed into a world of robots, wearable lights and 3D printed objects. The two-day…