Google Glass is dead. Long live Google Glass
This isn’t the headline you’d probably expect me to write about Google Glass. At least not lately, with news that Google…
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Decoded Fashion touches down in Toronto
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the relationship between fashion and technology— mostly in the context of wearables—but…
Montreal smart garment startup Heddoko selected Innovation World Cup Finalist
Montreal-based smart garment startup Heddoko is headed to Munich next week to vie for the title of “Innovator of the…
Nymi President Andrew D’Souza out as company struggles to ship
BetaKit has confirmed via multiple sources familiar with the situation that Nymi President Andrew D’Souza is no longer a…
Carrier invests in smart thermostat maker ecobee
Toronto-based ecobee is quietly becoming a major player in the connect home space. After launching its ecobee3 smart thermostat…
#HTML500 by the numbers, words, pictures
They came, they sat, and they coded. Vancouver hosted its second #HTML500, which happens to be stop number one of a four city…
CapTherm’s cool tech is hot
Leading one of B.C.’s hottest tech companies (at least according to a recent NextBC competition) and winning acclaim with…
Wearables have gone to the dogs (no, really)
Another year and another CES 2015 over. It was clear from the amount of devices on the showroom floor that this year is going…
Jon Lax speaks out
News of Teehan+Lax shutting down has reverberated far beyond the Toronto design community. It’s gone global. …
Going Global: Toronto and Chicago startups share dreams of international expansion
Last week, 10 startups from Toronto and Chicago pitched their wares as part of an event to help entrepreneurs from both cities…
Due South: the draw of Silicon Valley
According to a recent Globe and Mail article, there are some 350,000 Canadians that call Silicon Valley their home. It is,…
Intuit: almost 40% of Canadian entrepreneurs lack basic financial management knowledge
Intuit has released the results of its 2014 Canadian Financial Literacy Quiz, and the results are, well, damning. Surveying…
No one is doing VR like Sulon
You think, “Another VR headset. We’ve seen this before.” Well, you haven’t seen this, because no one…
Today in health tech: GenePOC and Interface Biologics close rounds
Toronto-based Interface Biologics announced this week that it has closed a Series B financing round led by DSM Venturing and…
Vidyard Raises $18M To Grow Its Video Marketing Platform
Kitchener-based Vidyard just announced an epic $18M series B raise, because we’re all watching videos, all the time. “The…