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By Jane McEntegart July 29, 2013

Montreal’s Execution Labs Announces $150K Loan Fund for Indie Game Studios

Execution Labs today announced a partnership with BDC Venture Capital that will see the two firms offer $150,000 in convertible…

By Ian Hardy July 29, 2013

Polar rebrands, launches new native advertising platform

Toronto-based Polar – formerly known as Polar Mobile – has been working hard on their business for years. Founded…

By Tom Emrich July 29, 2013

Four First-of-Their-Kind Apps Created at Canadian Google Glass Hackathon

Canada’s first-ever Google Glass Hackathon wrapped up yesterday in Toronto and resulted in four new apps to add to the growing…

By Tom Emrich July 27, 2013

10 Things Google Glass Needs Before It Goes Mainstream

Wearable technology is definitely not going anywhere. But Google Glass, as it exists today, isn’t ready to change the “face…

By Daniel Bader July 26, 2013

Longo’s and Unata turn to apps to personalize the grocery shopping experience

It’s a well-known adage that you should not go to the grocery store hungry. It always leads to deviation from “the…

By Ian Hardy July 26, 2013

Communitech shifts HYPERDRIVE into an improved direction, extends program to 6-months

It’s been over a year since Communitech launched HYPERDRIVE, a $30 million accelerator program that assists early-stage…

By Ian Hardy July 25, 2013

VeloCity’s Spring 2013 Venture Fund Winners: SoundBrush, Blacktree Health, Kite and Planleaf each score $25,000

Waterloo is full of mind blowing ideas. This community is quickly gaining the attention it deserves and the people behind these…

By Daniel Bader July 25, 2013

Rebellion Media expands its digital footprint and acquires Toronto-based HomeSav

Rebellion Media has been on an incredible buying spree. The Waterloo-based company has acquired 13 digital media properties…

By Daniel Bader July 25, 2013

Rdio co-hosting Toronto’s first Music Hack Day to spur innovation in a tired industry

Rdio is teaming up with SoundCloud, Unspace and The Echo Nest to bring Music Hack Day to Toronto for the first time. MHD has…

By Ian Hardy July 25, 2013

We’re live at VeloCity’s Venture Fund Finals

Today we’re live in Waterloo at VeloCity’s Spring 2013 Venture Fund Finals. 10 startups are vying for a total prize…

By Dan Levy July 25, 2013

A Social Marketing Dream: Vidyard app for HootSuite now available

Vidyard, the ‘YouTube For Business’ video marketing startup, announced today the launch of the Vidyard app for…

By Jane McEntegart July 24, 2013

Vancouver-based NodeFly Joins Forces with StrongLoop

StrongLoop has announced that they’ve acquired the assets of Vancouver-based NodeFly, which means NodeFly’s Node.js…

By Tom Emrich July 24, 2013

Vancouver-based Google Glass Competitor, Recon Jet, Sees International Demand in Sold Out Pre-Orders

Vancouver-based wearable tech company, Recon Instruments, launched their smart glasses, Recon Jet, just less than a month ago…

By Ian Hardy July 24, 2013

BetaKit is the official online sponsor of the MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge!

We’re incredibly proud to announce that BetaKit is the official online sponsor of the upcoming MasterCard N>XT Developer…

By Ian Hardy July 24, 2013

Qriffic puts an end to wait times, brings joy to customers via text alerts

Tom Petty once sang “the waiting is the hardest part.” He was speaking about a girl, but waiting – for anything…

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Longo’s and Unata turn to apps to personalize the grocery shopping experience

Communitech shifts HYPERDRIVE into an improved direction, extends program to 6-months

VeloCity’s Spring 2013 Venture Fund Winners: SoundBrush, Blacktree Health, Kite and Planleaf each score $25,000

Rebellion Media expands its digital footprint and acquires Toronto-based HomeSav

Rdio co-hosting Toronto’s first Music Hack Day to spur innovation in a tired industry

We’re live at VeloCity’s Venture Fund Finals

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