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Kitfox Games Doesn’t Want Its Titles to be Pushovers

Joseph Czikk April 8, 2014

Montreal-based indie gaming studio Kitfox Games doesn’t want its titles to be easy to play. The 10-month-old firm started…

Wattpad Secures $46 million in Funding, Aims to “Become One of the Most Successful Consumer Internet Companies in the World”

Joseph Czikk April 8, 2014

I always wonder at what point a company just has enough money. I suppose the Toronto-based writing platform Wattpad didn’t…

Seamless Mobile Health, Learning Bird Among Winners at TiEQuest 2014

Joseph Czikk April 7, 2014

Canada’s largest business venture competition announced its winners late last week, when TiEQuest 2014 crowned Seamless…

Watch It Here: HBO Releases First Episode of “Silicon Valley” on Youtube

Joseph Czikk April 7, 2014

We’ve known for a while that Mike Judge’s new series Silicon Valley was going to be just as popular in Canadian…

Toronto Public Library Introduces Netflix-Like Service

BetaKit April 7, 2014

Toronto Public Library has introduced a new service that allows members with a library card to download or stream music and…

Waterloo Student Creates Popular Tool Set for Hearthstone Game

Joseph Czikk April 7, 2014

Although I couldn’t find any concrete stats online over how many people made an account for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft,…

Halifax’s Compilr Gets Acquired by US-Based Online Education Company

BetaKit April 7, 2014

Halifax-based startup Compilr, a software coding and development editor that allows people to learn, write, compile and test…

Cascadia Shines As Vancouver’s “Startup-Palooza”

John Gray April 7, 2014

It was like “startup-palooza,” as Vancouver’s five key accelerators and incubators got together to throw a massive…

Check Out Hootsuite’s Animated Play on Game of Thrones’ Opening Sequence

Joseph Czikk April 7, 2014

Sunday night’s premier of Game of Thrones season 4 attracted a ton of viewers worldwide, and one Canadian startup in…

70% of Wearables Are Under $300 Finds Vandrico Wearable Report

Tom Emrich April 7, 2014

Vancouver-based Vandrico is fast becoming a go-to resource for the wearable space. In February the wearable tech research and…

A Four-Month Stint in NYC Helped This Canadian Startup Pivot (And Maybe Even Raise)

Joseph Czikk April 4, 2014

Things are going pretty well right now for Now In Store, the Montreal-founded startup that previously went through the FounderFuel…

MakeWorks brings the maker movement to shared workspaces, hosting Toronto launch party next week

Daniel Bader April 4, 2014

A converted factory in the base of an old west-end building is the site for Toronto’s first shared workspace for makers.…

Here’s Four Toronto Startups Reinventing The Wheel

Anthony Wong April 4, 2014

Reinventing the wheel and building a better mousetrap are cliches normally thrown around during a terrible elevator pitch.…

World’s First Heads-Up Display for Sailing Powered by Recon Instruments

Tom Emrich April 4, 2014

We’ve already seen smart glasses disrupt skiing and cycling, and now its time for sailing. San Francisco-based company Afterguard announced…

The “Facebook for Sports”, Montreal’s Insidde Sports Launches its V2 Web App

Joseph Czikk April 4, 2014

Montreal-based social network for sports, Insidde Sports recently launched its version two of the product, and already one…

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Kitfox Games Doesn’t Want Its Titles to be Pushovers

Wattpad Secures $46 million in Funding, Aims to “Become One of the Most Successful Consumer Internet Companies in the World”

Seamless Mobile Health, Learning Bird Among Winners at TiEQuest 2014

Watch It Here: HBO Releases First Episode of “Silicon Valley” on Youtube

Toronto Public Library Introduces Netflix-Like Service

Waterloo Student Creates Popular Tool Set for Hearthstone Game

Halifax’s Compilr Gets Acquired by US-Based Online Education Company

Cascadia Shines As Vancouver’s “Startup-Palooza”

Check Out Hootsuite’s Animated Play on Game of Thrones’ Opening Sequence

70% of Wearables Are Under $300 Finds Vandrico Wearable Report

A Four-Month Stint in NYC Helped This Canadian Startup Pivot (And Maybe Even Raise)

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