Denmark’s oldest healthcare company opens innovation lab in Markham, its first outside Europe
LEO Pharma, Denmark’s oldest healthcare company, announced that it is opening its first innovation lab in North America…
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Carriers using small cell tech to connect Canadians
The next big thing in connectivity is elusively, almost comically, small. As cities get denser, and its citizens’ wireless…
Ontario Provincial Police to source its next group of constables from the tech community
Smartphones, tablets, wearables, and drones are increasingly becoming part of our daily lives, and the Ontario Provincial…
Canadian Forbes Top 30 Under 30 winners share their plans for 2016
A few weeks ago, Forbes released its comprehensive Top 30 Under 30 list, presenting the under-30-year-olds that are killing…
The biggest Canadian startup stories of 2015
If 2014 was a big year for Canadian startups, then 2015 was uncharted territory. Not only did the startup community reach a…
Eric Migicovsky talks the future of Pebble and smartwatches
“Pebble has money,” says Eric Migicovsky. The CEO of Pebble, the company that all but popularized the smartwatch…
Wiivv closes $3.5 million seed round, prepares for market entry
Vancouver-based Wiivv, a wearables company that creates custom 3D printed body gear, has closed $3.5 million in seed funding.…
Highly usable tips from Vancouver UX Awards Finalists
You can have innovative technology, big investors, and a Times Square-sized marketing campaign, and your product might still…
Connected Lab exits stealth, enters new home to build software for new hardware
Connected Lab, founded by former Xtreme Labs team, has exited stealth mode and moved to a new 10,000- square-feet office in…
MaRS and Cyberport partner to bridge markets in Asia and Canada for #FinTech startups
MaRS Discovery District and Cyberport, a Hong Kong-based innovation hub, announced a new partnership that will focus on fostering…
UHWK pitches a sharper eye for athletes on #TheDisruptors
Any athlete knows that being able to review mistakes made during a game is a key part of improving for the next one. And UHWK,…
Eric Migicovsky says Pebbleâs sales have doubled since Apple Watch launch
Instead of hurting Pebbleâs sales, the launch of the Apple Watch has apparently helped the company considerably. In an interview…
Ottawa Senators team up with IBM to personalize fan experience
The Ottawa Senators and IBM announced a long-term partnership to apply behaviour-based, predictive analytics technologies to…
Nymi a partner in MasterCard’s new Commerce for Every Device program
This week, MasterCard introduced a new program that will turn customer products â ranging from industries like automotive,…
RBC wins U.S. patent on Secure Cloud technology
RBC has announced that it has been awarded a patent on its Secure Cloud payment and security technology by the United States…