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Vancouver Tech Podcast Ep.71: Mark Mandel, Google Cloud Developer Advocate

Drew Ogryzek April 10, 2017

Our special guest this week, Mark Mandel, tells us about Google Cloud Platform and some ridiculous(ly great) things you can…

W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Shazam joins the AR race

Tom Emrich April 10, 2017

Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…

F|T: The FinTech Times – Scooping up FinTech

Amira Zubairi April 10, 2017

Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Don’t take US funding

Amira Zubairi April 10, 2017

The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering the major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using…

BNN’s #DisruptorsPitch contest gives one Canadian startup a chance to pitch to a national audience

Jessica Galang April 10, 2017

BNN’s The Disruptors is once again making an open call to startups across Canada for its #DisruptorsPitch Contest, which…

#smallrooms Podcast: Nudge Rewards’ Jordan Ekers on mobile in the enterprise

Rob Kenedi April 10, 2017

Rob Kenedi sits down with Jordan Ekers, chief customer officer at Nudge Rewards, a mobile platform that allows retailers to…

Kik’s Ted Livingston calls payments the missing piece to making bots successful

Rose Behar April 10, 2017

In a recent Medium post, Kik CEO Ted Livingston elaborated on the company’s chatbot focus and its plans for an in-chat payment…

Actionable feedback, why it matters, and how to get better at giving it

Melissa Nightingale April 10, 2017

You’re somewhere in Q4 — let’s say it’s the first week of December. If you’re in a startup, chances are good…

Electronic Arts plans to invest $500 million in Quebec’s video game industry over 10 years

Rose Behar April 10, 2017

Video game publisher Electronic Arts, one of the industry’s largest publishers, has pledged to invest $500 million CAD into…

CanCon Podcast Ep. 62: Can the government go digital with help from Canadian startups?

Robyn Edgar April 10, 2017

The RCMP has admitted it is making use of Stingray devices to collect data from cellular phones. With non-RCMP devices identified…

Product Tank panel explains how tech can create a better future for transportation

Gabrielle Drouin April 9, 2017

Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. ProductTank is a meetup that brings together product managers to exchange…

Legal IT conference explores AI’s potential uses in Canada’s justice system

Gabrielle Drouin April 9, 2017

Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. The Young Bar of Montreal once again organized its Legal.IT event, a one-day…

Keela’s Nejeed Kassam says founders must curb their ego when running a startup

Madonna Dennis April 9, 2017

At the latest TechVancouver event, Keela CEO Nejeed Kassam talked about a particular incident that burned down his ego. The…

BTL Group’s Guy Halford-Thompson explores blockchain uses beyond FinTech on #TheDisruptors

Madonna Dennis April 8, 2017

Guy Halford-Thompson, CEO of Vancouver-based BTL Group, recently went on The Disruptors and told co-host Amber Kanwar that…

LendingArch says it’s disrupting lending by being “revenue-enabler” for financial institutions

Madonna Dennis April 8, 2017

LendingArch, which offers personal consumer loans and POS financing at medical institutions and home improvement stores, appeared…

Kritik is equipping profs for the AI “arms race” coming to classrooms

Goldman Sachs to acquire Canadian data centre platform QScale

Inside the Calgary medtech company born from one man’s determination to treat his own son

Canadian VC sees lowest quarterly deal count in nearly a decade

Canadian-founded Opennote acquired by San Francisco-based Reducto

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