Grade 12 Toronto Student Wins Doodle 4 Google Contest
A 17-year-old Toronto student named Cindy Tang has won the first Doodle 4 Google contest for Canada. Her drawing is of a girl…
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Changes Are Headed For Toronto’s Bitmaker Labs (Good Changes)
Toronto’s Bitmaker Labs has thus far been known for its $9,000 Ruby on Rails course and an unfortunate Ontario Ministry…
Downtown Toronto’s The Lab Is Making Coding Cool
Situated smack dab in the middle of the fashion district in Toronto above an Urban Outfitters is The Lab. Recently launched…
Toronto’s JOLT and Moncton’s Launch36 Accelerators Make Calls for Applications
Two Canadian accelerator programs are announcing their calls for applications today, in Toronto’s JOLT and Moncton’s…
Thirty Million Gruesome Images Later, Toronto’s Figure 1 Expands to Android and Web
In early December we wrote about Figure 1, a Toronto-based photo-sharing app on iOS for medical professionals. Then the company…
Toronto and New York-Based BorderFree to Go Public
Toronto-based BorderFree (which also has offices in New York, Tel Aviv, Shanghai and Dublin) is reportedly set for an initial…
Toronto’s PitchPoint Solutions Gets $2.8 Million from BEST Funds
PitchPoint Solutions, a Toronto-based enterprise solution company for businesses in the financial sector, has raised $2.8 million…
Toronto is Getting a Bitcoin Hackathon
A Bitcoin hackathon is coming to Toronto. Yep, you heard it right. The Global Bitcoin Hackathon Network is an organization…
Toronto’s Whirlscape scores $500,000 in funding from Y Combinator, BDC and others for its Minuum virtual keyboard
Toronto-based Whirlscape, creators of the one-dimensional Minuum virtual keyboard, have announced that they’ve successfully…
Toronto’s Bionym Announces The First Wearable Bitcoin Wallet
Bitcoin will be getting a whole lot easier and more secure to use later this year. Bionym announced today that the first application…
Toronto-based CrowdCare raises an additional $1 million, launches Wysdom app for immediate tech support
Toronto-based CrowdCare aims to take the confusion out of your smartphone. The company has announced today that they’ve…
Things Are Going Really Well for Toronto’s Qriket, The App That Gives You Free Money
For 22-year-old Qriket cofounder Jonny Comparelli, things are aren’t too shabby these days. Approaching five years (yes,…
Toronto’s The Sandbox Project Gets $450K, Will Launch New Mental Health App
The Sandbox Project, a Toronto-based non-profit organization dedicated to making Canada the healthiest place on earth for…
Little-Known BrandProject Launches Investment Fund-Incubator In Toronto and NYC
In early December we reported on the obscure BrandProject, a new venture that invests in early-stage consumer products and…
Toronto Gets Bitcoined
Toronto’s first Bitcoin ATM has arrived. Made in Canada by a company from Ottawa, the new Bitcoin ATM, or a “BTM”…