Three Startups Nominated to Get a Startup Visa From GrowLab
There’s been enough talk about the perceived shortcomings of the federal government’s Startup Visa program since…
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EnergyAware’s Neurio is Your Home’s New Brain
50 billion devices. Cisco estimates by 2020, 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet. Our homes will be a key…
Canadian eCommerce Hits $18.9 Billion in 2012; Seniors Up Internet Use
The value of orders placed online by Canadians reached $18.9 billion in 2012 while Internet use increased across the board…
Songza Launches Songza Canada Inc., Reaches 2.4 Million Canadian Users
If your friends and family are anything like mine, they are flooding your Facebook feeds with Songza playlists. Here in Canada,…
Hootsuite is Close to 8 Million Users, Boosts Revenues 150%
Vancouver-based social media dashboard startup Hootsuite said today in a release that the company has surpassed 1000 enterprise…
Next 36 Alum Michael Cheng Named Among ‘Top 24 Under 24’
Vancouver 24 Hrs, one of a couple free dailies in Vancouver, has named Next 36 alum and current Needle HR CEO Michael Cheng…
Tech Companies Surpass Resource Firms As Top BC Employer, But Not All is Well
After today’s news on Calgary being named the best city in Canada to run a business, more news is on its way regarding…
“We need to prepare ourselves for a mobile-first and mobile-only future”: Mobify’s Igor Faletski
Mobile is massive and it’s getting more so everyday. Yet for all of the phones, the tablets, and what I pay my wireless carrier,…
Staples Canada to Carry Roam Mobility Products
It’s been a good few weeks for Roam Mobility, the Vancouver-based startup that charges Canadians between around $3 and…
Two Canadian Startups Chosen Among ‘GEW 50’
Two Canadian startups in Vancouver’s Rosterbot and Whitby’s Enginuity Search Media have been recognized among…
Victoria’s Tapstream Secures $700K Seed Round From BDC
Victoria-based startup Tapstream is announcing a seed round worth $700,000 this morning, lead by the Business Development…
Virtual Reality Paperboy Homage Pedals Toronto’s Globacore Around the World
The year was 1988. Mulroney and Regan were signing the Canada-US free trade agreement, Jim Duggan was dominating at the first…
Hackernest Sees Global Expansion Thanks to Their No Douchebag Policy
Two and half years ago, twelve nerds gathered around a table in Toronto to share a case of beer and talk about tech. It was…
Beyond 2.0’s New App Won’t Solve the TTC, But it Will Tell You When the Bus is Coming
Ottawa-based startup Beyond 2.0 recently launched its TTC Bus Tracker, a rudimentary web-based app that can make life a tad…
Digital Medicine and the Healthcare Industry: It’s Complicated
The tricorder is no longer just a Trekkie’s thing, as fellow BetaKit writer Tom Emrich found out last week. Digital medicine…