The National CrowdFunding Association Likes Where Things Are Headed in Canada
The National Crowdfunding Association (NCFA) has publicly applauded the work of several provinces in pushing proposals for…
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Here’s Four New Google Glass Apps From the CFC’s MindPirate Program
The Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab (CFC Media Lab) and wearable technology company, Mind Pirate, today announced four…
BDC Is Giving Away $100K With Young Entrepreneur Award
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is giving away $100,000 as part of its Young Entrepreneur Award 2014. It rewards…
C100’s AccelerateMTL is Back on April 10
The C100, a non-profit, member-driven organization that supports Canadian technology entrepreneurship through mentorship,…
Intel Officially Completes Deal to Acquire BASIS Science
Although we published based on rumour earlier this month that BASIS Science had been acquired by Intel, the deal is now officially…
VeloCity Graduate PiinPoint Is Latest Y Combinator Startup
PiinPoint, a location analytics startup that previously won $25,000 at the VeloCity Fund Finals, has become the latest company to…
Bitcoin Expo Next Month Will Feature “The Top Speaker List That’s Been Put Together in the Bitcoin Space”
Bitcoin supporters from around the world will flock to the Metro Toronto Convention centre next month, April 11-13, for the…
Andrew Reid’s Vision Critical: Not Your Dad’s Idea of Market Research
Andrew Reid is self-admittedly the bad kid who did everything wrong. His mom saw him on the path to jail. She didn’t see…
Why Toronto’s New Stock Exchange Should Focus on Nanotech
A monopoly’s favourite casualty – innovation – has thus far not been spared in the case of Canada’s stock markets. But…
“It’s Ok to be Pro-Privacy Without Being a Crook, Pervert, or Terrorist”: Tim Bray at Vancouver Talk
OpenMedia.ca recently invited a group of people from Vancouver’s technology, philanthropy, and social enterprise community…
Waterloo’s Apartmint Is an All-In-One Solution for Landlords and Renters
“I think there’s a lot of problems in this industry in general and I haven’t seen something come forward and try…
120 Left Jobless as BlackBerry Continues Its Descent
Embattled Waterloo-based smartphone maker BlackBerry has laid off 120 employees this morning. The Waterloo Record reported…
BetaKit at #SXSW: Kiwi Wearables Does Not Want to Perform Science Experiments On Your Personal Data
Every time I tried to watch the wearable technology portion of the SXSW Interactive Accelerator Pitch Contest, the room was…
Who Can You Trust With Your Data? This Toronto Startup Wants to Help
Who can you trust with your data? That’s a multibillion-dollar question. Three years before Snowden’s plea to the…
BC Tech Financings Had a Monster Year in 2013
The BCTIA has reviewed the numbers and the story reveals that 2013 was a banner year for BC Tech. BC was not only home to Godzilla’s…