Canadians Are Accessing More Content on Different Platforms, Continue to Pay Big Cell Phone Bills
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released its annual Communications Monitoring Report,…
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CVCA Applauds Federal Government’s Venture Capital Action Plan (and Its Recent Wins)
The Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA) is extending its “bro-fist” to the federal government, in praising…
UPS Report States Online Shoppers Demand More as E-Commerce Spending Increases
Canadian shoppers are increasingly demanding more from eretailers, and they’re spending more money. The new data came…
On the Heels of SEC Ruling, Canadians Behind Shyp Raise $250,000 in 53 Minutes
Shyp, a San Francisco-based startup headed up by Canadians Kevin Gibbon and Joshua Scott, has taken advantage of a recently…
HotelTonight Extends Coverage to Six Canadian Cities, Adds Vancouver and Whistler
HotelTonight, the San Francisco-based hotel booking application, is now offering deals in Vancouver and Whistler. The “made…
Developer spotlight: Meet Tamara Arrington of MasterCard’s Open API Developer Zone
By: Tamara Arrington, Vice President / Business Leader Product Management Open API In my current role, I manage service delivery,…
Canadian Jordan Banks Will Lead Facebook’s New Global Strategy Team
Several media outlets are reporting that Canadian Jordan Banks will lead Facebook’s new Global Strategy Team. It’s…
ClassDojo,The “World’s Fastest Growing Education Startup”, Launches in Canada
ClassDojo, a Silicon Valley-based education startup with over 17 million teachers and students using its platform, has officially…
MP Clement on Startup Visa: “We’re in Continuous Improvement Mode”
Conservative MP Tony Clement shed light on the startup visa program, maintaining a bright future for the initiative that likely…
Contest: Win a pair of tickets to the Premiere Screening of ‘Day Job’
The organizers of the upcoming movie called ‘Day Job’ have been kind enough to give us a few tickets to giveaway…
A Startup CEO’s Financing Cautionary Tale
Utility companies lose $202 billion every year due to theft and technical inefficiencies that plague the worldwide electrical…
Dissecting The QR Code: Should Your Brand Use Them?
The year was 1994. President Clinton delivered his first state of the union address and Ace of Base was at the top of the charts…
Is Big Data A ‘Big Hype’ Or a Really Big Deal?
According to Gartner’s 2013 hype cycle for emerging technologies, big data resides almost at the summit of “the peak of…
University of Waterloo’s Quantum Computing Department Adds a Few Heavyweights
It’s no secret that a huge amount of high-potential startups are being churned out by the University of Waterloo, and…
Four Ontario Cleantech Projects to Receive $14.7 Million
Global demand for clean technology is projected to triple by 2020, and it looks like the Sustainable Development Technology…