Edmonton’s LoginRadius Scores 800 Percent Growth in One Year
Edmonton’s social login tool LoginRadius has informed us that the past 12 months went over very well. The startup achieved 800 percent growth. It’s…
Bnotions Spinoff Company Wins Facebook Innovation Award for Mobile Apps
A Canadian company has struck gold with one of Silicon Valley’s finest. Facebook has a twice-yearly competition where it invites its “preferred marketing developers” to…
Social Media Etiquette: Where Is the Line Between Inappropriate and Plain Boring?
I’m not too big on writing about how people should behave on social media (mainly because I routinely act like a crazy man during…
Bloomberg Businessweek Proclaims Vancouver “The New Tech Hub”- But is it Only for the Visas?
The folks at Bloomberg Businessweek, the popular print and online business news outlet, believe that Vancouver is “the new tech hub,” and it could…
Secure Social Network myApollo Aims to Connect the World from Peer to Peer to Peer
myApollo is more than just another social network. It would have to be in order to be taken seriously in 2014. And, in some…
Are Kik and BlackBerry Smiling After Facebook’s WhatsApp Deal?
According to the Waterloo Region Record, Facebook’s recent $19 billion deal to acquire WhatsApp has created a favourable position for two Canadian companies that…
Check Out Canada’s Most Talked About Topics on Facebook in 2013
The finest and most talented franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL), the Toronto Maple Leafs, was Facebook‘s most talked about topic in 2013….
Female Head of Twitter Canada to Publish New Book, “Our Turn”
Move over Sheryl Sandberg, there’s another female social media exec ready to push her manifesto to the shelves. Twitter Canada head Kirstine Stewart will publish…
After a Failed Funding Mission and an Axed CEO, What Will Become of Keek?
Before the summer had started, the Financial Post had already dubbed then Keek CEO Isaac Raichyk as “clearly an anomaly” in a world of…
BDC Moves into Launch Academy’s Vancouver Office Space
Launch Academy, the Vancouver-based “pre accelerator” program cofounded by Ray Walia and Mike Edwards, is welcoming the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) as…
Former “Grandmother’s Pick” Winners Onavo Acquired by Facebook for $150 Million
Sunday’s news that Tel Aviv-based app analytics startup Onavo had been acquired by Facebook for $150 million wasn’t a surprise to Phil Telio. Telio…
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 stems from the massive social media company’s…
New Social Network myApollo Launching On Android September 6
If Facebook, Google Drive and iTunes had a baby, it could very well look like the new social network launching next week called myApollo….