Intel’s fashion-first approach to wearable tech: an interview with Ayse Ildeniz
More than the waves of technology before it, wearables face a fashion problem that has become a major barrier to adoption.…
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How Gymtrack scored a 500 Startups invite from Dave McClure
Ottawa has a notorious reputation as a “hard place to start a startup” but once you sit down with Lee Silverstone,…
Ryerson and Rogers team up to launch The Next Big Idea in sports competition
Canada’s Year of Sport just got bigger. Ryerson and Rogers have embarked on a quest to find the “Next Big Idea in Sport”…
SKE Labs is building a smart world one jar at a time
The Internet of Things (IoT) is real. BI estimates that by 2019, the IoT market will be more than double the size of the smartphone,…
Miovision raises $30 million Series B to save you from traffic congestion
Kitchener-based Miovision Technologies announced today that it has completed a $30 million Series B round, led by MacKinnon,…
Gymtrack raises $2.5 million seed round from Real Ventures & White Star Capital
Last October, Gymtrack co-CEO Pablo Srugo, wrote about the benefits of being accepted to 500 Startups, stating that after three…
The Internet of Things is invisible
If you’ve been reading CIO.com, or Forbes, you might be under the impression that the Internet of Things is some sort of…
Cisco and Teralys commit to McRock’s industrial IoT fund
The CVCA is reporting that Toronto-based McRock Capital has announced a second close for its industrial Internet of Things…
Going Global: Toronto and Chicago startups share dreams of international expansion
Last week, 10 startups from Toronto and Chicago pitched their wares as part of an event to help entrepreneurs from both cities…
BlackBerry announces the BlackBerry IoT Platform
At its CES breakfast meeting, BlackBerry released new information about its plans for IoT (the Internet of Things) and the…
IoT Design Shop Introduces the Personal Beacon System
The Internet of Things is hot, and there’s no shortage of hype. In fact according to Gartner’s 2014 Hype Cycle Special…
Report: Mainstream Consumer Adoption of IoT Technology ‘Inevitable’
Widespread mainstream consumer adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technology is inevitable, according to Acuity Group’s…
GROW ‘One of the Leading Technology Conferences in the World,’ Founder Declares in Opening Speech
The much anticipated GROW Conference in Whistler kicked off earlier today at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, and Dealmaker…
The Prizes At Next Week’s GROW Hackathon Are Kind of Ridiculous
Next week’s GROW Conference in Whistler is all set to be a great experience revolving around the “connected city,”…
Whistler a “Perfect Place to Make Decisions and Iterate” Says GROW Conference CEO
Deb Landa and her yearly GROW Conference was the subject of a recent Financial Post article detailing how next month’s…