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#Dx32016: How Kik will use chat bots to sell products to teens (and everyone else)

Patrick O'Rourke March 4, 2016

First it was desktop, then mobile, and now, according to Paul Gray, Waterloo-based Kik’s director of platform services,…

Jessica Galang March 2, 2016

Early-stage companies raised impressive rounds in this week’s roundup of funding. Here’s the latest on who raised how much,…

Jessica Galang February 29, 2016

Earlier this month, about 200 BlackBerry employees were laid off between the tech company’s Florida location and its…

Karel Vuong February 25, 2016

Many know of Waterloo Region as one of Canada’s most eminent tech and startup communities. With fast-growing tech companies…

Jessica Galang February 19, 2016

Small or medium-sized business owners expanding operations might feel like they have to play a guessing game when it comes…

Jessica Galang February 16, 2016

GM Canada is one of the latest companies to join the Communitech hub with the opening of its own innovation hub within the…

Jessica Galang February 12, 2016

Every day, Canada’s best startups post the latest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board; from early stage to series…

Douglas Soltys February 8, 2016

All politics are local. To some degree, so is tech. This week’s episode of the CanCon podcast tackles how tech…

Jessica Galang February 8, 2016

Bridgit, which develops a deficiency management app for the construction industry, announced that Jeff Fedor would be joining…

Jessica Galang February 4, 2016

Waterloo-based startups are known for having some of the best young talent in the tech world, and today’s acquisition…

Karel Vuong February 2, 2016

Whether you know him as a former trader on Bay Street, the television personality on Dragons’ Den, or simply ‘Wek’, Michael…

Startup Canada February 2, 2016

“My job as a CEO is to think of what needs to be done 3 to 5 to 10 years from now.” – John Baker, CEO and founder…

Jessica Galang February 2, 2016

Making a working product may be considered the biggest hurdle when founding a startup, but that’s usually only a part…

Jessica Galang February 2, 2016

Throughout her childhood, Nadia Hamilton and her family helped her brother, Troy, who has Autism, navigate through life at…

Jessica Galang January 26, 2016

Vidyard, the Kitchener-Waterloo company that helps marketing and sales teams leverage analytics from video, announced a $50…