Ontario will be the first province to test self-driving cars
At the University of Waterloo this morning, transportation minister Steven Del Duca announced that Ontario will allow road…
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Smart cities one step closer with Miovision, Ecopia, and Brisk Synergies partnership
Miovision, the company behind a cloud-based management platform to help provide insights into traffic, announced a partnership…
Ways We Work wants the story behind the startup story
The startups that usually come to mind are the ones who have succeeded at telling their stories the best. But there are stories…
Startup Open House gives you an inside peek into Canadian startups
For the third year in a row, Startup Open House — a citywide open house event where participants have free access to visit…
Today in acquisitions: Switch Merge, MediaCore, Silanis, BigKite
Canadian companies went on an acquisition spree this week – both buying and selling. Here’s the latest on who acquired…
9 takeaways from The Man Behind Shopify, Tobi Lütke
On the tail of Shopify’s announcement of its Waterloo expansion, Communitech hosted founder and CEO Tobias Lütke for a casual…
Palette takes home Gold UX Design Award from IFA Berlin
Early in September, Palette participated in IFA Berlin, an electronics show based in Europe that attracts 245,000 international…
420 jobs coming to KW region thanks to Shopify and TD
In a move that confirms what everyone in the startup community already knows — that Kitchener-Waterloo is one of the hottest…
Collaboration trumps competition at #HackTheNorth
Bring together 1,000 student hackers from 200 schools and 15 countries, and connect them with Y Combinator, mentors from companies…
Pebble’s new smartwatch, the Pebble Time Round, will land this November
Pebble has announced the Pebble Time Round, its newest product and the first one of its smartwatches to feature a round watch…
Kik adds two senior executives to its management team
Kik Interactive, the Waterloo-based company behind the popular Kik messaging app, announced two new executive appointments…
Communitech Rev awards $50,000 to protein testing solution Nicoya
Waterloo-based Nicoya Lifesciences wants to change the way scientists run protein tests, and on Friday night, the company had…
University of Waterloo Awarding 24 #HeForShe Scholarships to women in STEM programs
The University of Waterloo announced yesterday that it will award 24 outstanding female students in science, technology, engineering…
Communitech Tech Jam will help you find your next startup job this September
Fall is here, and as the seasons change, so too is it a perfect time to make a career change. Hunting for the perfect job or…
Waterloo researchers teaming up to improve stroke rehabilitation with wearable tech
The University of Waterloo and Waterloo-based Pervasive Dynamics announced yesterday that they’re teaming up to develop and…