Waterloo-based learning platform software startup Desire2Learn has partially rebranded and named its new integrated learning platform Brightspace. It’s also announcing new partnerships with Microsoft and IBM…
Toronto-based startup Raise Your Flag walked away with $10,000 in seed money and BizSpark mentorship after an impassioned presentation at Microsoft’s Your Big Idea…
Microsoft will open a new training and development centre in the Pacific Centre in the heart of downtown Vancouver. The new location will create 400 new jobs…
“Hurricane Hazel,” Mississauga’s 93-year-old mayor, will officially kickoff the YouthSpark Live event at Microsoft Canada Headquarters on Monday. On April 28 Microsoft Canada will host 100…
Every year in Montreal a highly-popular event called C2MTL splashes together creatives and business types for three days of “somewhere between genius and insanity.” It’s…
We don’t often have one of Silicon Valley’s most influential builders speak at local Montreal tech events, so it was a treat when AccelerateMTL…
Unfortunate news in B.C this this morning, as the Times Colonist reported that Microsoft has closed its office in downtown Victoria less than two years after…
Since Microsoft unified several programs for startups into one umbrella “Microsoft Ventures” organization, the large company hasn’t made too much noise in the startup…
Xbox One or Playstation 4, which will you choose? Today Microsoft made a “large” effort to appeal to gamers in Vancouver by unveiling its…
Microsoft announced Microsoft Ventures today. A combination of several initiatives that already exist, but now brought together under one umbrella. According to their blog,…
Seattle-based Haiku Deck launched last summer to provide iPad users with a cleanly designed PowerPoint or Keynote alternative, taking a mobile-first approach to building and…
Today web-based data storage solutions provider ScaleIO announced the launch of its Elastic Converged Storage (ECS), which eliminates a company’s dependence on an expensive…
Restaurants, retailers, museums, art galleries, and other local businesses spend a great deal of time writing posts on Facebook, Tweeting, and whatever else they…