TTC developing app to allow commuters to report harassment
On Tuesday, the Toronto Transit Commission said it has started work on an app that will allow Toronto commuters to discreetly…
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Former BlackBerry exec joins TextNow as COO
A former BlackBerry executive has fled to the startup world as Lindsay Gibson becomes the chief operations officer of the Waterloo-based…
Canadian startups share the Apple App Store spotlight on Canada Day
As many Canadian founders will tell you, Canada’s supportive startup ecosystem and community is a point of pride. Between…
Toronto-based Klothed wants to bring collaboration and curation to men’s shopping
Klothed aims to make the sometimes painful process of shopping for fashionable men’s clothing a little easier. The Toronto-based…
Toronto-based Whirlscape develops deep learning emoji app
There’s a specific kind of frustration felt only by frequent emoji users. It comes when the emoji seeker has to scroll for…
Kirstine Stewart joins theScore’s board of directors
theScore has announced that Kirstine Stewart, Twitter’s VP of Media for North America, has joined its board of directors.…
PetalMD and iamsick.ca partner to make health care more accessible
Toronto-based iamsick.ca and Quebec City-based PetalMD are entering a strategic partnership with the goal of helping Canadian…
Montreal-based Netlift raises $1.3 million to expand carpooling app beyond Quebec
Montreal-based Netlift, a startup that’s developed an app that encourages multi-modal transportation, has raised $1.3…
TextNow CEO explains how its cost-saving tech is disrupting North America’s phone plan industry
It’s well-known that phone plans in North America are among the highest in the world. So it’s no surprise that…
Halifax-based Health QR raises $250,000 from Innovacorp
Halifax-based Health QR, a digital medication management startup, has received $250,000 from Innovacorp, Nova Scotia’s…
Health Canada and national charity launch concussion education app
According to the Canadian government, rates of reported head injuries in youth football, soccer and hockey (relative to other…
GoDaddy launches Flare app to give entrepreneurs feedback on ideas and build community
Entrepreneurship and technology are aligned more often than not. However, it seems as if the world’s largest technology companies…
Buddybuild raises $7.6 million in funding to disrupt mobile app development
The workflow for launching an app is pretty much broken. Between building it, testing, deploying, and adapting to feedback…
ReUp wants to white label the next generation of merchant solutions
As we move beyond the eBay and Amazon era, companies like Shopify are seeing success based on one principle: independent businesses…
Apple Pay expands in Canada with support for CIBC and RBC debit and credit cards
The day many iPhone users have been waiting for since the day Apple Pay was announced has arrived. Early this morning, Apple…